The recent State of the Nation Address by President Ramaphosa was well received with a number of people congratulating him on his focus on introduction of technology into the classrooms. While these are positive developments, their still remains a glaring shortfall of women involved in the fields of science and technology.

Ndoni Mcunu is a PhD Candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand’s Global Change Institute and the Founder & CEO of Black Women in Science (BWIS), a registered non-profit organization which aims to deliver capacity development interventions that target young black women scientists and researchers.

In this talk, she explores the importance of role models and diversity in the sector: