Esme Bodenstein
South African physiotherapist and political activist
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Dr Susan Vosloo
Dr Vosloo was South Africa’s first female heart surgeon and first pediatric heart surgeon.
Dr Pholile Mpofu
The first Black woman to qualify as a dermatologist through the College of Medicine in South Africa.
Dr Mamphela Ramphele
South African doctor and international leader
Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
South African nurse and political activist
Dr Kesavelo Goonaruthnumo Naidoo
South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist
Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
As South Africa’s Minister of Health from 1999 to 2008, her refusal to support the use of antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV led to the deaths of over 300,000 infected South Africans.
Dr Oshadi Mangena
South African political activist
Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
South African physician, activist and writer
Margaret Mary Nolan
Irish obstetric surgeon, gynaecologist and missionary nun