Dr Survé: A global voice for justice, transformation

IN A WORLD choking on crisis and crippled by false messiahs, principled leadership has become the rarest currency. Dr Iqbal Survé is not a politician, nor does he play to galleries.

- ADRI SENEKAL DE WET

He is a product of the Struggle, a doctor of the people, and one of the few post-apartheid figures who understood early that freedom without economic justice is a betrayal. In an era where ego masquerades as leadership, Dr Survé represents something dangerously uncommon, clarity of purpose, moral courage, and the spine to act when it matters most.

South Africa, like much of the world, is trapped in a leadership vacuum, where opportunism has replaced vision, and moral conviction has been traded for political convenience and infighting, staggering youth unemployment, and a stalled economy have bled South Africa of its promise and left public trust in ruins. In such a climate, surrendering to despair becomes the easy choice. But Dr Iqbal Survé refuses that descent. His life stands as a defiant counter-narrative, one that rejects passivity, demands purpose, and redefines what post-liberation leadership should be: morally unshakable, future-focused, and anchored in the real work of rebuilding a broken nation.