MEET: Tshiwela Siwada, Management Assistant

Posted on November 12, 2020

Give a warm welcome to Ms Tshiwela Siwada - our newly appointed Management Assistant. We asked Tshiwela to answer a few questions about herself so that we can all learn a bit more about her.

What’s your go-to productivity trick?

Understanding that in order to excel, you must be open to criticism and corrections.

What energizes you at work?

Teamwork and tolerance.

If you could write a book about your life, what would the title be and why?

Turning Pain into Gain, because despite all the pain and losses I have endured in my life, I have still gained a lot and have a whole lot to be grateful for.

What’s one thing you’re learning now, and why is it important?

The importance of a healthy lifestyle; our bodies are struggling in silence and the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed how easily a weak system can perish.

What’s one item you can’t leave your house or apartment without?

My cell phone.

What’s your favourite TV show—the one you’re always watching on repeat?

Investigation Discovery, channel 161 on DSTV.

- Author Elsabé Olivier

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