Sebabatso Tsaoane, 27

Sebabatso Tsaoane, 27

Bloemfontein-based midwife, Sebabtso Tsaoane, wants to see a South Africa where all women have access to sexual reproductive healthcare. After having been diagnosed with endometriosis and undergoing a laparoscopy, Tsaoane started to have conversations about sexual...
Siddika Osman, 43

Siddika Osman, 43

Siddika Osman is the chief executive officer of Nkgwete IT Solutions in Mpumalanga. The company was founded in 2013 with a community-based ethos, offering personal mentorship and training to employees and running internship programmes in association with Microsoft and...
Sindiswa Mzamo, 49

Sindiswa Mzamo, 49

“Women’s Month is a very powerful month,” says Sindiswa Mzamo, affectionately known as Madam President or simply Sindi. “We are celebrating mam’ Charlotte Maxeke’s 150th year, a gentle giant, the first black woman graduate from South Africa. We stand on her shoulders....
S’phelele Moshobane, 30

S’phelele Moshobane, 30

S’phelele Moshobane struggled to find mentors as a young black woman with business aspirations and no one to help her achieve her dreams. In 2016, she set out to change the narratives for others by founding The Noble Woman, “an initiative that aims to expose, empower...
Sue Hedden, 38

Sue Hedden, 38

Sue Hedden, a former high school Zulu teacher from Durban, co-founded Woza Moya in response to how the HIV/Aids pandemic affected families in KwaZulu-Natal’s Ufafa Valley. Working as the director of the community-based organisation, Hedden leads with compassion. She...