For the second year in a row, women have taken most of the top spots in the finalyear civil engineering class at the University of Cape Town – a salute to excellence and a spur to equality.

They are Mwana Mwale, who was top of the class, Ameenah Abrahams, Tarie Mufunde and Rhonda Hyde.

Dean of Engineering & the Built Environment, Professor Alison Lewis, has praised them for their resilience and determination.

VIDEOGRAPHY AND EDITING: Evan Zerf PRODUCER: Roxanne Harris PHOTO: Lerato Maduna