Grace Nomthandazo Ngubeni (28)

Grace Nomthandazo Ngubeni (28)

Grace Ngubeni is a bright young mind completing a PhD and changing the world for the better. She has studied a postgraduate degree at Rhodes University, published two scientific papers, and received numerous awards during her research career. She has also received the...
Sherylee Moonsamy (31)

Sherylee Moonsamy (31)

Sherylee Moonsamy manages a capital budget of almost R2-billion per year as chief financial officer at the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), the area-based development agency of the City of Johannesburg. After joining the JDA in 2009 as an accountant, she was...
Simangele Mbali Msweli (24)

Simangele Mbali Msweli (24)

Simangele Msweli is a science student who plays a role in translating science to a non-science audience and in using science to influence policy. Biodiversity, the initial interest of the young scientist, is not distributed evenly on Earth; it is richest in the...
vangile gantsho (34)

vangile gantsho (34)

Truthful and hard-hitting poet and cultural activist vangile gantsho has participated in poetry events and festivals around Africa and internationally. “I prefer to write my name lower case as part of my small-girl revolution,” she says. She released her debut poetry...
Sibu Mabena (26)

Sibu Mabena (26)

Waiting for her mom to fetch her from school at 5pm each day opened a world of possibilities for Sibu Mabena; she followed her friends to dance class. By age 10 she had already competed in a dance competition in Germany. She later joined dance crews and choreographed...