The case to answer is one of ineffective leadership

There is a discernible leadership crisis creeping upon our society. At the moment, the crisis manifests itself in a number of ways, chief among which are the following: the amount of ordinary people who have neither understanding nor personal experience of effective leadership; the amount of historically privileged people who think leadership is merely about opportunistic competence; the amount of previously disadvantaged people who think leadership is only about simplistic legitimacy; the poor performance of our education system – historically and currently – as well as the high levels of self-centredness and lawlessness.

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On a daily basis I hear people, myself included, ask questions revolving around development. Is our country making headway in terms of development? Is it going to take us long before we can be seen as a developed country? In all fairness, I find those two questions irrelevant. However, if I had to answer the latter and former, I’d unshakably stand to say no, we have not yet made progress in terms of development and it will indeed take long before we are a developed country.

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Among the common challenges people in underdeveloped communities face on a constant basis are the following:

1. Limited financial resources
2. Lack of facilities and amenities
3. Lack of management and leadership skills
4. Negative competition instead of co-operation among community members
5. Weak institutions unable to shape and direct people`s lives, especially young people

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Thato Golden Sakong! The young man who promises a bucketful of distinctions in his matric pass in 2010! MoAc wishes him the greatest of luck!

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In June and July 2010, Joseph Blatter will finally achieve his long-standing goal of bringing the FIFA World Cup to South Africa as a country and Africa as a continent. Joseph Blatter proudly spearheaded the campaign to bring the World Cup to South Africa and Africa in order to make it work for some of the most disadvantaged people of the world. It is important that ordinary people know and pay homage to the critical role played by this distinguished fellow in delivering the prestigious FIFA World Cup tournament to our country and continent.

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Some people, including experts, regard human beings as being wired for catastrophe. They argue that human beings, although a highly gifted species by the Father of creation, are given to comfort and often move to do the right things only after some serious catastrophe or calamity has taken place. Currently, there is a serious question mark regarding whether or not South Africa will find the leadership and strategies to put it on a path to redemption before a serious calamity occurs.

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The society

I believe that whereas many homes, churches, schools, workplaces, playgrounds and other places where members of our society converge are engaged in good work, too many people continue to fall through the cracks primarily as a result of the long-term effects of apartheid.

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There is no doubt that we need money in our communities to make people`s lives better. But what we need even more of are viable plans and skills to identify and develop talent to play leadership roles. The foundation for future success through people must be laid in communities by communities themselves.

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One of the greatest challenges faced by struggling communities in our society is to ensure that their youth studying at tertiary institutions remain loyal to their communities and maintain contact to provide knowledge and direction.

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Montshepetja Academy, which started operating in 2003 in Limpopo, acquired premises in Gauteng in the middle of March 2010. That coincided with the first anniversary of MoAc Online on 13 March 2010. Eric Mbuyazi and Kabelo Sakong, Marketing Manager and Brand Manager of MoAc respectively, did an interview with Gibson Sakong to shed some light on the organisation as well as its leader and some of his unorthodox perspectives.

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A very concerning statement I frequently hear or read about in South Africa relates to how good the people of South Africa are. This statement is commonly made in reference to the way South Africans dealt with the daunting challenges they faced when their society changed from being the monster it was prior to 1994, to the near-miracle it is today.

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Human stability and progress depend on a concept called co-existence. Co-existence means living together in harmony or peace. The best known form of co-existence is interdependence, which refers to when people identify and respect the fact that nobody can provide for all their needs and that we depend on other people to satisfy some of our needs. It relies, though, on the observance of two principles, among many, by each of the integral parts of the whole.

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As with every journey, there is a beginning. This is how my walk with Montshepetja began. I joined Montshepetja Academy on 06 September 2004 as a football player. What was special about that event is that Montshepetja was a wholly boys soccer team and I was the only girl. But the executive management saw my interest as a breath of life into Montshepetja and their desired goals for the organisation.

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I come from a family of seven that’s different yet very much the same. I have two older sisters named LINDA and GLORIA, followed by brother called GODFREY then it’s me! My name is Khathutshelo Anastasia Rambanduli; I was born on the 29 October 1988 in Soweto.

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Master was a member of Montshepetja Academy’s first soccer team and one of the most promising and talented youngsters who captained the Montshepetja Academy Class of 2003-2008.

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I am a young adult, born 1990 May 07 and currently 20. I am a student at the North West University Vaal Triangle Campus, living at Faranani residence, but home is Sharpeville around the Vaal. I study education, formerly known as B.Ed, majoring in English and Life Orientation Senior and F.E.T phase.

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For most of my life I’ve been a prisoner of fear, pain, let me say depression.

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SOUTH AFRICAN DREAM SOCIETY POWERED BY MoAc!

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My name is Vuyani Maveva Aubrey Nzunga, better known as Aubrey or Karl Marx, but my family calls me Maveva. I refer to myself as a “Difference Maker” based on the things I dedicated my live on.

I would like to believe that, I too have had my fair share of difficulties and encountered problems like any other person and it would be selfish of me to make my problems as if they were more important. To many people, back at home, my being at University at this point is a blessing. Read the rest…

Montshepetja Academy utilizes companionship and mentorship to help people balance their skills baskets with knowledge, consciousness and all-round competence while teaching them to take responsibility for their success in complex operating environments.
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The Montshepetja Academy pair of Jerry Mogotlane and Kabelo Sakong did a good job recently. They got us a privileged interview with a rising star and role model called Pat Mogotlane. Please read on for more information on the career, life and aspirations of the Turf FM radio presenter.

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As a society, we are still very far from entering an era of being able to put our best foot forward through proper people management in general and talent optimization in particular. Our society is dominated by people who wield positional power and possess material assets. There is a crying need to accommodate – in the frontlines – more people with personal authority and professional expertise to influence the course of our transformation.

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Leadership is the glue that brings individuals together, focuses them in a particular direction and keeps them moving. Leadership is neither a person nor a position. Leadership is the link or connection between those in positions of power and those at the mercy of that power. The higher the quality of the link or connection, the better the performance or results. But no amount of leadership can substitute forever for individual failures or shortcomings. As a result of our society being built upon prejudice and privilege, instead of talent and planning, a significant amount of our human resources capital remains trapped in cesspools of incompetence, corruption and poverty.

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South Africans recently had a very rare opportunity to meet in person and listen to Professor Muhammed Yunus. He talked as a guest or keynote speaker at the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in July 2009. The talk dealt with his unconventional views and strategy on dealing with poverty. Professor Yunus is recognized around the globe not only as an eminently educated citizen of the world. He is also revered for being an outstanding economist who tries hard to put his strategies into practice in his home country of Bangladesh.

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One major obstacle in the lives of our people when they want to pursue their dreams is fear of criticism. Montshepetja Academy wants to use this part of its website space to allow people, especially young people needing companionship, to share stories about their lives, successes and aspirations in order to get used to the glare of public scrutiny.

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My name is Lindiwe Bonolo Falla. I go by the name Lindi to most of my friends, but my family and friends call me Bonolo. In the 19 years of my life I’m proud to say I’m a prosperous dynamic young lady whom the world should be ready for.

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I am a young man born 1989 in Kwa-Zulu Natal, and grew up in the North West, but currently studying psychology in the North West University in Vaal Trinagle (Gauteng). I am a last born in a family of five and I have big dreams, thanks to my life experiences.

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The science of warfare teaches us that even the most strategically competent of generals, who go to war with a significant chance of winning, must still carry out or perform one heart-wrenching exercise. That exercise involves determining how many soldiers they are prepared to lose to injury, or even death if necessary, in order to achieve their ultimate goal. Generals and their plans are supported by the gallantry of ordinary soldiers, who are prepared to become fodder and perish for the course of their nation to advance.

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It must certainly rank among the most painful aspects or experiences of human life. Many people in our society, especially those from its impoverished segments, discover the missions of their lives only when they no longer have the time needed to accomplish those missions. What makes this even more painful is that more often than not, it happens as a result of the society they are born into, rather than as a result of anything related to who or how they are.

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A powerful example of how poorly our society`s talent management systems are functioning is to be found in how many people it takes to produce just one winner or successful person. You see … human beings are animals that naturally hunger for praise and recognition. And there is no better praise or recognition than that which comes when you have sacrificed something of meaning to make someone else`s life better.

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