Tebello Motshwane, 30

Tebello Motshwane, 30

“Ten years ago I had my son. I was 19 years old and I thought I would never end up graduating and being successful. I wish I could have said to myself: believe in yourself and your abilities, everything is going to come together, and this boy will be the best thing to...
Thami Malusi, 28

Thami Malusi, 28

Malusi’s career path has taken him from studying in Cape Town to California, with a stop in Johannesburg in between to practice public interest law. He has worked on several high-profile class action lawsuits including getting compensation for South African gold...
Dr Phale Phillemon Machacha, 35

Dr Phale Phillemon Machacha, 35

Dr Phale Phillemon Machacha grew up as a sickly child. The lack of doctors in his hometown of Burgersfort in Limpopo meant that no one could detect what was wrong with him. He was later diagnosed with hydronephrosis, the swelling of a kidney because of a build-up of...
Dr Cosnet Lerato Rametse, 28

Dr Cosnet Lerato Rametse, 28

Dr Cosnet Lerato Rametse is a clinician scientist and PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town. During her studies, she had found that content was mostly founded on data derived from first-world populations, and that there was a lack of room to explore the content...
Phumudzo Ndwambi, 33

Phumudzo Ndwambi, 33

Dr Phumudzo Ndwambi marvels at how women surgeons are taking up space with sheer force and doing a great job in a field that has long been conceived as a space in which men lead. She continues to thrive in the male-dominated field; this is evident in the leadership...