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Mia Le Roux (28) was recently crowned the new Miss South Africa at a glitzy event held recently at the Sun Bet Arena in Pretoria.

Entrepreneurship

Phumulile Mkhonza of Nelspruit in Mpumalanga is growing as a perfumer and revolutionising the African fragrance industry.

Mkhonza is the owner of PSD Scent Perfumes, a business that she started in 2019 but only registered in 2022.

We recently commemorated the Women’s March to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956. This historic protest by more than 20,000 South African women was a response to the cruel and dehumanising practices of the apartheid regime. 

The march was also a protest against economic injustice.

As the country celebrates Women’s Month, Cabinet has congratulated Justice Mandisa Maya on her trailblazing appointment as South Africa’s first female incoming Chief Justice.
She is the first South African woman to lead the Constitutional Court after being appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Her new leadership role will begin on 1 September 2024.

Justice Maya previously served with distinction as the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal since 2017 and was the first woman to hold the position.

If you think of worms, you might imagine slimy tiny creatures but for Snenhlanhla Maduna who has been dubbed ‘worm mom’, her face lights up at the sight of these creepy-crawlies.
“They are harmless, the tickling sensation they create when hand-held made me overcome my initial aversion,” Maduna said.

The 21-year-old from Hilton, Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal is the co-founder of SñP Organic Products, which specialises in vermicomposting, this is a process whereby earthworms convert natural waste into compost. 

Grade 12 learners, who plan to pursue studies in the water and sanitation field, have until 30 September to apply for bursaries offered by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).

The DWS offers the comprehensive bursaries to learners who plan to study in the 2025 academic year. 

Over the past 30 years, South Africa has come a long way in creating a country that respects and honours women’s rights. Today, women are represented in every sphere of society, and even in roles that were previously only the domain of men.

It was however, not always like this.  At the dawn of democracy in 1994 we inherited a deeply divided society, with profound socio-economic and racial disparities. Women were mostly relegated to the fringes of society and had no real agency.

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