Welcome Witbooi

Welcome Witbooi

Welcome Witbooi From Gangster to Guardian It is almost inevitable that a youngster from South Africa’s Cape Flats would drift into a life of crime. Career options are few and support structures almost non-existent. Welcome Witbooi followed the usual neighbourhood...
Jessica Dewhurst

Jessica Dewhurst

Jessica Dewhurst An ‘everyday activist’ igniting extraordinary change “In a country where the rescue rate for human trafficking victims is less than 1%,two 17-year-old girls who knew their human rights managed to save their classmate’s life, plus take down four human...
Kekeletso Tsiloane

Kekeletso Tsiloane

Kekeletso Tsiloane Building a bright future, one brick at a time Kekeletso Tsiloane is a determined young woman who has conquered the field of construction and manufacturing. Not only has she brought innovation to the industry with a South African first – a...
Saray Khumalo

Saray Khumalo

Saray Khumalo First black African female to summit Mount Everest Saray launched Summits with a Purpose, a non-profit organisation that focuses on literacy and educating young people while uplifting economically marginalized communities in Africa. She now climbs...
Brent van Rensburg

Brent van Rensburg

Brent van Rensburg Brings hope to young people with his circus training school The lights, the music, the costumes, the tumbling figures, the show – who would think that a circus could be used for social upliftment? The Zip Zap Circus School is exactly that – a circus...