Dineo Zonke Maduna, 33

Dineo Zonke Maduna, 33

Dineo Zonke Maduna is passionate about promoting Mpumalanga as a tourist destination. She has been featured on CNN, BBC and eNCA as the founder of Dineo Zonke Travel. An avid traveller herself, Maduna offers travel consultations and curates group trips to Mpumalanga,...

Dawn Shabangu-Rikhotso, 30

Pretoria-born Dawn Shabangu-Rikhotso transitioned from engineering and the built environment to publishing. She is the chief executive officer at Lingua Franca Publishers, an independent publishing house committed to inspiring all children to prepare their own paths...
Dimpho Lekgeu, 27

Dimpho Lekgeu, 27

Overseeing social media strategy, creating online content and implementing community programmes are Dimpho’s duties at youth development outfit Youth Lab. As the company’s community manager, the Johannesburg resident spearheads projects such as #LeanOnMe, a drug...
Brittany Smith, 27

Brittany Smith, 27

Brittany Smith is a living example of what happens when a talented woman pushes through the barriers of self-doubt and fears of not fitting in: she blossoms into a professional and flourishes as she does what she loves for a living. Smith is an opera singer for Cape...
Bulelani Balabala, 35

Bulelani Balabala, 35

“Get things done!” is the motto of Bulelani Balabala, who is passionate about township entrepreneurship as a township entrepreneur himself. This has motivated him to start and run an initiative called the Township Entrepreneurs Alliance (TEA) in 2015, which has...