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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…

Activate Leadership August 4, 2026

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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…

Activate Leadership August 3, 2026

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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…

Activate Leadership August 3, 2026

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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…

Activate Leadership August 1, 2026

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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…

Activate Leadership August 1, 2026

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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 …

Activate Leadership August 1, 2026

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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…

Activate Leadership July 16, 2026

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In Komga, Amanda Dumisa Is Turning Mandela Day Into Everyday Work

The small office in front of her house was not ready yet, so people came inside. Furniture had to share space with wet clothes, hungry bodies, donated…

Activate Leadership July 15, 2026

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Celebrating Mandela Through AI Creative Challenge

As South Africa and the world prepare to commemorate Nelson Mandela Day on the 18th of July , the Gen AI Africa Podcast is calling on young people to …

Activate Leadership July 14, 2026

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How Emmanuel Prosper Mafuma Turned Farming into a Mission of Social Justice

Every July, South Africans are reminded that Mandela Day is far more than a symbolic date on the calendar. It is an invitation to confront the uncomfo…

Activate Leadership July 14, 2026

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