THE SKILLS TO SUCCEED

Bonita Botha from Orca Fuel Solutions talks to Tank Storage Magazine about the importance of professionalism and passion How many companies do you know of that are 100% owned and managed by women? And how many of those operate in the tank industry? Well, there is at least one – South Africa’s Orca Fuel Solutions. Orca manufactures fuel storage solutions for the African market, for industries including mining, construction, aviation and fuel supplies. The company makes a self-bunded, or double-walled, fuel tank, and its engineering department designs equipment and solutions to transfer fuels for generators and other equipment at deployment sites. South African Bonita Botha is the company’s general manager. Botha grew up in Durban, South Africa, and trained as an accountant before going to work for a company involved in the mining industry. She was transferred to Johannesburg and was eventually approached by a tank company. ‘I think the combination of being an accountant as well as drafting and technical capabilities was attractive to them, and they offered me the position. Since then, which is probably about 10 or 12 years ago, I’ve been in the tank industry,’...