Busiswe Mpembe’s interest in construction started when she was a young girl and she wanted to make an impact on society. Everything around you is the built environment; we [construction professionals] make life worth living. I wanted to be part...
The award is huge, but we don’t do things for awards or rewards. Desiree Ellis is the coach of the Banyana Banyana football team and a woman with a deep love for the sport. “I just love football with all...
Being on a bike gives one a lot of freedom, you have to use all your facilities, your body needs to be aligned. Growing up as the only girl among 10 male cousins, Buhle Madlala was pushed to do activities...
The skills and positions you have mean nothing if you don’t like who you are. Zukiswa Mandlana is the director of organisational effectiveness and innovation in the City of Cape Town. She has been the driving force behind setting up...
That training allowed me to play a role in helping to secure rights for the indigenous communities I am from. Raised on the Cape Flats by anti-apartheid activists was not always easy for Lesle Jansen. Her father, she points out...