Thandeka Kathi, 34

Thandeka Kathi, 34

Thandeka Kathi is an attorney working with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies. She primarily works with activists, community forums and other structures in mining-affected communities, championing their civil and political rights, as well as their right to a safe...
Thandile Chinyavanhu, 26

Thandile Chinyavanhu, 26

Thandile Chinyavanhu is a Johannesburg-based climate and social activist working towards establishing an intersectional response to the climate crisis as the norm. She places the focus on the women who are most affected by extreme weather events due to poverty and...
Thando Hlongwane, 24

Thando Hlongwane, 24

Education and financial inclusion are among Africa’s biggest challenges, and Thando Hlongwane has made it his mission to use technology to solve them. The young entrepreneur pioneered two companies while studying computer science at the University of Cape Town. He was...
Thato Magasa, 33

Thato Magasa, 33

As managing director of Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, an automotive retailing original equipment manufacturer, Thato Magasa oversees the company’s operations locally and in Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia with the help of a franchised retail...
Themba Khumalo, 26

Themba Khumalo, 26

Themba Khumalo is a professional superbike racer and coach. His entrance to motorsport began with a sponsorship in 2008 from Richard Olfsen, the chief executive officer of mCubed – despite the then 12-year-old Khumalo not knowing how to ride a motorbike. “I had a...