Thabang Pooe, 31

Thabang Pooe, 31

Thabang Pooe has made it her mission to embrace her talents so that she can inspire other women to do the same. But it hasn’t always been easy. Today, she speaks with such self-confidence that it’s hard to believe this is the same woman who felt she had to apply to...
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...
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...
Huzaifah Khan, 30

Huzaifah Khan, 30

“With my work in vaccination, I would want to remove the doubts and misconceptions that lead to vaccine hesitancy,” said Huzaifah Khan. The 30-year-old pharmacy manager is currently pursuing a master’s in public health pharmacy and management, and is passionate about...