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From lawyer to running Africa’s top airport

She was once a high court lawyer but today Bongiwe Pityi-Vokwana is the woman behind SA’s biggest and busiest port of entry, the OR Tambo International Airport.
And at this week’s Air Cargo Africa conference and exhibition it was named the African Airport of the Year for the fourth time.
Pityi-Vokwana is the general manager at the airport which boasts a staff of more than 1,300.
The Air Cargo Africa 2019 event in Ekurhuleni attracted more than 80 international exhibiting companies and more than 3,000 trade visitors from 60 countries including from 30 African nations.
“There are some 38,000 people working in different capacities.

But only about 1,300 of these are actually employed by the airport.
“This means that one of the biggest tasks is to manage people, suppliers and airline customers so that everyone performs their jobs