Lungelo Dubazane, 30

Lungelo Dubazane, 30

Lungelo Dubazane counts being the first university graduate in his family as his proudest moment. While he mentions feeling disappointed when he initially failed in his studies, he persevered, cultivating discipline and this eventually led to a completed bachelor’s...
Lydia Sono, 34

Lydia Sono, 34

Lydia Sono hails from rural Schoemansdal in Mpumalanga, where she is a renowned and openly gay community activist. Her advocacy campaign to end hate crimes began after she and her partner were on the receiving end of a harrowing experience, which she has spoken freely...
Lyndon Naidoo, 26

Lyndon Naidoo, 26

Lyndon Naidoo is a 26-year-old PhD student at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). He received his master’s of applied sciences in chemistry cum laude in 2021, winning the Dean’s Merit Award. Naidoo says this was one of his proudest moments. “It was a...
Mahashane Myakayaka, 34

Mahashane Myakayaka, 34

Mahashane Myakayaka is the legal and compliance lead for Sandvik, a multinational engineering company servicing the central, western and southern African markets. She is also the cofounder and strategic lead of legal tech start-up Basics Legal, which serves small and...
Mandisa Ntsinde, 30

Mandisa Ntsinde, 30

Mandisa Ntsinde is excited by the idea of making a difference in people’s lives, and uses her position in the music industry to do so. “What I enjoy about the kind of work that I do is being able to discover and give a voice to up-and-coming artists,” she says. As a...