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...
Busisiwe Kabane, 29

Busisiwe Kabane, 29

After completing her MBChB in 2018, Busisiwe Kabane began her medical profession believing her career would follow one of the usual paths. “The biggest surprise of my career has been finding out that specialising in a medical field can go far beyond being a surgeon or...