Public Sector Manager February 2022

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WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Berlinah Madonsela captains SAS Saldanha

A

s the first

new position came on

female officer

the back of her being

commanding

appointed as the first

the South African

female OC of the Naval

Navy’s training unit

Staff College in Muizen-

SAS Saldanha, Captain

berg in May 2018, a posi-

Berlinah Madonsela is

tion which prepared her

firmly focused on leaving

for what was to come.

a legacy of promoting

In her new role, Captain

Captain Berlinah Madonsela gives her salute as the new Officer Commanding of SAS Saldanha.

have a positive impact on

taking ownership,” she

her team.

says.

and encouraging learn-

Madonsela will focus

ing and discipline in the

more on training, the

women hope, espe-

Hard work

military.

core business of SAS

cially young women, and

Born in Langeloop in

Saldanha.

believes that hard work

Mpumalanga, Captain

pays off. There are no

Madonsela says she

shortcuts, she says.

was blessed to have

Captain Madonsela was appointed as Of-

“I am a firm believer in

She also aims to give

ficer Commanding (OC)

process improvement.

of SAS Saldanha in

The house is already

October 2021. Based in

built. My responsibility is

I believe God wouldn’t

woman who always

Saldanha Bay on the

to maintain and improve

give me something I

encouraged her to work

West Coast, it is the SA

it,” she says.

wouldn’t be able to carry.

hard and be the best

Navy’s biggest training unit. Her ascension to her

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“It’s a big challenge, but

Her focus is on making

“We as women have to

a difference in the learn-

be confident and believe

ing environment and

in ourselves, and start

been raised by a strong

that she could be. As the oldest of four girls, growing up with a

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