Ruby is studying for her MSc in Nature Conservation at George Campus, with an international research component at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Her research supports South Africa’s sustainability and global climate resilience goals, by contributing to evidence-based conservation.
The Fellowship celebrates exceptional women scientists advancing STEM in South Africa and beyond and were awarded recently at the 2025 South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA).
Both doctoral and master’s students were recognised to support women researchers at critical stages in their academic journeys.
Under the theme “Unpacking STEM Careers: Her Voice in…
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Fun South African Fact: Vilakazi Street in Soweto has been home to two Nobel Peace Prize winners. A tour through Soweto will always stop at Vilakazi Street to reveal a number of heritage sites of great importance to democratic South Africa. Both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived here at some point in their lives. In 1984, Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition for his non-violent fight against the apartheid regime. Nine years later in 1993, Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with then-president F.W. de Klerk as an award for their role in bringing about the peaceful end of apartheid. Nelson Mandela then went on to become South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994.
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Fun South African Fact: South Africa has one of the world’s most luxurious trains.