Bontle Tshole, 29

Bontle Tshole, 29

Bontle Tshole has a simple job: she is building a brand. After completing her honours in psychology at the University of South Africa, she started her first business, Baaa Health, in 2017. Shortly after that, in 2020, Tshole cofounded the bespoke furniture...
Graig-Lee Smith, 32

Graig-Lee Smith, 32

Broadcasting journalist Graig-Lee Smith attributes his determined spirit to the challenges he has overcome. “Growing up on the Cape Flats will prepare you for almost anything in life,” he says. Smith had to deregister while studying journalism at the Cape Peninsula...
Salaminah Mofokeng, 31

Salaminah Mofokeng, 31

As the cofounder and chairperson of the Life 4 U Foundation, Salaminah Mofokeng works on a variety of initiatives to improve the communities of Ivory Park and Tembisa. The foundation provides disaster and poverty relief by running feeding schemes and caring for widows...
Cherese Thakur, 32

Cherese Thakur, 32

As the head of amaBhungane’s advocacy programme, Cherese Thakur has dedicated her professional life to ensuring that investigative journalists have access to information and are afforded the professional freedoms required to fulfil their constitutionally protected...
Milisa Mabinza, 29

Milisa Mabinza, 29

As the managing director of Khula Lula private equity fund, Milisa Mabinza’s mission is to build a generational legacy. She says: “Khula Lula was not only my dream, but it was the dream of my late father, my grandmothers and the forefathers that came before me. I have...