Vera-Genevey Hlayisi (27)

Vera-Genevey Hlayisi (27)

Twenty-seven-year-old audiology lecturer and researcher Vera-Genevey Hlayisi understands the value of hearing. She’s won multiple awards in the field and is a voice worth hearing to patients, students and international forums alike, but it was not the obvious choice...
Nombulelo Ngqayizivele Khumalo (33)

Nombulelo Ngqayizivele Khumalo (33)

Nombulelo Ngqayizivele Khumalo  is an honour’s student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, studying a programme of gender, religion and health. Having just graduated from the Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary in Pietermaritzburg, where she obtained a bachelors degree...
Ayanda Magida (31)

Ayanda Magida (31)

Thirty-one-year-old researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand, Ayanda Magida, oversees and manages the research portfolio in the Chair of Digital Business at the Wits Business School (WBS), and she is responsible for driving the research agenda and...
Dr Mpho Tshivase

Dr Mpho Tshivase

Dr Mpho Tshivase is a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria and obtained her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Johannesburg. She is the first Black woman to achieve this significant accolade in South Africa and it is a testament to her hard work,...
Adam Fine (28)

Adam Fine (28)

Given the likelihood of failure, Adam Fine wanted to try his hand at business early. His vision was to create jobs for hardworking, passionate people and improve the standard of soccer, predominantly through facilities. Born in the United Kingdom to South African and...