As we celebrate Women's Day today: Women in STEM

The Talking Point

As we celebrate Women's Day today, remembering the 1956 anti-pass-law March to the Union Buildings by women from different backgrounds, we take a look at the education side of things. Especially the STEM subjects and how to get more young girls in that field. Businesswoman and philanthropist, Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe raises a very important issue about society not doing enough to push young girls to study the sciences. Let's take a listen to what she had to say, starting her question with a riddle.....

Clip - Motsepe

Link: We speak now to those who took up the sciences as a career to find out what some of the difficulties were and what they believe we can do to turn what Dr Moloi-Motsepe is saying...

Guest: Prof Keolebogile Motaung - Biomedical Scientist and Chief Executive Officer of Global Health Biotech (PTY) LTD

Guest: Kanya Xongo - Geospatial Scientist and Junior Remote Sensing Science Specialist at the South African National Space Agency

Guest: Dr Rakeshnie Ramoutar-Prieschl - Head of Research Capacity Development at the University of Pretoria and also Acting DDG in the Department of Science and innovation