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Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) acting civil diver Makhosazana Sengo is holding her own in a male-dominated world.

She is trailblazing a path for other women to follow, while staring down gender stereotyping and ocean predators at the same time.

While some might take up boxing because of their passion for the sport or the adrenaline rush it gives, Matshidiso ‘Scorpion Queen’ Mok

Women's Month

While netball and women’s soccer have received much attention in recent months, other sportswomen competing in codes such as rugby still fight gender stereotypes.

University of Pretoria student Kemisetso Baloyi (21) is a rising star in the world of rugby, representing the South African Students Rugby Women’s Sevens Team.

The team recently returned from the World University Games in Italy, where they finished in fourth place behind some strong competition.

Men have a vital role to play in ending gender-based violence (GBV), believes social worker Mpho Ramoloto.

A Male Programme Co-ordinator at Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training (ADAPT), Ramoloto provides counselling to perpetrators of domestic violence and GBV.

South Africans who run businesses in the fresh produce sector will be given an opportunity to showcase their products at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Germany next year.

This opportunity is made possible by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti). The department has called on businesses in the fresh produce sector to apply to participate at the Fruit Logistica in 2020.

Government offers a wide range of assistance to women who want to start their own business, from advice to funding.

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Too often, the brilliant business ideas of women do not take flight because they don’t have the information to transform their dream into reality.

For nearly two decades, a Pretoria woman has opened her heart and home to over 100 children in need.

Giving love and care to vulnerable children is what Mmakgomo Jacobeth Maidi (55) sees as her purpose on earth.

This Women’s Month, we celebrate Maidi, who is affectionately known as ‘Mama Joggie’ to the over 100 children she has taken care of over the past 18 years. 

She is the founder of Share Tears and Grow, a place of safety for children in Nellmapius in the east of Pretoria, that was established in 2001.

Nonhlanhla Joye who patented the Growth System believes her invention is the rope of hope that pulls unemployed and underserved communities up.

Two young South Africans have started a software development company to respond to digital world demands, and they are helping companies locally and abroad.

Siyabonga Tiwana (29) and Tyrone Adams (28) founded Skywalk Innovations five years ago.