Tears of joy as Fairlady awards celebrate women of greatness

An afternoon of celebration and praise for women achieving great things took place on Friday afternoon at Summer Place in Illovo, when the intimate 2017 Fairlady Women of the Future Awards in partnership with short-term insurer Santam took place.

Now in its third year, the awards always coincide with Women’s month.

Former Miss South Africa and MC for the event, Jo-Ann Strauss, said to the mostly female guests that “feminism is not women against men. It is women who are for women”.