High quality nominations received

Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year has received high quality nominations from across the country

17 May 2010

Nominations for the 2010 Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year Award have closed and the organisers said that top calibre nominations were received from all over the country to name South Africa’s most outstanding women of this year.

The Women of the Year office is a hive of activity as the team sorts through the hundreds of nomination forms. On the photo (From left to right): Back: Charmaine Gxasheka (Senior Office Assistant , Bernice Blankenberg, Trisha Chetty, Mary Williams (right at the back).
Front: Ayanda Dlali and Eljanne Lochner

The new Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year Award will award exceptional and visionary women who have achieved in their own fields with the determination and foresight to make an impact on the future of many fellow South Africans.

A panel of judges, comprising of 16 high profile South Africans, will now face the challenge of selecting the nation’s heroines of the future in five categories, namely: Health Care-Givers; Educators; Corner Shop to Big Business Makers; Good Neighbours and Youth Movers.

Two rounds of adjudication, chaired by High Court Judge Lucy Mailula, will determine the category finalists, who will be announced on Wednesday, 14 July 2010. The winners in each category will be announced on Saturday, 24 July 2010 at a spectacular gala evening at Emperors Palace in Gauteng. This event will be broadcast during prime time on Monday, 9 August 2010 on Mnet.

The winners will be awarded with individual prize money while the Shoprite group will also give R100 000 towards the work of each of these winners to impact positively on the future of the country.

Furthermore the Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year Award will honour an esteemed South African whom during her or his lifetime has inspired generations. The public has been asked to nominate the Lifetime Achiever who will receive R100 000 to donate to a cause which the recipient believes will better the lives of South Africans.

Information on the Award are available on the Award’s official website www.womenoftheyear.co.za or contact may also be made with the Award organisers by e-mail on womenoftheyear@shoprite.co.za or 021 980 4285 or 021 980 1570.