Event report
Back To | Women of Impact 2025 FSACCI & Forvis Mazars Event
On Friday, 22 August 2025, the French South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FSACCI) hosted a Women’s Day Initiative at Forvis Mazars' office, Melrose Estate, Johannesburg.
Participating companies included:
- AGS Worldwide Movers
- Alliance Française Soweto
- Bureau Veritas
- Cobra Industrial Services
- Danone
- EnviroServ
- Forvis Mazars
- House of Basadi
- Instinctif Partners
- JCDecaux
- Leading Language
- Stratago
- Wiltons
Attendees took part in a range of roundtables to speak and exchange their point of view about women in business. Such as leadership and social business life and impact in communities. As a result, the objective was to talk about the creation of gender-equal workspaces, thus proposing changes.
Nteseng Modisadife from Forvis Mazars a member of the chamber led the round table on exploring leadership, resilience and influence in today’s world, while another member of FSACCI Lynette Johnson from House of Basadi led discussion on the social impact in communities, simultaneously Makgabo Van Niekerk, from Enviroserv, was introducing the idea of creating gender-equal workspaces. At the last roundtable, Janitta Buys was explaining the power of Indvidual and collective action.
The initiative provided members with the opportunity to encounter new people and personalities, offering a network opportunity for women in the business world.
The event reflects FSACCI’s continued commitment to supporting social impact initiatives that align with members’ values and sense of responsibility.
FSACCI thanks Forvis Mazars for their partnership and guidance throughout the day and all members who dedicated their time and energy.
The chamber encourages members to continue taking meaningful action within their communities, not only on Women of Impact Day, but throughout the year.
