The Cost of Silence: Transparency, Power and the Fight Against GBV
It is a grim world women inhabit. Whether she is outspoken or reserved, dressed to impress or simply to exist, someone somewhere will convince himself…
Author: Activate Leadership
Yolanda Mogano, Law, Leadership, and The Power of Being Open to Learn
In 2019, while navigating her first year of law school, Yolanda Mogona stepped into the Activate! Change Drivers network. What began as a friend’s r…
Gauteng 2018 Activate Change Driver Sibongile Mongadi Recognised Among Top Winners at the Hollywood Foundation Gauteng Bambelela Business Awards
Gauteng 2018 Activate Change Driver and technology entrepreneur Sibongile Mongadi has been recognised among the Top 20 winners at the Hollywood Founda…
Xolile Mkhabela on Ivota Lakho Eleyi Thulusi and Women’s Representation
Xolile Mkhabela, 2024 activator from Ward 20 in Umhlabuyalingana, KwaZulu-Natal.
Mkhabela is a young person whose commitment to community development…
Qwabe Leads Through Service and Community Action
Menzi Michael Qwabe, a 2015 activator from KwaZulu-Natal, Umkhanyakude District, Umhlabuyalingana Ward 20. He is contesting in the upcoming local gove…
Growing Readers and Connecting Leaders
Italiah Mthethwa, a 2019 Activator from Elias Motsoaledi local municipality, whose passion lies in youth development, education, leadership, and Afric…
Celebrating Women’s Excellence and Leadership: Lady Mariéme Jamme in the Spotlight
The South African government appointed technology leader and digital transformation advocate Lady Mariéme Jamme as the country's Special Envoy for Te…
Why Climate Justice Begins with People
In 2025, Thabang Makgakwe dedicated his 67 minutes on Mandela Day to launching Energy Trade SA, a bold vision to bring affordable, sustainable energy …
KZN 2019 ACTIVATE! Change Driver Ntwenhle Nkosingiphile Leads Mandela Day House Rebuild & Health Drive in Imbali
This Nelson Mandela Day, youth leadership turned 67 minutes into lasting change in Imbali Unit 18. Ntwenhle Nkosingiphile, a 2019 ACTIVATE! Change Dri…
Ramoloti is helping Moruleng’s children find purpose through the Arts
For many, royalty exists at a distance, admired from afar. But for a group of young creatives in Moruleng, their songs, poems, paintings and performan…