In this issue

Cover feature this month is Professor Mahlo Mokgalong who is a firm believer and catalyst of fee-free education in South Africa. We pay tribute to Nelson Mandela and we look at leadership and climate change. We examine the digital economy and pay tribute to Joseph Shabalala.

Fee-Free Education Frees All

The most glaring issue in higher education in recent years has been fee-free education and how to accomplish it without putting the country into debt

10+ mins

Ndabezitha Madiba

“If there is one thing I will fight you for–it is my respect.”

2 mins

Good governance

Over the past 50 years, an “unnoticed apocalypse” may have killed off half the planet’s insects. This is the opening line of a World Economic Forum feature on 25 Nov 2019. It is a sign of the times that this is getting the attention of the World Economic Forum and we really need to sit up and take notice.

9 mins

Leadership

In an increasingly competitive world, businesses win over customers through providing excellent customer service. We see this in the digital technology tsunami sweeping across the world. Companies like Amazon, Google and Samsung are few of the many who are relentlessly innovating to retain competitive advantage. The 4th Industrial Revolution, globally, is driven by consumer demand for cheaper and more efficient services!

4 mins

The legacy lives on

South African heritage and culture is significantly reflected in their music. Their work earned them 19 Grammy nominations and 5 Grammy wins. Ladysmith Black Mambazo, might have lost their founding father, Joseph Shabalala at the age of 78 but his legacy lives on.

3 mins

Empowering Our Future

More than half (51%) of youth aged 18–24 years claim they do not have the financial means to pay for their tertiary tuition. That is over 1.4 million youths who will never be able to afford to take their education further and thereby increase their opportunities to progress in their careers and lives. This is the sad reality according to the Higher Education and Skills in South Africa report released by Statistics South Africa in March 2019.

6 mins

The Future Is Photovoltaic Bright

The key to South Africa’s energy crisis is to harness the abundant energy of the sun, says Thorsten Ronge, Managing Director of SMA South Africa

3 mins

Air Traffic Navigation Services: Flying High Into The Future

After an exceptional 2018/2019 financial year, Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) is poised to soar even further, as it builds on an exceptional record and heads into the next phase of its development

6 mins

Competing As An Equal

Mixcorp CEO, Mixo Kobe, is making Africa proud with his success in logistics and mining

6 mins

Towards The Ideal Owner-Tenant Relationship

Prepaid sub-meters help de-risk the buy-to-let market for investors

3 mins

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Leadership magazine is one of the oldest and most prestigious magazines in South Africa. Founded by Hugh Murray in 1983, Leadership became the choice read for the country’s business and political leaders.

Leadership’s aim is to give insights, intelligence and interviews with those leaders who are defining the world around us. It offers leaders a space to express their views, fears and hopes, without those being travestied by truncation, or refracted through the idealogical prism of the commentariat.

Over the last 30 years Leadership has acted as a nexus point for the opinions of some of the smartest, most intelligent and indeed most vocal people South Africa and the world has had to offer. Leadership magazine is aimed at dynamic middle and senior business managers and directors, entrepreneurs, an influential political class and those who aspire to leadership roles, across all sectors of the economy.

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