Slindile Mthembu, 29

Slindile Mthembu, 29

Slindile Mthembu is a storyteller. Through her work, she challenges one-dimensional ways of depicting black women and their lives. She was featured in Advance Media’s 100 Most Influential South Africans of 2020. The proudest moment in her journey was taking 16 young...
Sphesihle Nxumalo, 28

Sphesihle Nxumalo, 28

Sphesihle Nxumalo is an attorney of the high court and an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. His career evolved from being a law clerk and associate at Africa’s largest law firm to being signed as a law clerk to Justice...
Stephen Horn, 31

Stephen Horn, 31

Stephen Horn is the director and producer at Politically Aweh. He works with the Clean Creatives campaign against greenwashing, and to foreground the role the fossil fuel industry’s marketing plays in delaying climate action. With more than 10 years of experience in...
Stephen Mantsho, 33

Stephen Mantsho, 33

Stephen Mantsho is a transformation manager at the South African Subtropical Growers’ Association (Subtrop), which helps emerging farmers become commercially viable in the fruit industry. The 33-year-old works with emerging black growers to access financing to expand...
Sibusiso Malindisa, 30

Sibusiso Malindisa, 30

Sibusiso Malindisa is on a doctoral quest to discover anti-cancer drugs. His research focuses on proteins involved in cancer, and he is working to find alternative cancer therapeutics that target the specific proteins, are permanent and not toxic. Malindisa received a...