MR ERNEST MAJENGE Founder and director, The Wheelchair Doctor and Manufacturing
Hailing from Germiston, Ernest Mongezi Majenge is the founder of wheelchair manufacturer The Wheelchair Doctor. “I started operating in August 2018 as a wheelchair repair service,” Majenge says. “We’re busy developing an off-road wheelchair that will cater for people in townships, rural areas and on farms.” Majenge’s company produces the Ruby wheelchair, which can neatly climb and descend stairs, making it ideal for urban areas and distinguishing it from its competitors. The Wheelchair Doctor offers customised and specialised sports wheelchairs. Majenge’s innovative wheelchair has won him several awards, In conjunction with her position as a national youth ambassador for the South African National AIDS Council (Sanac), Koketso Rathumbu is pursuing an honours degree in social and behavioural studies through Unisa. “I am a public health specialist in the area of HIV prevention and management concentrated among adolescents and young people,” Rathumbu says. “I am an adviser to key stakeholders such as government, donor partners, civil society and the private sector on optimising HIV prevention efforts.”
including the South African Breweries Foundation disability empowerment award and Transnet Matlafatso Centre pitching competition in 2021 and 2020, respectively. “My biggest mistake was when I was trying to come up with a product using assumptions instead of facts and the product did not do well in the market,” Majenge says.
His aim is to restore dignity through mobility for wheelchair users.
“Start when you are still young and have a lot of energy because business takes time to make money.” Diploma in Accountancy, 2015 related deaths, and where young people are less disproportionately affected by HIV. She serves as the technical lead for Sanac’s youth programmes, which she considers one of her proudest achievements. “My biggest mistake has been doubting my abilities,” she says. “Every experience, no matter the magnitude, is shaping me for the person I am meant to become.” “Allow the process of learning to unfold.” BA Strategic Communication in Corporate Communication, 2019 of ‘black excellence’ versus ‘black exceptionalism’. I have never wanted to be the exception, but rather a part of a community that has a mindset backed by actions that display leadership through perseverance. The true purpose of these actions is to advance the black community. That is black excellence,” she says. “I hope my practice continues to be a response to the ongoing intervention about the invisibility and neglect on the productions, histories and archives of women and queer photographers.”
MS KOKETSO RATHUMBU National youth ambassador, The South African National AIDS Council
Rathumbu is working towards a South Africa with fewer TB-
MS LEBOHANG KGANYE Visual Artist
Lebohang Kganye is a visual artist and photographer who uses her family archive to explore and re-enact notions of home and belonging. “My work has explored themes of personal history and ancestry, while resonating with the history of South Africa and apartheid, by incorporating the archival and performative into a practice that centres storytelling and memory as it plays itself out in the familial experience.” With regards to what drives her success, Kganye says that the concept of individuality within a society or community has always been important. “However, I always think about the concept
National Diploma Fine Art, 2016
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