Malikah Hamza (15)

Malikah Hamza (15)

Describing Malikah Hamza as precocious doesn’t quite cut it. The prolific centre forward has made a name for herself by always going beyond what’s expected of her; by distinguishing herself no matter what age group she’s placed in. Hamza picked up hockey in the early...
Aakanksha Malik-Nair (35)

Aakanksha Malik-Nair (35)

You might think that Cape Town is an automatic magnet for local and international tourists, but making sure that tourism actually creates work and positively contributes to the economy is a job in itself. Akanksha Malik-Nair has that task as Acting Director of Tourism...
Senamile Masango (32)

Senamile Masango (32)

The number of women in engineering and science is a concern as women are still grossly under-represented, with the percentage of female graduates in science and engineering still below 20% in many countries, notes Senamile Masango (32). She is completing her doctoral...
Mpho Chitapi (27)

Mpho Chitapi (27)

  Lawyer Mpho Chitapi is the youngest Black female partner at Edward Nathan Sonnenberg’s Africa (ENSafrica), Africa’s largest law firm. She specialises in technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) law, and has been involved in some of the country’s largest and...
Sibusiso Ngobeni (33)

Sibusiso Ngobeni (33)

  Award-winning TV producer Sibusiso Ngobeni has the big ambition of informing, engaging and influencing an entire generation of people through the content he produces. He loves telling stories, and believes his work makes a difference because of its educational,...