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2021 FUTURE 50 HONOREE Innocentia Mahlangu (BSc Eng 2011, MSc Eng 2018), a senior engineer and project manager at Hatch, has been honoured by her inclusion in the Project Management Institute’s 2021 Future 50 list. The list includes other dynamic leaders such as British footballer Marcus Rashford who has made strides in the fight to end child food poverty in Britain. Mahlangu was acknowledged for “tackling tough infrastructure projects with an eye toward social and economic change”. She was recognised by the Mail & Guardian as one of the Top 200 Young South Africans in 2018. She received the Young Engineer of the Year Award for 2019 in the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Regional Awards and was nominated for the SAICE National Awards, while in 2020 she was announced as the winner in Accenture’s Rising Star Awards in the Construction and Industrial category.
INNOCENTIA MAHLANGU
M&G YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS Every year, Witsies are among those recognised for their extraordinary work. Over 40 eminent Witsies were featured in the 2021 Mail & Guardian Top 200 list of young South Africans. The Top 200 List is in its 15th year of showcasing South Africa’s outstanding and accomplished young people in various fields including education, entertainment, film and media, business and entrepreneurship, justice and law, health, mining and manufacturing, science and technology, tourism and hospitality, rural development projects, civil society, and politics and government. This year, the list also featured a special category, COVID-19 frontliners. https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/general-news/2021/2021-06/wits-young-movers-andshakers.html
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