In honor of Women’s History Month, here are five South African women whose remarkable work, achievements, and dreams are protecting, exploring, and making history!
1. Ness Knight, Adventurer
Photo: Ness Knight
When filling out forms, South African-born Ness Knight finds herself forced to choose “Other” as her occupation, because “Explorer” never seems to be an option. As she puts it, she has made a career out of “hauling everything that I need to survive with me around some of the most remote corners of our planet, and telling the stories of those experiences.”