Visionary leadership needed - and not just in politics
19 July 2020 - 00:00
One of my favourite Nelson Mandela stories is from when he was in Lobatse, Botswana, on his way to prepare for the formation of the ANC's armed wing in the early 1960s. While waiting for a trip that would take him to Zambia, Ethiopia and Algeria, he spent much of his spare time taking walks around the area with Max Mlonyeni, a fellow South African who had also skipped the country as his family was being persecuted by apartheid police...
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