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| Can the real Slim Shady please stand up! |
Leadership according to the Oxford Dictionary encompasses the action of one person or of a collective leading a group of people or an organization. Too my mind that requires a very defined and specific skill set. Leadership isn’t for everyone. Further to this a leader should be trustworthy, have the relevant working experience and be charismatic enough to leading his or her people through tumultuous times.
So where do OUR leaders fit in? Many of them are ill equipped resulting in their incompetence in delivery while still cashing the salary, living the lifestyle without actually getting their hands dirty (except of course when they’re busy raiding state coffers). Admittedly this cannot be said for all of our politicians, but for the vast majority it is business as usual. Will we ever see the likes of another Madiba? Will we ever have another great leader who inspired confidence and lead based on integrity and humanity?
Have our leaders simply become deaf to the plight of its citizens? Do they intend sitting in their ivory towers while keeping the country’s people on the brink of starvation, death and illiteracy, not feeding them any food or education but only promises of a brighter future? The sad thing is, as election time draws near the political campaign juggernaut kicks into place and the empty promises are spewed forth, fooling the masses into believing that this time our leaders will actually listen and that it will all be different. Aluta Continua!
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