Women in Water. All Eyes on Koleka Makanda

Coinciding with the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Women’s World Cup and the Netball World Cup, Koleka Makanda, a former female football extraordinaire and sports fanatic, has set her eyes on completing her PhD in Environmental and Water Sciences specialising in Water Resource Protection.

The 38-year-old, originally from Buffalo Nek, Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape, is in her final year at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). She maintains that through the bursary made available by the Department of Water and Sanitation, not even the sky can limit the hopes and dreams that she has set for herself.