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...
by Dev Ops | Jun 29, 2018 | Civil Society 2018
Zimbabwean-born social justice and human rights activist and educator Tinashe Njanji has worked extensively to campaign against xenophobia since 2008, when xenophobic violence swept across the country. Along with other activists, journalists and religious leaders...
by Dev Ops | Jun 29, 2018 | Civil Society 2018
Wandisa Phama has always loved the idea of law. Growing up in the small town of Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape, Phama became frustrated at how rural communities in small towns face lack of access to water, poor schools and high levels of unemployment. She wanted to...
