Womanity - Women in Unity

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Dr. Elizabeth Hugo who is a Gynaecologist and Gynaecological Oncologist working in the private sector at Vergelegen Mediclinic in Somerset West. October is breast cancer awareness month and breast cancer is one of the five most invasive cancers affecting women in Africa, the others being melanoma, colorectal, cervix and uterus...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Dr Irene Boeddinghaus who specialises in breast disease and serves the private sector at the Vincent Pallotti Hospital. October is b reast cancer awareness month and today’s conversation focusses on breast cancer , which is one of the top five cancers affecting women. Statistically, one in every eight women will be diagnosed w...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education , Siviwe Gwarube , who shares her passion and vision for transforming education in South Africa impacting the lives of 13,500,000 learners. Drawing inspiration from her upbringing in a typical South African household, raised by her grandmother, Minister Gwarube reflects on her grandmo...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Prof. Fortunate Silinda , who is the Chair of the Psychology Department at UNISA. As the world marks World Mental Health Day ( 10 th October ), Prof. Silinda shares her journey into the field of psychology, driven by a desire to unlock human potential and address the often-overlooked psychological challenges in her community ....

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Dr Monicca Thulisile Bhuda , who lectures in culture and heritage studies at the University of Mpumalanga . She holds a PhD in Social Sciences specialising in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS). Dr. Bhuda shares her journey into the field, describing it as a calling that began when she first enrolled in sociology and IKS at No...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Val Nichas , the CEO of the Spur Corporation . Part of her motivation for accepting this role was the challenge of transformation and taking on a role in corporate which has greater purpose. Under her leadership the Spur Corporation became a purpose-led organisation, whose purpose is, “ Leading for the Greater Good ”. Transfor...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Prof Dovile Jakniunaite from the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University and head of the Institute’s Russia and Central Eastern European Studies Centre. There are different iterations of feminism, which are influenced by context. Prof Jakniunaite shares how when Lithuania attained indep...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Prof Rene Benecke from the Strategic Communication Department at the University of Johannesburg . Communication is dynamic and multifaceted, influencing everything from activism to personal branding. Prof Benecke shares some of her views on how the concepts of network theory and community influencers intersect in practice, emp...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Prof Patricia Lindelwa Makoni , from the University of South Africa’s (UNISA) Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking. UNISA is Africa’s largest distance learning institution, with over 400,000 students, representing over 100 different countries. Every year more than 54,000 graduates receive qualifications from UNIS...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Miss South Africa 2024 , Mia Le Roux . Mia is deaf, and she knows first-hand what if feels like to be excluded from opportunities, from the big, as well as seemingly insignificant things that many able-bodied people take for granted. Mia decided to participate in Miss SA because she did not want to feel excluded anymore and wa...

This week on Womanity – Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka speaks with Professor Rachel Jafta , a Professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University and Director at Naspers / Prosus . Professor Jafta believes economics is fundamentally about people. Her diverse research covers topics like International Trade, Industrial Organisation, Technological Change, R&D, Affirmative Action, an...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, for our series on women in the judiciary , Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Judge Portia Nkutha-Nkontwana from the Labour Appeal Court. Judge Nkutha-Nkontwana shares how family meetings, where the household were called to “The Table” to resolve challenges or mete out discipline introduced her to dispute resolution and gave a foundation to her career in labour...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, for our series on women in the judiciary , Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to J udge Jacqueline Henriques of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court. Judge Henriques comes from a family of educators and initially wanted to follow in their footsteps but was dissuaded by her father. She registered for a BProc at university with the intention of switching ove...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, for our series on women in the judiciary , Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Judge Katharine Savage of the Western Cape High Court , Judge of the Labour Appeal Court and Acting Deputy Judge President of the Labour Courts and the Labour Appeal Court. Judge Savage ’s family motivated her to pursue a career in law, in part, to be able to change society. For examp...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Dr Latifa Firfiray , who heads up anaesthesiology clinical services at Tygerberg Hospital and lectures at Stellenbosch University . Dr Firfiray shares some of her motivations for pursuing her specialisation in anaesthesiology, which requires interacting with a multidisciplinary team. She highlights some of her experiences with...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to KwaZulu Natal’s first female Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeon , Dr. Pranusha Ramlakhan , who works in the public sector at the King Edward VIII Hospital/Victoria Mxenge Hospital , in Durban, South Africa. Women are underrepresented in the Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery specialisation. Dr. Ramlakhan shares her journey and emphasi...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Prof. Karin Baatjes , who is the Vice Dean of Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University . Prof. Baatjes discusses the wide variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within the faculty and how her sector aims to keep on trend with new pedagogical developments acro...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Dr. Nika Vafaei , who is a Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeon in private practice and previously served in the public sector. Dr Vafaei shares the differences between the types of conditions she treats in the private sector compared to her experience in the public sector, noting that cases in the public sector tended to be dominat...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Dr. Bethany Foster , who is a Professor of Paediatrics, Chair of the Department of Paediatrics at McGill University and Paediatrician-in-Chief at the McGill University Health Centre. She also serves as acting Division Director of Paediatric Nephrology. Additionally, she is Chair of The Transplantation Society’s Women in Transp...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Dr Thokozani  Chilenga-Butao from the Department of Political Studies at the University of Witwatersrand . 2024 is an election year for more than 60 countries around the world, representing almost 50% of the global population. Political policies shape the narrative of societies and underscores importance of citizen’s having a...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Professor Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo , from the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg . She also serves as the Pan African Women Studies unit head at the Institute of Pan African Thought and Conversation . 2024 is an election year for more than 60 countries around the world, representin...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Professor Elmi Muller , who is the dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University (FMHS). She is a global authority on kidney and liver transplantation and trailblazer in the field of organ transplantation in HIV-positive patients. During her tenure as head of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT)...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to award winning South African actress Shannon Esra . Her first professional acting role was playing Siri in the feature film I Dreamed of Africa , with Kim Basinger, which cemented her desire to pursue acting professionally. Some of her television work has included Lioness , Isidingo, The Queen and Hard Copy .  Theatre wise she h...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to the Ambassador of Mexico Sara Valdés Bolaño . She is accredited to twelve countries in Southern Africa. Prior to this appointment she was Ambassador to Vietnam. Some of her previous roles include director general for Africa and the Middle East at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, director of the Mexican Cultural Institu...

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Dr Therese Fish , who is the Vice Dean of Clinical Services and Social Impact in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University . Dr Fish reflects on some highlights from her career, in effect coming full circle, from training as a medical doctor herself to now being responsible for teaching upcoming ge...