[Update: The Press Council’s deputy press ombudsman, Johan Retief, found in Lakela Kaunda’s favour regarding a July 7 2010 article the Times published titled “Kaunda wins battle in the presidency – Zuma’s top aide tightens her hold as two more key officials prepare to leave”. The ombudsman stated that Kaunda had complained that “the story […]
Mandela Rhodes Scholars
Mandela Rhodes Scholars who feature on this page are all recipients of The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship, awarded by The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, and are members of The Mandela Rhodes Community.
The Mandela Rhodes Community was started by recipients of the scholarship, and is a growing network of young African leaders in different sectors. The Mandela Rhodes Community is comprised of students and professionals from various backgrounds, fields of study and areas of interest. Their commonality is the set of guiding principles instilled through The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship program: education, leadership, reconciliation, and social entrepreneurship.
All members of The Mandela Rhodes Community have displayed some form of involvement in each of these domains.
The Community has the purpose of mobilising its members and partners to collaborate in establishing a growing network of engaged and active leaders through dialogue and project support
[The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship is open to all African students and allows for postgraduate studies at any institution in South Africa. See The Mandela Rhodes Foundation for further details.]
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Gucci comrades: The ANC’s new cadre?
By Zukiswa Mqolomba It is a worrying sign indeed when the leadership of the African National Congress can use its weight in strong and uncritical defence of the ANCYL president, a symptom of the burgeoning trend among its ranks of greed, avarice and an insatiable appetite to amass personal wealth, while millions of South Africans […]
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Dare to be wise, Mr President
By Suntosh Pillay “Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.” This is Immanuel Kant’s short but potent definition, offered in 1748. About 260 years later, his paper on the question of Enlightenment remains powerfully persuasive and prophetically relevant. It may even help us expose immature public office bearers. Is Julius Malema immature (let alone […]
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Zuma’s address…disappointing, wasn’t it?
By Zukiswa Mqolomba Firstly, I would like to welcome the input from the progressive alliance, particularly of the ANCYL, for its rather generous appraisal of the State of the Nation address. Individual loyalties generally die hard, even in the face of damning sentiment reflected by its receipt by mainstream society. When we are willing to […]
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The centre cannot hold
By Athambile Masola “Things fall apart The centre cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world” Yeats’ words from the poem The Second Coming are often used to allude to a state of affairs that demands attention from everybody. Today, this aptly describes the state of South Africa’s education system. Things are falling apart […]
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Keeping it REEL
By Marius Redelinghuys As Mandela Rhodes Scholars in residence, living the legacy of Nelson Mandela and delivering on the promise of leadership is a central element of the scholarship and also of every individual scholar. In reflecting on the promise of leadership, by asking the question, how Mandela Rhodes Scholars contribute to delivering the promise […]
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Hollywood’s golden pick…noticed the xenophobia yet?
By Suntosh Pillay James Cameron was named 2009’s best director for his movie Avatar at the recent Golden Globe Awards. The other nominations that had already opened on local screens were Inglourious Basterds and Invictus. Though each of these movies had a distinct cinematic style and belonged to different genres, a common, important thread ran […]
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Reitz Four debate should move beyond race
By Rachel Nyaradzo Adams I have grappled with the Reitz Four saga for some time now. When I first watched the video, I was in the process of completing research for my master’s dissertation which explored the difficulties of “deracialising” South African universities. Using my alma mater, the University of Cape Town, as a case […]
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An open letter to Prof Jansen — you are so very wrong
By David Maimela Dear Prof I write an open letter to you deliberately to protest your first major wrong decision at UFS. And I sincerely hope it finds you well. No need to patronise you at all. We both know that I admire you for many other reasons and we talk anytime. I won’t enter […]
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Religion: A commitment to the ideology of suffering
By Rachel Adams As far as religion is a form of acknowledging a higher power and of connecting with the creative force that is responsible for this incredible universe, I have no problems. But if there is any group of people that has gone one step further and adopted religion, Christianity particularly, as a legitimator […]
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Men: Moving from power to purpose
By Suntosh Pillay Why is it that men mostly join organisations and committees where they have some position of power and rarely offer themselves simply as volunteers who want to make a positive difference? This was just one of the questions posed at the launch of the UKZN Men’s Forum (UMF) a few weeks ago. […]
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Leadership laboratory
Lionel Faull They came to Grahamstown from all over Africa — from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Gabon, Zambia, Zim — and from all over South Africa, too. Thirty-seven bright young things — all alumni of the coveted Mandela Rhodes Scholarship, Madiba’s intervention to create exceptional leadership capacity in Africa. They brought some pretty amazing speakers with […]