Top 20 Most Inspirational Youth In South Africa 2016 [Part3]
Every year we compile a list of young South Africans who are inspirational and doing remarkable things in their fields of expertise. Check out our Top 20 Most Inspirational Youth In South Africa 2016.
11.Tyrone Moodley
Moodley, 30, is the CEO of Midbrook Lane (Pty) Ltd, a private investment firm. The Johannesburg-based firm typically invests in 7 to 12 private and publicly listed companies at a time with the aim of holding the investments over a minimum period of 10 years. Moodley also serves as a non-executive director of Conduit Capital, a JSE-listed investment company, making him one of the youngest serving board members of a company listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange.
12. Mogau Seshoene
Mogau Seshoene (26) is the founder and chief executive of The Lazy Makoti, which was formed after she gave cooking lessons to a friend who was struggling to learn to produce South African dishes. The Lazy Makoti do house calls and cooking lessons for small groups, as well as selling branded kitchen accessories through pop-up stores and online. The charismatic Seshoene is pregnant with ideas. She plans to expand the merchandise line and find premises for her business so her growing clientele can easily excess her services. She’s also working on a national cookbook. Her hard work has won her several awards: The Lean Jump Business Incubation powered by SABKickStart, Edge Growth and The Hook Up Dinner.
13. Esethu Hasane
Hasane (23) is the Spokesperson for Minister of Sports and Recreation Fikile Mbalula. Hasane (23) grew up in a rural village where most of the people were unemployed, and there were few means of survival, mostly through government grants. The schools, clinics and hospitals were basic and the services they offered minimal. Raised by a single, unemployed mother, Hasane’s biggest motivation was to see her stop struggling to provide for him and his siblings. Hasane was one of the few in his district to get into university. He chose to study politics and media as his majors, so he would be equipped to contribute to the public service.
14. Busisiwe Gumede
Busisiwe is a senior anchor at YFM’s Current Affairs Show and author of the Youth Chat column in The Sowetan newspaper, Busi Gumede (24) is passionate about bringing South Africa’s youth into the national dialogue. Having grown up in Alexandra township, she saw first-hand how easily young people can become disillusioned and excluded. Now, she says, her mission is to give youths a voice and help them participate in politics to shape their future.
15. Sunni Faba
Sunni is a Director and storyteller. Sunni Faba has directed over a dozen short films for DSTV and eTV, and works as a writer and developer on popular local television dramas Ayeye and Isibiya. That’s already an imposing résumé for a 25-year-old.
