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Sun City Resort continues female leadership appointments

Ms Majola, who joined the Sun International property in October reporting to the Sun City resort general manager, Brett Hoppé, is responsible for leading and managing the HR team, accountable for the strategic delivery and integration of functions and processes across the HR value chain.

Sun City, a R2-billion business, is leading the way in women transformation within hospitality and setting the pace for other corporates within the industry, and today, there are more women working at the resort than men. “Today, 58 per cent of our staff are women, 95 per cent of which are African, with many firsts with its leadership, and among these are the first female gaming manager and the first female IT manager,” Mr Hoppé said.

“Part of my role will be to ensure effective delivery of people strategy and plans to support the achievement of Sun City’s business strategy,” Ms Majola said. The role includes the management of HR operations, employee relations and learning and development teams, transport for the resort as well as the creche and staff housing functions.

Ms Majola is an agile and seasoned human resources leader, with extensive experience in the global FMCG sector and the South African retail, banking, property, and manufacturing sectors. She was previously head of human capital and acting corporate services executive in the agricultural sector.

Ms Majola holds a Bachelor of Social Science from the University of Cape Town, majoring in industrial psychology and industrial sociology, and a BCom honours degree in industrial and organisational psychology from the University of South Africa. As an advocate for people living with autism, and in pursuit of transformational leadership together with diversity and inclusion in the workplace, Ms Majola completed an MSc in Autism and Neurodevelopmental Conditions at Swansea Medical School in the United Kingdom in January 2020.

When she isn’t in the office, Ms Majola can be found indulging in her newfound love for golf at one of Sun City’s two 18-hole courses; the Gary Player Country Club and the Lost City

Golf Course. She is a globetrotter, an avid reader, and has three marathons under her belt — an excellent preparation for the many hundreds of steps she will get in, walking across Sun City daily.