Dawie Bornman (31)

Dawie Bornman (31)

“Don’t die with your music still inside you” is the motto that motivates Dawie Bornman to “think bigger, and never stop pursuing” his dreams. As senior lecturer, researcher and post-graduate supervisor in the department of business management at the University of...
Odwa Magabuko (29)

Odwa Magabuko (29)

“The most amazing thing about robotics is that the only limiting factor for the kids is their imagination,” says Odwa Magabuko, who moved to the Karoo two years ago to start a robotics programme with primary and high school children and their teachers. He obtained a...
Boipelo Molwela (27)

Boipelo Molwela (27)

As a producer at the Audio Militia music agency, Boipelo Molwela says she gets paid to think. “Being a producer involves attending briefings, bringing deliverables to fruition and seeing them run wild on television and other platforms,” she says. She’s a qualified...
Ntombenhle Shezi (28)

Ntombenhle Shezi (28)

As a young girl, Ntombenhle Shezi always had her head stuck in a magazine. Then she started writing letters to the editors, and was thrilled when they got published. Now at 28 she’s the assistant editor of two glossy titles, ELLE South Africa and ELLE Decoration....
Paul Letsatsi Potsane (30)

Paul Letsatsi Potsane (30)

During the days of Aids denialism, Paul Letsatsi Potsane watched his aunt suffer with HIV. “Being a black woman with no source of income, she could not access antiretroviral treatment from private pharmacies,” he recalls. To Potsane his aunt represents the thousands...