Sebasti Badenhorst (46)

Openness might not completely eradicate prejudice, but it’s a damn good place to start. Sebasti Badenhorst is a fourth-generation Stellenbosch graduate, one of five women in a class of 50 engineering graduates, and Witwatersrand MEng graduate; she is a breaker...

Kim Palmer (38)

Kim Palmer is focused on building up, empowering, creating opportunities and changing the lives of women of all ages through her work in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. It’s a sector where women are grossly under-represented — only...

Jacqueline Pillay (39)

Jacqueline Pillay (39) started Femme Forte to help uplift women the Chatsworth community, something she learnt from her father. I grew up in a home where we were taught about giving from a very young age. But I found that...

Hlulani Baloyi

Hlulani Baloyi is a computer science graduate from the Tshwane University of Technology, a web and mobile developer, the South African Girl Rising Ambassador, a Geekulcha teammate, the co-founder of Raeketsetsa, and part of the Black Girls Code global initiative....

Dr Gaokgatlhe Mirriam Tawane

Gaokgatlhe Mirriam Tawane has plenty of impressive achievements under her belt, especially the one where she became the first black woman in South Africa to graduate with a PhD in palaeoanthropology. This achievement demanded extensive hard work, long hours, a...