Sinal Govender, 31

Sinal Govender, 31

“It’s quite unexpected that now, during a time of immense uncertainty and anxiety, I am on what I consider to be the best path for me to do the work I want, which I also feel is incredibly necessary right now. I couldn’t have predicted that three years after I...
Claire Keet Pollock, 34

Claire Keet Pollock, 34

Venture designer and co-founder Claire Keet Pollock and her business partner want to make law accessible to everyone through their legal consultancy, pop.law. “We both feel strongly that access to justice is not something that should be reserved for just privileged,...
Thando Gumede, 27

Thando Gumede, 27

Thando Gumede is a master’s student at the University of Cape Town. She completed her LLB at the University of Witwatersrand and specialises in human rights law and social justice, with a focus on menstrual health and women, children, gender non-conforming and others...
Keketso Gift Kgomosotho, 28

Keketso Gift Kgomosotho, 28

Not many people can say that they have addressed a United Nations conference on the prevention of human rights abuses, spoken on queer- and gender-based violence at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights or coached a national moot court team representing...
Stanley Malematja, 28

Stanley Malematja, 28

As an attorney at the Right2Protest Project, Stanley Malematja is committed to using the law to make a change in the lives of the most marginalised people in South African society. His goal is clear: “The respect, protection, promotion and realisation of human rights....