Our Executive Director, Ms Gugu Ndebele, will be hosting THE KINGMAKER, Mr Rams Mabote, on Wednesday, 18 May 2022, on her Feature, Sipping Tea with Thishomkhulu.

Mr Mabote is an established and accomplished media person. He was the host of Media & Society on SABC News (Channel 404) and several digital platforms on YouTube and Facebook. He brings a combined Media and Public Relations experience of 28 years. Mr Mabote is also Chief Volunteer Officer of Future Kings, an initiative of the Rams Mabote Foundation which focuses on mentoring teenage boys into responsible manhood.

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On Thursday, 17 February 2022, Thishomkhulu, Ms Gugu Ndebele, was in discussion with Adv Kholeka Gcaleka, Dr Lulu Gwagwa and Mr Lorato Tshenkeng at the Academy. The panel discussion was hosted through Ms Ndebele’s Feature, Sipping Tea with Thishomkhulu (STWT). At its core, STWT aims to create a dialogue on leadership through conversations that matter with various leaders in our society.

For the panel discussion, Thishomkhulu focused on two questions; do we have the leaders we deserve or do we deserve the leaders we have. Casually looking at the subject, it reads the same thing; however, the two questions are different if you think about it deeply. Thishomkhulu also wanted to know how we got where we are currently with regards to the type of leaders we have in our society.

Here are a few key takeaways from the panellist;