Durban woman mechanic right at home in workshop

Car mechanics have long been male, but one Durban woman is starring in the trade.Thubelihle Khumalo, 29, is a mechanic at BMW Ballito, having served her two-year internship with the high-end brand.Khumalo is the first woman mechanic in her family and when she began her career at the age of 24, her family was not pleased.“When I first started working, everyone was a little worried because they did not understand what I was going to be doing. They had endless questions about how I would cope in a male-dominated environment or how I would manage the laborious work.“It was only when I got…