{"id":55803,"date":"2026-08-17T18:19:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/from-competitor-to-mentor-first-female-motor-mech-champion-returns-to-inspire-kariegas-next-generation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T18:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:19:37","slug":"from-competitor-to-mentor-first-female-motor-mech-champion-returns-to-inspire-kariegas-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/from-competitor-to-mentor-first-female-motor-mech-champion-returns-to-inspire-kariegas-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"From competitor to mentor: First female Motor Mech champion returns to inspire Kariega&#039;s next generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Cape&#039;s biggest celebration of automotive skills, technical careers and motoring enthusiasm returns to Daniel Pienaar Technical High School in Kariega on Saturday, 29 August, with one very special guest helping to inspire the next generation of technicians.<\/p>\n<p>When Tashne Wait made history last year by becoming the first young woman ever to win the MIWA Junior Motor Mech Competition, she demonstrated that determination, technical ability and problem-solving skills matter far more than stereotypes. This year she returns, not as a competitor, but as part of the judging and mentoring team, encouraging this year&#039;s entrants to believe in their own potential.<\/p>\n<p>The annual RMI Motor Mech &amp; Alles-op-Wiele show has become one of the Eastern Cape&#039;s premier family events while also shining a spotlight on the exciting career opportunities available within South Africa&#039;s automotive aftermarket.<\/p>\n<p>RMI Eastern Cape Regional Manager Peter van Mosseveld says the event has&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78315&#038;page=from-competitor-to-mentor-first-female-motor-mech-champion-returns-to-inspire-kariega-s-next-generation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Cape&#039;s biggest celebration of automotive skills, technical careers and motoring enthusiasm returns to Daniel Pienaar Technical High School in Kariega on Saturday, 29 August, with one very special guest helping to inspire the next generation of technicians. When Tashne Wait made history last year by becoming the first young woman ever to win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Tashne%20focusing%20in%20the%20practical%20session.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-55803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-eastern-cape"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Tashne%20focusing%20in%20the%20practical%20session.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}