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Winners Zola Mbaxa and Puleng Babe are turning healthcare challenges into practical solutions for underserved communities.
SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTHCARE

Defying the divide: Women bringing lifesaving care to SA

Instead of waiting for systemic reform, grassroots medical founders are turning personal heartbreak into lifesaving, community-first healthcare.

  • Vuyile Madwantsi
5 min read
Tsakane Matlala has become a prominent figure in South Africa’s high profile court landscape through her marriage to Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and her own legal troubles.
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

From love to mugshots: The wives facing SA’s biggest legal scandals

Accused of falsifying records, aiding jailbreaks, or laundering funds, these partners now face serious charges of their own.

  • Lutho Pasiya
5 min read
Despite starting businesses at similar rates to men, South African women face significant hurdles that hinder their enterprises from thriving. Discover the barriers they encounter and the economic impact of losing women-owned businesses.
ENTREPRENEURS

South African women start businesses, so why do so few scale?

Despite starting businesses at similar rates to men, South African women face significant hurdles that hinder their enterprises from thriving. Discover the barriers they…

  • Ashley Lechman
6 min read
How did the women of 9 August 1956 pave the way for today's leaders? Discover the ongoing struggle for women's leadership and the emotional intelligence that drives transformation.
GENDER EQUALITY

The scar of the matriarch leadership: unfinished revolution of women's leadership

Emotionally intelligent leadership is not the opposite of high performance, it is one of its foundations.

  • Galetlolwe Semenya
6 min read