MEET THE judges
“Prof Thuli Madonsela knows that, win or lose, platforms such as Women of the Future are valuable to entrepreneurs. ‘Just being part of this journey changes your life’”
PROF THULI MADONSELA
Law trust chair in social justice at Stellenbosch University’s law faculty
It’s been such an honour to have Prof Thuli Madonsela on our panel of judges since the very beginning. Now in her sixth year as a judge, she is excited to meet the next batch of women entrepreneurs. “Some jobs require you to have a degree, but to be an entrepreneur, you need an idea, passion and hard work,” she says.
Thuli is best knownmagazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2014 and Forbes Africa’s Person of the Year in 2016. In 2018, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and appointed as Knight of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest decoration. Her public image was cemented with the award-winning film, , which documented her final year as public protector. She is the law trust chair of social justice at Stellenbosch University’s law faculty; founder of the Thuma Foundation, a democracy leadership and literacy public benefit organisation; and convenor of the Social Justice M-Plan, an initiative aimed at catalysing progress towards ending poverty and reducing inequality by 2030. She has also co-authored a children’s book called .
