# Multi-talented South African actress, model, and humanitarian, Nomzamo Mbatha, has been in Time Magazine’s 2025 TIME100 Next list. The list recognises rising leaders and influential talents shaping the future. Mbatha has become a prominent voice for refugee rights through her role as a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador. In the advocacy category, she stands alongside inspiring peers like Rose Njeri Tunguru, a Nairobi-based software developer, LGBTQIA+ activist Viktoria Radvanyi, and Sudanese poet and humanitarian Emi Mahmoud.
SA’s Nomzamo Mbatha included in the 2025 TIME100 Next list for her advocacy work