Nomusa Shezi is a 32 year old lady from KwaZulu-Natal. She is the province’s first black female neurosurgeon. We spoke to Shezi about her career path, how it came about. As usual, we delve in to her upbringing and where she is headed from here because we value the journey and the lessons it brings more…
The system of racial oppression in South Africa touched every aspect of life here. As a result, over time, black South Africans and their allies built the freedom struggle in four arenas of action: mass action, underground organization, armed struggle, and international mobilization. In this way, each aspect of the system would be met with more…
Adelaide Steedley interviews Selby Semela and Barney Mokgatle, two leaders of the Soweto Uprising: What can we learn about our own lives from ordinary people who became heroic in theirs? There are times in history, as in life, when events seem unfair, chaotic, surreal, even sublime. While we could ponder them all day, at some more…
BD: Please tell us about your upbringing AK: I was born 25 years ago in a small town called Gatyana in the Eastern Cape. I grew up in different places and got different cultural influences. My mother was a teacher and constantly made sure that education was the central focus in my life. In 2011, more…
BD: Please tell us about your upbringing? SV: I was born and raised in Port Elizabeth. I went to Woolhope high school where I finished my matric. I grew up very close with my grandmother. She is the one who loved sewing, and I grew up helping her make garments. Little did I know I more…
BD: Please tell us about your upbringing? PS: I was born on a farm and raised by a single parent. I didn’t know who my father was growing up and I still don’t know him. I had a step-father but he was an alcoholic and violent. I remember one day my mother running away from more…
BD: Tell us about growing up in Grabouw BJ: Taking into account that Grabouw is the central hub of the Elgin valley which is the largest fruit exporter in Southern Africa one would imagine that agriculture would affect my life at one point or another whether I liked it or not, so I chose to more…
BD:Please tell us who is Sipho Mangesi? SM: I am a Pilot by profession, I am also a Motivational Speaker, a Musician but before everything else I’m a Christian. Everything else is secondary. I grew up in a small village in the Eastern Cape called eNgqamakhwe. My family has moved to different towns during the later more…
Her brand is unusual because as a digital marketer who works as a business coach and copywriting expert, you’d expect her to brand around those topics. Instead, she sells herself and her personality. This is Tepsii Tshikorokoro. BD: So why this approach? TT: I made a very conscious decision in branding myself. I go by more…
Naftaly Malatjie is social entrepreneur at heart who was born in a 1991/01/01 in a small village called Malati Tzaneen Limpopo province, where he was raised by his grandmother. He attend Mlungishi primary school until grade 5 when his grandmother got a job in Gauteng. He then had to relocate to Diepsloot and continued with more…
