Thread by @PresidencyZA

President #Ramaphosa: Today, we also pay tribute to the present generation who have taken up the baton of struggle towards a truly non-sexist and egalitarian society.

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President #Ramaphosa: They are blazing a trail: in the workplace and in the boardrooms, in our factories and on our farms, in our Parliament and in our civil society organisations.

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President #Ramaphosa: They are pathfinders like Dr Mary-Jane Bopape, the chief scientist for weather research at the South African Weather Service, who is leading a specialist team to produce this country’s first ever weather and climate change modelling system.
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President #Ramaphosa: They are farming specialists like Mmabatho Morudi from right here in North West, whose farm in Winterveld offers free bee pollination services to rural farmers.

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President #Ramaphosa: They are entrepreneurs like nuclear scientist Nomso Kana whose company manufactures fibre-optic cables that are critical for the rollout of broadband infrastructure.

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President #Ramaphosa: They are researchers like UWC graduate student Shireen Mentor, who grew up witnessing the ravages of drug abuse in her community of Mannenberg, and is now conducting ground-breaking research into the effects of substance abuse on the brain.

President #Ramaphosa: They are tech industry leaders like Zandile Keebine, whose organisation GirlCode hosts coding clubs and workshops for high school girls, and teaches basic computer literacy skills to unemployed women.

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President #Ramaphosa: They are the women of @BanyanaBanyana who are on a winning streak and have just scored their way into the COSAFA finals. All these women, and many, many more like them, are changing South Africa for the better.

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President #Ramaphosa: They are shining examples of the strides our country has made since democracy, and of the even greater heights we are yet to attain. #WomensDay2019