Nozipho Dlamini, 35

Nozipho Dlamini, 35

Nozipho Dlamini is the first woman president of the South African Colliery Managers’ Association, which is central in the coal mining industry, playing a strategic and influential role in its direction and decisions. Dlamini is a mining engineer with more than 15...
Ntebogang Segone, 25

Ntebogang Segone, 25

He may have grown up amid economic hardship and even been financially excluded from the University of Cape Town in his first year, but the odds that were stacked against Ntebogang Segone didn’t defeat him. With a bachelor of science, honours and master’s degrees under...
Ntombizodidi Mapapu, 34

Ntombizodidi Mapapu, 34

Ntombizodidi Mapapu is completing a master’s in climate change and development degree at the University of Reading in the UK, focusing on the interface between climate change and development, specifically on ecological economics. She is a three-time University of the...
Obakeng Leseyane, 23

Obakeng Leseyane, 23

Obakeng Leseyane leads technical integrations for LearnWorlds, an online learning platform. Leseyane was a child who had the odds stacked against him, but through receiving multiple scholarships and fellowships — including being selected to be a summer scholar at...
Obett Motaung, 29

Obett Motaung, 29

Obett Motaung is an artist, academic and a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. Wits University awarded him for making the best postgraduate film. Motaung’s vision is to support others to excel and attain their own wish fulfilment. “I want to be the...