BRINGING YOU INSPIRING AFRICAN STORIES
Lesley Ncube developed his own smartphone, known as the 'Shumiphone'. The TUT graduate received his advanced diploma in computer science in June last year and he has already launched a company and his own smartphone. The 26-year-old has always dreamed of owning his own tech company and he is making it a reality now.
The shy 21-year-old has built a car inspired by his love for luxury car brand Lamborghini by using scrap materials and old car parts. He said because he cannot afford a luxury car he decided to try and build himself one.
In South Africa, A 21-year-old young and brilliant woman named Dr Thakgalo Thibela has already completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBCh) degree and is currently practising at the Helen Joseph hospital in Johannesburg. This makes Dr Thakgalo Thibela the youngest active female doctor in South Africa, according to the spokesperson of The Health Practice Council of South Africa (HPCSA), Priscilla Sekhonyana who confirmed that Thibela was the youngest Active Dr currently on the IN Register.
Esther Mahlangu was born in 1935 on a farm outside Middleburg, in what is now the Mpumalanga province, South Africa. She was the first of nine children: six boys and three girls. Dr Esther Mahlangu is globally acclaimed for her bright and bold abstract paintings that are inspired by Ndebele design.
