Knowledge for Development

South Africa: A shot in the arm for exceptional women scientists

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Date: 26/04/2010

Introduction:

Kgaogelo Amanda Maswanganye is one of the five inaugural recipients of the L'Oréal and Unesco Regional Fellowships for Women in Science in sub-Saharan Africa. Born in Limpopo, Maswanganye is one of two South African women to be awarded a fellowship towards the completion of their PhD studies. She is based at the University of Pretoria, where she tutors in molecular biology and is "concentrating on the grasslands of SA, which are fast disappearing, and its species such as dassies and mice and their distribution. (Source: All Africa, 19 April 2010)