JUDY PARFITT

EVERY INTERVIEW, WE ASK WHAT MOTIVATED THE INTERVIEWEE TO PURSUE A CAREER IN HR. FOR JUDY PARFITT, IT WAS EXPERIENCES AS A JOURNALIST IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING APARTHEID, REPORTING ON THE OPPRESSION THAT WAS AN EVERYDAY WAY OF LIFE. LATER ON, AS A UNION REPRESENTATIVE, FIGHTING FOR PRESS FREEDOMS AND WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN SA AND, IN ANOTHER ROLE, MEETING NELSON MANDELA, JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON.

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