by Dev Ops | Jun 29, 2018 | Civil Society 2018
The private sector’s complicity in human rights violations often go unaccounted for in the broader discourse of corruption and human rights. “It is the possibility to challenge this impunity, and make life a little more uncomfortable for the powerful, that I love...
by Dev Ops | Jun 29, 2018 | Civil Society 2018
A second-year microeconomics course sparked senior economist Pamela Mondliwa’s interest in economics. Today she works as a senior economist at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) at the University of Johannesburg and is a member of...
by Dev Ops | Jun 29, 2018 | Civil Society 2018
Paul Steyn has walked thousands of kilometres to create awareness and show other amputees, and the general public, the mobility that a prosthetic leg provides an amputee. In the process, he has raised thousands of rands to assist disadvantaged amputees. Optimistic,...
by Dev Ops | Jun 29, 2018 | Civil Society 2018
When Saidy Brown first found out about her HIV status at 14, she felt confused and ashamed. Growing up in the small town of Itsoseng in the North West, where speaking about sex and HIV is taboo, Brown’s knowledge of the virus was scant. She thought she was surely...
by Dev Ops | Jun 29, 2018 | Civil Society 2018
Members of the Fees Must Fall movement are familiar with the dejection and ire that South African students experience at tertiary institutions that fail them. Sboh Thusi is no exception. Hailing from a disadvantaged background, Thusi studied office management and...
