Building Bridges: Leading in Public Life Emerging African Leaders Programme

Youth, Engagement and Inclusivity

11 – 23 March 2018

Cape Milner Hotel Cape Town South Africa Building Bridges: Leading in Public Life

REGISTRATION: Sunday 11 March 2018 Theme: Welcome 17h00 Registration and welcome at Cape Milner Hotel, Tamboerskloof 18h00 – Welcome braai and introductory comments 20h00 • Welcome by Prof. Alan Hirsch (Director of the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice, GSDPP) • Introductory remarks by Dr Marianne Camerer (Programme Director, Building Bridges, GSDPP) • Introduction of facilitation team – Dr. Maria Phalime, Mr David Schmidt, Ms Mabel Sithole.

Day 1: Monday 12 March 2018 Theme: Agency (Self-Awareness and Leadership Styles) 07h00 – Breakfast 08h15 08h30 – Introductory session 10h30 Welcome, course overview and participant introductions followed by icebreaker game (Facilitators – Dr Maria Phalime, Dr Marianne Camerer, Mr David Schmidt, Ms Mabel Sithole).

Objectives: • To identify the key leadership challenges and issues participants are grappling with. • To frame the module and provide an overview of the programme. 10h30 – Tea and Group and Individual Photographs 11h00 (30 minutes) 11h00 – Who’s who in the room? 13h00 Participants will have the opportunity to introduce themselves to the group in 2-3 minutes (all participants).

Objective: • To allow participants to introduce themselves and to establish initial trust and a ‘learning community’ Lunch (60 minutes)

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14h00 – Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Styles 15h30 Overview input on the theory of emotional intelligence and understanding personality preferences including group exercises. (Mr David Schmidt)

Objectives: • To provide participants with a framework for understanding emotional intelligence and a tool for evaluating their own EI • To provide participants with an understanding of different leadership styles, when to use different styles, and their own style preferences. Tea (30 minutes) 16h00- Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Styles 17h15 (continued) • Individual exercise on leadership styles. (Mr David Schmidt) • Groupwork to refect on outcomes. (Facilitators) 17h15 – Introduction of the assignment groups 17h45 • Overview of group assignment (Facilitators) • Allocation of participants into assignment groups

Objectives: • To give participants a time-limited task that stretches them, requiring them to break out of their comfort zones and explore their responses to pressured team situations. • To allow participants to explore the practical implementation of skills, concepts and strategies they learn over the course of the programme. • To give participants the opportunity to think through both the strategy and the implementation of a major change-focused project as a means of building confdence and vision.

Note: The group assignment will be focused on an advocacy project that requires engagement with the public and private sector and collaboration on a multi-country basis. The group will be given a detailed problem scenario that they have to address over the course of 6 sessions. Each assignment group will do a formal presentation on their project on the last day of the module. 17h45 – Free time 19h00

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19h00 – The Challenge of Leadership Today 21h00 Intimate dinner with Mr Mavuso Msimang refecting on the challenges of public leadership today followed by questions and discussion. (Venue: Cape Milner Hotel)

Objectives: • To help participants understand the different skills and attributes required to be an effective leader for change. • To give participants the opportunity to discuss the challenges and opportunities for youth engagement in policy decision-making.

Day 2: Tuesday 13 March 2018 Theme: Agency (Ethics and Values) 07h00 – Breakfast 08h15 08h30 – Recap: Summary of previous day’s learning, 08h45 overview of programme for day. 08h45 – Understanding Ethics – Key Concepts and Tools 10h30 Inputs by Mr David Schmidt on public ethics highlighting key issues and concepts followed by individual group exercises and discussions.

Objective: • To provide participants with a number of tools to analyse ethical dilemmas and develop appropriate responses. Tea (30 minutes) 11h00 – Understanding Ethics 12h45 Group work and role-plays on ethical scenario case studies on vexing issues confronting African leaders followed by plenary report back.

Objectives: • To enable participants to understand and appreciate the complexity of typical ethical dilemmas confronting individuals in the public sphere. • To consolidate understanding of how to respond appropriately to common ethical challenges. • To deepen participants’ skills in communicating complex issues in a simple, direct and accessible manner.

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Lunch (75 minutes) 14h00 – Promoting Integrity in the Public Sphere 15h45 Panel Discussion chaired by Dr Marianne Camerer (GSDPP) refecting the role of youth participation in promoting leadership accountability. • Dr Makosi Khoza • Ms Pregs Govender • Ms Shanaaz Majiet

Objectives: • To highlight various dimensions of courage and integrity within public life • To inspire participants to act with integrity in their spheres of work • To encourage participants to refect on the challenge of integrity in public leadership and the role of youth in promoting leadership accountability. Tea (30 minutes) 16h15 – Assignment Group Session 1 – Developing a 17h45 Team 18h00 Shuttle departs for sunset at the Promenade 18h00 Sunset at the Promenade 20h00 An opportunity for participants to enjoy the sunset at the Sea Point Promenade with a pizza picnic. (Cabs to the Cape Milner Hotel at 20h00)

Day 3: Wednesday 14 March 2018 Theme: Agency (Finding your Truth) 07h00 – Breakfast 08h15 08h15 – Recap: Summary of previous day’s learning, 08h45 overview of programme for day. 08h45 – Workshop: Building Sustainable Advocacy 10h45 Organisations Input by Mr Mark Heywood (Director of Section 27).

Objectives: • Building sustainable advocacy organisations. • Practical exercises about how to address challenges. 10h45 _ Tea (15 minutes) 11h00

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11h00 – Workshop: Building Sustainable Advocacy 11h45 Organisations (continued) Input by Mr Mark Heywood (Director of Section 27).

Objectives: • To deepen participants’ understanding of the practical realities of running a sustainable advocacy organisation. 12h00 – Shuttle leaves to Robben Island Gateway 12h30 12h30 – Visit to Robben Island 16h30 Tour and refection about the meaning and lessons from Robben Island and its implications for leadership, guided by former political prisoner, Mr Lionel Davis.

Objectives: • To provide an opportunity for participants to visit the island with a former political prisoner and to get to know each other better. • To provide an opportunity to refect on what it takes to be an authentic and effective leader. 17h00 Shuttle back to the Cape Milner Hotel. 18h00 – Movie Evening at the Cape Milner Hotel 20h00 ‘More than just a Game’ Screening of flm about resistance and sport on Robben Island followed by discussion led by Mr Marcus Solomon (former political prisoner featured in the flm).

Objectives: • To consolidate and create the opportunity to refect on the Robben Island immersion event. • To identify key leadership attributes and practices of Nelson Mandela and the Robben Island prisoners.

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Day 4: Thursday 15 March 2018 Theme: Leading Change (Organisational Development) 07h00 – Breakfast 08h15 08h30 – Recap: Summary of previous day’s learning, 08h45 overview of programme for day. 08h45 – Refection: Journaling with Dr Maria Phalime 10h45 Input on journaling followed by a number of journaling exercises to facilitate refection.

Objectives: • To create an opportunity for participants to write up their refections on the Robben Island immersion. • To provide participants with basic journaling skills. Tea (30 minutes) 11h15 – Refection: Journaling with Dr Maria Phalime 12h45 (continued)

Objectives: • To create an opportunity for participants to write up their refections on the Robben Island immersion. • To provide participants with basic journaling skills. Lunch (75 minutes) 14h00 – Assignment group session 2 – Connecting 15h15 with the challenge Tea (15 minutes)

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15h30 – Introduction to Coaching as a Leadership 17h30 Competency Input on the integral coaching method and process with Dr Marianne Camerer followed by “speed- dating” sessions where participants and coaches meet.

Objectives: • To introduce participants to coaching and its benefts. • To ensure participants have a good understanding of the value of coaching as an important leadership competency; • To enable participants and coaches to meet each other with a view to indicating their respective preferences.

Note: After this session, coaches will be allocated to participants based on expressed preferences. 17h30 – Free time to prepare for Welcome Reception 18h15 18h15 Jammie shuttle leaves for UCT 19h00 Arrival at Linkoping House 19h00 – Welcome Reception at Linkoping House 21h30 Hosted by UCT with welcome address by Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng and guest speaker inputs by Mr Ibraheem Sanusi (African Union) and Dr Martha Mutisi (IDRC).

Day 5: Friday 16 March 2018 Theme: Leading Change (Africa’s Development Challenges) 07h00 – Breakfast 08h15 08h30 – Recap: Summary of previous day’s learning, 08h45 overview of programme for day.

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08h45 – Africa in a Complex World – Leadership 10h30 Challenges Input by Mr Saliem Fakir (Head of WWF’s Policy and Futures Unit).

Objectives: • To situate Africa in a rapidly changing global context, highlighting the leadership required to spearhead fnance and energy policies to pursue inclusive development. Tea (30 minutes) 11h00 – Urban Governance and Climate Change 12h45 Adaptation Interactive session with Assoc Prof Gina Ziervogel (Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and Research Chair at African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town) who will share contemporary challenges on climate change adaptation in the context of African urban development

Objectives: • To present the landscape of climate change adaptation governance in African cities • To discuss ways of integrating climate change adaptation responses across scales from the municipal to local level Lunch (75 minutes) 14h00 – The Practical Realities of Facilitating 15h30 Economic and Social Change Input by Prof Brian Levy (UCT GSDPP) on addressing youth unemployment, inequality and harnessing youth towards a demographic dividend in Africa.

Objectives: • To provide participants with ways of thinking about how to engage with reform challenges. • To empower participants to develop practical strategies for effecting change at micro and macro levels. Tea (30 minutes)

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16h00 – Assignment group session 3 – Understanding 17h30 the Issue This session will focus on understanding critical development and governance challenges. 17h30 – Free Time 18h00 18h00 – Braai and Music Fiesta at Cape Milner Hotel 20h00 Evening of collective music making with Mapumba.

Objective: • To build community and group coherence

Day 6: Saturday 17 March 2018 Theme: Leading Change (Creativity and Innovation) 08h00 Breakfast at the Cape Milner Hotel. 09h00 Jammie Shuttle departs for UCT. 09h30 – Writing Workshop with Dr Maria Phalime 12h30 Interactive session involving a range of individual and group exercises to encourage creative and out-of-the-box thinking.

Objectives: • To refect on visionary leadership and to cultivate a writing practice. • To cast a vision for the Africa youth want to see.

Venue: The Centre for African Studies Gallery, UCT 12h30 – Walk through UCT Campus 13h00 13h00- Lunch at Linkoping House, GSDPP 14h30 14h30 Jammie Shuttle departs for the Cape Milner Hotel Evening Free time 15h00 – Individual Coaching Session 1. Each participant 19h00 will have an initial 1 hour coaching session with their allocated coach during the course of the week-end. The time-slots will be agreed between the participant and the coach.

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Day 7: Sunday 18 March 2018 Theme: Free Free time Breakfast, Lunch and Supper available at the Cape Milner Hotel 09h00 – Individual Coaching Session 1. Each participant 13h00 will have an initial 1 hour coaching session with their allocated coach during the course of the week-end. The time-slots will be agreed between the participant and the coach.

Day 8: Monday 19 March 2018 Theme: Collaboration (Building Partnerships and Coalitions) 07h00 – Breakfast 08h15 08h30 – Recap: Summary of previous day’s learning, 08h45 overview of programme for day. 08h45 – Networking Session 10h30 Participants will have the opportunity to network and fnd opportunities for future collaboration with their peers.

Objectives: • Using the knowledge in the room, to identify synergies in the work and projects of participants. • To identify pathways for collaboration amongst the EALP 2018 cohort. Tea (30 minutes) 11h00 – The Future of Africa: Perspectives on Africa 12h45 and a Changing World Input on Africa in the changing global context, opportunities and challenges; followed by an interactive discussion.

Objectives: • To introduce participants to key development challenges and opportunities facing Africa in a changing world. • To discuss the role of youth in shaping Africa’s future. Lunch (75 minutes)

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14h00 – Youth as Change Drivers – Sustainable 15h30 Development in Africa Panel discussion with Mr Emmanuel Ametepey (Lead Coordinator of the Africa Youth SDG Summit), Mr Samson Itodo (Not Too Young To Run), Ms Makda Tessema (AGA), Ms Nancy Muigei (DFID, Kenya) about youth as drivers of change towards sustainable development.

Objectives: • To introduce participants to the UN SDGs, Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063. • To unpack the challenges and opportunities for youth participation in institutions at local, national, regional, continental and international levels. • To create a space for the “knowledge in the room” to speak to the current context of youth participation in Africa. Tea (30 minutes) 16h00 – Youth as Drivers of Change – Sustainable 17h30 Development in Africa (continued) Refections by Prof Trevor Manuel (Senior GSDPP Fellow) on the youth case studies, followed by interactive discussion.

Objective: • To provide a platform for intergenerational dialogue about youth agency, engagement and inclusivity in Africa. Break (15 minutes) 17h45 – Dinner at the Cape Milner Hotel 18h45 18h45 Shuttle leaves for the Democracy Cafe 19h00 – Unlikely Alliances (to be held at the 21h00 Democracy Cafe on Spin Street) A flm about Zimbabwe’s constitutional process called “Democrats” followed by a discussion on collaborative leadership in pursuit of a challenging common goal. With Pst Evan Mawarire (Founder of the #This Flag Movement, Pastor/Religious Leader)

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Day 9: Tuesday 20 March 2018 Theme: Collaboration (Building Partnerships and Coalitions) 07h00 – Breakfast 08h00 08h00 – Bus to Social Justice Coalition Offces 08h30 (Khayelitsha, Cape Town) 08h30 – Recap: Summary of previous day’s learning, 08h45 overview of programme for day. 08h45 – Youth and Social Justice – The Social Justice 10h30 Coalition and Equal Education Input by Mr Axolile Notywala (Social Justice Coalition and EALP Alumni) and Ms Mandisa Dyantyi (Social Justice Coalition), Ms Philile Ntombela-Masson (Equal Education).

Objectives: • An on-site visit to the offces of the Social Justice Coalition in Khayelitsha. • To provide participants with a case study reference of mobilisation towards social change. Tea (30 minutes) 11h00 – Youth Unemployment and Entrepreneurship 12h45 Input by Mr Lufefe Nomjana (Spinach King) followed by interactive discussion.

Objectives: • To discuss case studies of youth entrepreneurship in meeting the challenge of unemployment. Lunch (75 minutes) Khayelitsha – Isivivana Café 14h00 – Bus Departs to the Cape Milner. 14h30 Tea (30 minutes) 15h15 – Assignment group session 4 – Developing 17h15 Strategies 17h30- Individual Coaching Session 2 21h00

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Day 10: Wednesday 21 March 2018 Theme: Collaboration (Messaging and Communication) 07h00 – Breakfast 08h15 08h30 – Recap: Summary of previous day’s learning, 09h00 overview of programme for day. 09h00 – Storytelling for Change and Social 11h00 Entrepreneurship Input by Ms Coumba Toure (Author and former Head of Ashoka – West Africa)

Objective: • To share the power of storytelling in an African context.

Venue: The Cape Milner Tea (30 minutes) 11h30 – Crafting Strategic Communication for Social 13h00 Change Practical session with Dr Barbara Holtmann on crafting effective messages for communicating to different constituencies drawing from her expertise working in and outside of government.

Objectives: • To enable participants to frame their messages as coherent, compelling narratives appropriate to different audiences 13h00 – Lunch at the Cape Milner Hotel 14h00 14h00 – Social Media as an Advocacy Tool 15h30 A practical session to empower participants to harness the power of social media for change. Case studies from EALP 2018 cohort.

Objectives: • To provide an understanding of the ways in which social media can be used to infuence public opinion, mobilise support and shape public policy. Tea (30 minutes) 15h30 – Assignment group session 5 – Messaging and 17h30 Partnerships

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17h30 – Individual Coaching Session 2 21h00

Day 11: Thursday 22 March 2018 Theme: Integration: Applying the Learning 07h00 – Breakfast 08h15 08h30 – Recap: Summary of previous day’s learning, 08h45 overview of programme for day. 08h45 – Advocacy Simulation game 11h00 Participants will be broken into new groups to play out a simulated advocacy campaign where each participant has a particular role and personality and where groups present their conclusions.

Objectives: • To give participants an experience of an advocacy campaign in practice including the challenge of building coalitions across organisational divides. • To give participants an opportunity to refect on their collaborative leadership skills. Tea (30 minutes) 11h30 – Public Speaking and Presentation 13h00 Input on public speaking and presentation skills with Ms Kay Price-Lindsay.

Objectives: • To give participants a primer on effective public speaking including media appearances. • To give participants an opportunity to refect on their own presentation style. • To give participants pointers to effective group assignment presentations. Lunch (60 minutes) 14h00 – Final Assignment Group preparations 15h00 Tea (30 minutes)

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15h30 – Final Assignment Group presentations 17h30 • Presentations • Evaluative comments by Ms Judy Sikuza (Mandela Rhodes Foundation), Advocate Vusi Pikoli (Western Cape Police Ombudsman), Mr Musa Nxele (GSDPP), Dr George Mukundi (Maendeleo Group). 17h30 – Final preparations – Cultural Offerings 19h00 19h00 – An evening of African entertainment at the 21h00 Cape Milner Hotel with an African Food Buffet

Day 12: Friday 23 March 2018 Theme: Integration: Conclusions 07h00 – Breakfast and Checkout 08h30 09h00 – Refection 10h00 Faculty Refections and way forward • Input by the GSDPP Faculty and discussion on opportunities for alumni engagement Tea (30 minutes) 10h30 – Wrap-up and Closure 12h30 • 3 minute refections by each participant on what they have learnt and will take back from the programme (to be flmed) • Concluding comments and vote of thanks Lunch 14h00 Departure starts

Contact Details: Cape Milner Hotel: +27 (0)21 426 1101 Mabel Sithole: +27 (0)76 116 3174 Marianne Camerer: + 27 (0)83 266 8316 Wendy Hendricks: + 27 (0)63 195 8572

16 Emerging African Leaders Programme 2018 Speaker Bios Prof Alan Hirsch has been director of the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice at UCT since 2013. He was born in Cape Town and educated in Economics, Economic History and History at UCT, Wits and Columbia. After economic research and teaching at the University of Cape Town, he joined the South African Department of Trade and Industry in 1995, managing industry and technology policy. He moved to the Presidency in 2002. He managed economic policy in the South African Presidency, represented the Presidency at the G20, and was co-chair of the G20 Development Working Group. He has served or serves on several boards, and is associated with a range of policy research initiatives including the International Growth Centre for which he is the Zambia Country Director and the European Centre for Development Policy Management where he is a board member. He was a visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School, was a regular visiting professor at the Graduate School of Governance at Maastricht University and a member of the OECD secretary-general’s Inclusive Growth Advisory Group. He writes about economic development issues, including Season of Hope – Economic Reform under Mandela and Mbeki and recently co-edited The Oxford Companion to South African Economics.

Mr Axolile Notywala is a social activist and since June 2017 the General Secretary of the Social Justice Coalition, a grassroots social-movement campaigning for safe, healthy, and dignifed communities in some of South Africa’s most underdeveloped townships. Before that he headed the coalition’s local government programme, which is focused on improving access to water, sanitation, and other services in informal settlements; promoting active citizenship, participation, and accountability through social audits; and promoting participation and transparency in the development of local government budgets. Notywala is a 2015 alumnus of the Building Bridges Leading in Public Life Programme of the University of Cape Town, a 2016 Mandela Washington Fellow and served as a board member of the My Vote Counts campaign from 2012 – 2017.

Dr Barbara Holtmann started her career as a photographer and writer, working in London for 5 years and then in South Africa, where she was a partner in CH Communications until 1996. Over the past 22 years Barbara has put this past experience to use in civil society, the private sector, in the NGO sector, in national government (as Chief Director Communications in the Department of Safety & Security) and in the national Council for Scientifc and Industrial Research (CSIR), where she established and led a team dedicated to matters of crime, violence, vulnerability and community safety. Barbara achieved a Masters Degree in Public and Development Management, with a thesis exploring gender bias in dealing with victims of crime (WITS P&DM, 2003). She developed a special interest in using communications to build partnership interventions, particularly in empowerment of girls and women and in amplifying the voices of all those who struggle to be heard. Barbara developed the “What it looks like when it’s fxed” methodology and model as an outcome of her PhD in the Management of Technology and Innovation (Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management, 2010). PwC published her book, “What it looks like when it’s fxed” as a systems strategy for addressing complex social problems, also in 2010. Barbara now uses the methodology to facilitate strategic processes for a range of clients across all sectors. Her systems approach is underpinned by a belief in abundance and in the ability of ordinary people to deliver powerful solutions to seemingly intractable social problems, through collaboration. Barbara focuses much of her work on supporting effective planning and goal setting in vulnerable and fragile communities. Barbara serves as President of the Board of Women in Cities International (WICI), an NGO based in Montreal.

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Prof Brian Levy is the Academic Director of the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice at the University of Cape Town. He also teaches at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. He worked at the World Bank from 1989 to 2012, including as manager of the Africa Vice Presidency Public Sector Reform and Capacity Building Unit, and as head of the secretariat responsible for the design and implementation of the World Bank Group’s governance and anti-corruption strategy. He has published widely on the interactions among institutions, political economy and development policy. His most recent book is Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance and Growth in Development Strategies (Oxford U Press, 2014; info at www. workingwiththegrain.com.) He completed his Ph.D in economics at Harvard University in 1983.

Ms Coumba Toure is an author and currently served as the Ashoka Representative for the Sahel searching and supporting social entrepreneurs. She’s an educator, a change-maker, and artist. She writes and publishes children’s books, using them to build a community that supports young people in creating their own learning tools and social change projects. Sparking imagination and strengthening citizenship in children is linked. Coumba has facilitated hundreds of educational workshops worldwide on gender, race, economic justice, AIDS and advocacy. She works with young women in developing leadership through informal girls’ circles, and inter- generational women’s dialogue.

Mr Emmanuel Ametepey is a youth development consultant with special interest in governance,participation and youth empowerment. He is the Executive Director of Youth Advocates Ghana (YAG) and the Convener of African Youth SDGs Summit.He believes the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides opportunity for African youth to engage their national governments,create their own local initiatives and contribute to the international efforts to end hunger,combat climate change and bring prosperity to all. Emmanuel has worked as the country coordinator for Voice Africa`s Future-(VAF Ghana), a pan-African Post2015 Youth Consultation Project which used widely available mobile technology, crowd-sourcing through e-platforms and radio to ensure Ghanaian youth groups participate in shaping the post-2015 agenda. He was a Mentor for UK based Restless Development`s Accountability Advocates Project for Ghana, which aims to empower young people with the knowledge, skills and networks needed to analyze offcial data and generate their own to track progress towards national and international development commitments such as the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. He holds BA in Development Studies from the Presbyterian University College, Ghana.He is a fellow of Building Bridges Programme of Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice at the University of Cape Town,South Africa.Emmanuel is married to Marian Eshun Ametepey and blessed with two children; kafui Manasseh Ametepey and Klenam Melissa Ametepey.

Pastor Evan Mawarire is a Zimbabwean religious leader, motivational speaker, author and leader of the This Flag Movement. In April 2016 he posted a video on Facebook with the title ThisFlag which went viral spurring the start of the #ThisFlag social movement in Zimbabwe and amongst the country’s diaspora around the globe. He was arrested in July 2016 after successfully calling for a national ‘Stay Away’ dubbed ‘Shut Down Zimbabwe’. The Magistrate acquitted Pastor Evan of trying to overthrow the government. Pastor Evan was amongst some of the rights activists from across the world invited to deliver a speech at the 10th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland in February 2018.

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Dr George Mukundi is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and serves as the Chief Executive Offcer of Maendeleo Group – an Africa Focused Strategy, Development and Advisory Firm on Political & Business Risk Analysis; Democratic Governance; Sustainable Development; Peace and Security. He was the founding head of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, Department of Political Affairs, African Union (AU) Commission (2012–16). Mukundi has a Master in Public Administration (MPA) Degree from Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Doctor and Master of International Human Rights Law Degrees from the University of Pretoria. He serves on several multi and bilateral initiatives in Africa on democratic governance, adaptive leadership, peace and security and is a Member of the African Leadership Network.

Prof Gina Ziervogel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and Research Chair at the African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town. Her research focuses on climate adaptation, transformation and resilience at both the household and municipal level. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary projects that bring together civil society, government and academics to address these problems collaboratively and creatively. Gina was a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special report on Managing the risk of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation (SREX) and in 2015 won the South African Young Woman in Science Award. She has published widely and been involved in international and national initiatives related to climate change adaptation.

Mr Lionel Davis was born in Cape Town in 1936. He was arrested in 1964 and sentenced to seven years on Robben Island between for committing acts of sabotage. It was during his prison years on Robben Island that he completed his Senior Certifcate. After his release he was restricted under a banning order and house arrest until 1976. In 1968, while still on Robben Island he received a school leaver’s Senior Certifcate. At the Evangelical Art and Craft Centre at Rorke’s Drift in 1980 he worked toward a Diploma in Fine Arts. His interest in art led him to complete a BA Fine Art degree with the University of Cape Town in 1994. In 1978 and 1990 he worked as assistant organiser at the Community Arts Project (CAP) in Cape Town. Davis has contributed to literary magazines, books on education, poetry anthologies and calendars. He produced cartoons for a children’s magazine and taught screen-printing at CAP. He participated in the Triangle Workshop in New York and the Thupelo Workshop in Johannesburg. In 1988 he was deeply involved in community-based children’s education. He exhibited several times from 1981 to 1987, also in Gaborone, Botswana and Pine Plains, New York, USA. In 1995 he worked for the South African National Art Gallery as a part time art educator. His name features prominently in the history of the Community Arts Project, Vakalisa Art Associates, Thupelo Workshop and Greatmore Artists’ Studios.

Mr Ibraheem Sanusi is the Deputy Head of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat of the African Union responsible for the institutional development and strategic management of the operationalization process of the AGA. He also leads the Citizen’s Engagement portfolio of the AGA which he helped developed. Through his leadership of the citizens’ engagement portfolio, the AU launched the ‘#DGTrends’ – Democratic Governance Trends as a trend monitoring tool aimed at broadening African citizen’s engagement and interaction with the AU Organs and Institutions with democratic governance mandates. Since 2013 till date, the DGtrends campaign has focused on galvanising citizen’s support for the AU Agenda 2063 and particularly its aspirations for democracy, peace and prosperity. Ibraheem’s experience spans the broad spectrum of democratic governance

19 Building Bridges: Leading in Public Life work in Africa and knowledgeable on themes such as elections, public service and decentralization, parliamentary strengthening, popular participation and citizen’s engagement as well youth participation in governance processes. Ibraheem has a Bachelors in Accounting and Master in Business Administration from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso Nigeria. He also has an Executive Masters in Managing Peace and Security in Africa from the Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa, University, Ethiopia. His functional skills are in designing and implementing development oriented programmes, policy analysis, strategic planning and budgeting for development activities. In addition, he has signifcant experience providing programme and policy advisory services, management of high level projects, as well as designing and implementing advocacy and communication campaigns in the areas of good governance, democracy, parliamentary strengthening and public policy Ibraheem is a lover of creative arts as expressed in writing, music and movies. He also enjoys photography, travelling and social media engagements and the powerful avenue that it currently provides for social engagement holding individual, private and public sector individuals accountable.

Ms Judy Sikuza started working with the MRF in late 2013. In this period she has held various positions, with her primary responsibility being the Foundation’s fagship Scholarships programme. She has facilitated and moderated discussions with high-profle speakers including Mrs Graça Machel, US Ambassador Patrick Gaspard, British High Commissioner Dame Judith Macgregor, Parminder Vir OBE of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Patrick Awuah of Ashesi University, Ahmed Kathrada, Cheryl Carolus, Justice Edwin Cameron, Isaac Shongwe, Justice Albie Sachs, Professor Antjie Krog, and many others. Now appointed Deputy Executive Director of the Foundation, reporting to Executive Director Shaun Johnson, Judy’s responsibilities include partnering with the Executive Director in fulflling the MRF’s strategic growth and public engagement needs, and ensuring the successful implementation of new projects. In 2014, Judy became a non- executive Board Director of Oxford University Press Southern Africa, and chairs the Board’s social and ethics committee. Previously, Judy was an advisor, consultant and facilitator through Reos Partners and various other organisations, working in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and India with graduates and senior leaders across business, government, civil society, and academia. Prior to that, she worked in the private sector in Johannesburg as an organisational development practitioner. Judy has been invited as a guest speaker, panellist, and moderator on to several public platforms hosted by institutions such as Oxford University, the University of Cape Town, the University of the Witwatersrand, the Mandela Institute for Development Studies, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, South African Women in Engineering, and the World Wildlife Fund. She has also published work in the Mail & Guardian, The Journalist, and Thought Leader. Some of Judy’s other achievements include being awarded an Abe Bailey Fellowship to the United Kingdom, being recognised as one of Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans, one of Sarie magazine’s top 10 women under 30, and being selected as one of the young women leaders from across the African continent to be part of Michelle Obama’s Young African Women Leaders forum. Judy completed an Honours degree in Industrial/Organisational Psychology from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar in the Class of 2007. She holds an MA in Organisational Psychology (with distinction) from Columbia University in New York City, which she completed as a Fulbright Scholar. Judy is also a certifed coach through the Centre for Coaching at the University of Cape Town.

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Ms Kay Price-Lindsay was the third ever woman to win the Southern African Championship of Public Speaking in 2012. She went on to represent 9 Southern African Countries at the World Semi-Finals of Public Speaking for Toastmasters in Orlando, where she placed joint 10th in the world. Kay’s experience of competition speaking has made her an powerful speaking coach and mentor, and she works with numerous speakers both in Toastmasters and for TEDx events in Cape Town.

Mr Lufefe Nomjana (also known as the Spinach King) is the 29-year-old South African entrepreneur building a business empire around spinach in the Cape Town township of Khayelitsha. His company, Espinaca Innovations, runs its own bakery from a renovated shipping container and produces spinach bread, as well as other spinach-based products like muffns and sandwiches, for Spar (a local retailer) outlets around Cape Town. It also has its own bicycle delivery service to supply local offces and consumers with healthy meals.

Ms Makda Mikre Tessema is a lawyer and development practitioner with a specifc interest in Democracy, Governance and Human Rights currently serving as a Democracy and Governance Fellow within the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat in the African Union. Passionate about young people’s engagement issue within Democratic Governance processes in the continent before joining the African Union she previously led a program on youth in the Horn of Africa for the British Council. Makda also as a very good grasp of grassroots civil society movements in Ethiopia as she directed programs for a local grassroots organization named the Young Women’s Christian Association(YWCA), engaging in a range of portfolios related to young women’s rights. Makda is a mother of one and holds an LLM in International Law and Human Rights and an MA in Sociology.

Dr Makhosi Busisiwe Khoza is a Member of Parliament serving in the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development. She is also a former chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration as well as the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Finance in the KZN Legislature and has over 20 years of collective experience at both public and private sector institutions. Dr Khoza’s previous employers include Msinsi Holdings, Akani Retirement Fund Administrators and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) where she was at the helm, as well as Universities of the Witwatersrand Business School and Natal. She holds a PHD in Administration, a Master’s degree in Social Science (Policy and Development studies) and is a fellow at the Aspen Global Leadership Institute. Dr Khoza is currently studying towards a Master’s degree in Finance at the University of London. Her achievements include ground-breaking research culminating in a textbook that unpacks the logic and sophistication of indigenous languages. Using South Africa’s lingua franca Zulu as an example, Dr Khoza has proven the consistency of Zulu with mathematical formulas and science principles. She has since created a language order called UZALO (Ubuntu Zulu Alphabetical Logic Order) comprising of a 12 noun cluster system which drives the construction of meaningful sentences.

Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng is full professor and Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation at the University of Cape Town. She holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a B1 NRF-rated scientist who is as passionate about research as she is about teaching and community engagement.

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Ms Mandisa Dyantyi is the Deputy General Secretary of the Social Justice Coalition based in Cape Town. Mandisa is dedicated activist passionate about human rights and addressing inequality in all its forms especially gender inequality. I believe that the power to address inequality and win lies in empowering the marginalized and vulnerable to stand up to those in power. And this is what I seek to advance through my work at the SJC. Mandisa holds a masters in political studies from the University of the Western Cape and has worked for a number of organisation seeking to promote and protect people’s rights and to hold those in power to account.

Mapumba is a talented performing and recording artist who blends traditional melodies, stories, and languages from his native DRC with original inspirations, delivering a rich African sound with a modern touch. He has released 6 albums over his 17 years in the music industry. Singing in French, Swahili, Chiluba and English, Mapumba’s versatility of soul and folk music to reggae, blues, and Afro-pop, combined with his infectious energy and stage presence, make his shows an unforgettable kaleidoscope of experiences that linger long after the performance ends. Mapumba’s top achievements include: touring internationally, sharing a stage with legends Salif Keita and Miriam Makeba and performing for Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton. Afternoon Express interview: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=VnCwqCLgmVw&t=28s

Mr Mark Heywood is the Executive Director of SECTION27 (which incorporated the AIDS Law Project in 2010). He joined the AIDS Law Project (ALP) in 1994 and in 1998 he was one of the founders of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). He has continued to participate on the TAC Secretariat, National Council and Board of Directors. Mark was elected and served as the deputy chairperson of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) in 2007 until 2012. In 2009, he was also appointed as a member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on National Health Insurance. Mark has written extensively on HIV, human rights and the law and has been part of the legal teams of the ALP, TAC and SECTION27 that have been involved in major litigation around HIV and other human rights issues in South Africa.

Mr Marcus Solomon is a former Robben Island prisoner and veteran civic activist. He is a former Ashoka Fellow and has had a long-term involvement in building more sustainable communities in South Africa by mobilizing children to take action in their own neighbourhoods through the Children Resources Centre.

Dr Martha Mutisi is a Senior Program Offcer: Governance and Justice. She has over 15 years of research, policy and practical experience in peacebuilding, mediation support, leadership development, gender and governance. Before joining IDRC, Martha worked with Africa University’s Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance and the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes. She also consulted for several international organisations, including United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), United Entity for the Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the African Union (AU). Martha holds a PhD in Confict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University (USA), a Masters in Peace and Governance from Africa University and a Masters in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Zimbabwe. She recently co-edited a book titled, Deconstructing Women, Peace and Security: A Critical Review of Approaches to Gender and Women’s Empowerment (HSRC Press, 2016)

Mr Mavuso Msimang, Chair of Corruption Watch, and CEO of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation the former director general of the national Home Affairs department. During his time in this position, he was instrumental

22 Emerging African Leaders Programme 2018 in putting systems in place that greatly improved turnaround times in the issuance of face-value items – such as identity documents, birth certifcates and passports. In the early days of Msimang’s career, he served on the MK Military High Command from 1966 to 1969, before being appointed secretary to ANC President Oliver Tambo, a position that he held from 1969 to 1971. Msimang has been involved in the transformation and restructuring of a number of state-owned entities: in 1994, he took on the country’s unpopular tourism marketing organisation, then called Satour, and, with his board, laid the foundation for the establishment of the new-look SA Tourism. As CEO of South African National Parks, Msimang oversaw the implementation of the organisation’s fnancial, environmental and social responsibility programmes, involving communities around the parks by offering them employment and business opportunities. He also played a crucial role in restoring the integrity of operations at the State Information Technology Agency. Before his return to South Africa in 1994, he worked for a number of NGOs in international development – this includes a six-year association with the World University Service of Canada and CARE International as country representatives in Ethiopia and Kenya respectively, and stints with Unicef, the World Food Programme and the UN Development Programme. His non-executive board directorships include the African Parks Network and the Peace Parks Foundation, and he is chairperson of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a world heritage site.

Mr Musa Nxele is a lecturer at the GSDPP, where he is also undertaking his PhD. His recent experience as an academic includes teaching public economics at Rhodes University. He has worked as a researcher and project manager at Benchmarking & Manufacturing Analysts, where he was focusing on policy-related research mainly for national government. Musa has also held roles in investment banking and other research entities. He holds a Master of Research degree in Globalization and International Economics from the Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, as well as a Master of Commerce degree specialising in Economic Development from the University of Cape Town.

Ms Nancy Chepkoech Muigei is a Strategic Adviser on youth empowerment and development with Maendeleo Group. She serves on the Board of the Young Women Leadership Institute, and as a visiting Youth Mentor with the Emerging Leaders Foundation. She is a leading expert in post confict context analysis and has provided strategic and technical support to governments and bilateral partners in post confict reconstruction and development. She has worked with the International Peace Training and Support Centre, Nairobi conducting research on security sector reforms in Somalia and training peace support operations offcers for deployment. Her research and policy development interests include: democratic governance, civil society, youth, transitional justice, peace and security. She has conducted capacity trainings and published widely on these subjects. A gender expert she has worked with the Women in Law and Development Africa implementing the Sexual Offences Act in Kenya, and the Institute of Economic Affairs in the drafting of Kenya’s frst Youth Fact Book and which included future scenarios forecasting on youth empowerment and development in Kenya. Nancy is also specialized in election monitoring and in particular understanding media frames, representation and political risk analysis. In that regard she worked as a Media Monitor and Media Assistant to the Expert for the European Union Observations Missions to Kenya in 2007 and 2013. She holds a Masters in Development Studies with specialization in Confict, Reconstruction and Human Security from the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Education English and Literature (Hons) from Kenyatta University Kenya where she developed an anthology of poetry focusing on violence and the failed

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Post-Colonial State in Africa. Nancy is a recipient of various awards such as the NORAD scholarship at the University of Oslo (2009) and the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (Nuffc). In 2015, Nancy was selected as one of 25 Young African Leaders in the inaugural Building Bridges Leading in Public Life Programme of the University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Development and Policy Practice. In 2016 she was part of the annual residential school on governance and development that is part of the Governance for Development in Africa programme that is run by the School of Oriental African Studies of the University of London in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

Ms Philile Ntombela-Masson is a researcher at the youth movement, Equal Education. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Media & Culture Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and an Honour’s degree in Political Communication from the University of Cape Town. She has a passion for social justice and pro-poor green policy.

Ms Pregs Govender joined the struggle against Apartheid as an activist since 1974. She taught English in Durban, at schools and at university, before joining the trade union movement in the 80’s. She was National Educator of GAWU (now SACTWU) before heading SA’s frst Workers College. Pregs served on the executive structures of COSATU’s National Gender Committee and the UDF-affliated Natal Organisation of Women. During the negotiated transition, Pregs managed the Women’s National Coalition, which mobilised rural and urban women to impact on SA’s Constitution. She then worked in the national RDP offce, integrating women’s concerns into the RDP. As an ANC member, she was elected to the National Assembly in SA’s frst democratic election. In the ‘94 budget debates she initiated SA’s gender budgeting and steered its impact on the ‘98/‘99 National Budget. In ’94 she was tasked with editing SA’s Country Report to Beijing. Pregs was elected Chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Women (‘96- ‘02). This Committee ensured that 80% of its legislative priorities were enacted by 1999. During the Mbeki era, this Committee held public hearings on the gendered impact of HIV/Aids. After being the only MP to register opposition to the arms deal in the Defence Budget Vote, Pregs resigned in 2002. Her work thereafter included being the Chairperson of the Independent Panel Review of Parliament. Her human rights activism includes being a member of the global Panel on Human Dignity. Pregs’ awards include honorary doctorates in Law and Philosophy, the frst Ruth First Fellowship and the Fulbright New Century Scholarship for the Global Empowerment of Women. She has authored many papers and articles and contributed to several publications. Pregs is the author of Love and Courage, a story of Insubordination. In November 2008, Parliament voted unanimously for her appointment as SAHRC Commissioner by President Motlanthe. She began her term in January 2009 and was appointed Deputy Chairperson in October. She led the SAHRC programmes on Basic Services, CEDAW and PAIA.

Mr Saliem Fakir is Head of WWF’s Policy and Futures Unit. He joined WWF in February 2009. Prior to this, Saliem was a senior lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Planning at the University of Stellenbosch where he lectured on renewable energy policy and fnancing. He also held the position of Associate Director for the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (University of Stellenbosch) and served as Director of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN-SA) offce for 8 years. Saliem has a B.Sc. Honours in Molecular Biology from Wits and a Masters’ in Environmental Science from Wye College London. He completed a senior executive management course at Harvard University in 2000. Saliem has a unique insight into some of the most pressing local and global issues and brings a probing curiosity to WWF. The Policy and Futures Unit has an exciting mandate. They are inspired by the possibility of a just and

24 Emerging African Leaders Programme 2018 equitable future which provides a frm foundation for people and nature both to thrive.

Mr Samson Itodo heads of one Nigeria’s foremost youth think tanks on democratic governance and citizens participation, the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth & Advancement (YIAGA). YIAGA is a youth non-proft promoting democratic governance and youth participation in Africa through research, capacity development and policy advocacy. He was the pioneer National Coordinator of the Youth Alliance on Constitution & Electoral Reform (YACORE), the frst Youth coalition on constitution and electoral reform in Nigeria. Itodo started as a student union activist at the University of Jos where he held several leadership positions. He was chairman Student Representative Council (SRC) at the Nigerian Law School, Abuja. A lawyer by profession, Itodo has in the last ten years worked on widening civic space for youth in Nigeria and Africa at large. He is a co-founder of Amplifed Online Radio; a pan African youth talk and music radio station. He is an on air personality on Nigeria Info FM has appeared on local and international media stations such as AIT, Channels, NTA, BBC, Wazobia FM and RFI etc. He has facilitated and presented papers in many conferences locally and internationally. His interests span democracy, rule of law and constitutionalism, youth development and elections. He has facilitated the development of policy documents on electoral reform, constitutional review, open governance and youth participation. Samson has a decade experience in working on elections. He has led election observation teams to Ghana, United States of America and South Africa. He has also initiated several voter and civic education projects aimed at increasing youth participation in the electoral process. Samson is the co- editor of African Youth Journal of Democracy, an annual publication of the AU African Governance Architecture, Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth & Advancement (YIAGA) and National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

Ms Shanaaz Majiet is an expert leadership development success coach, organisational effectiveness consultant and training facilitator. She is an astute, people & performance-minded executive with extensive experience as a former senior executive specialising in team performance, resilience, emotional inteligence, diversity, passionate about mentoring and sponsoring female leaders especially to fast track their career, change management, managing transitions of leaders and managers into new roles and contexts, local government, human settlements and organisational development. Competent in effective leadership development and building high performance teams, her presence makes a difference in unlocking transformation. She completed consulting assignments in the following countries, Singapore, Portugal, Ireland, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, USA, and South Africa. In 2003, Shanaaz started SMSC Consulting, and leads a team of executive- level consultants and leadership coaches serving clients in the areas of team performance enhancement, leadership support, leadership transitions, executive presence, improved communications and personal impact, change management and Organisational Development. SMSC has successfully served clients in the fnancial services sector, energy, civil society, government and parastatal sector, and have contributed to sustained municipal turnarounds, as well as developing multple layers of management and leadership talent for continued business success. She has held senior leadership and management roles in National government at the Department of Cooperative Governance serving as Deputy Director General responsible for provincial and municipal government support, policy and legislation, Provincial Government of the Western Cape- Department of Local Government & Housing as Superintendent-General, Chief Director: Human Resources for National Department of Water Affairs & Forestry, Director of Transformation for the National Department of Land

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Affairs, Affrmative Action Offcer for the City of Cape Town and National Advocacy Manager for Disabled People South Africa which experience has given her a very sound grounding in business, politics and an understanding the complexity of the geo-national socio-economic-political-environmental context in South Africa and on the African continent. Shanaaz is expert in executive performance, leadership coaching, diversity management and a motivational/inspirational speaker. Her specifc in-depth competencies include coaching for results, leadership development, designing, leading and managing change in large scale systems, effective institution building interventions, focusing on corporate culture, performance, organisational development and change leadership to deliver results that matter.

Dr Trevor Manuel served as a Cabinet Minister from 1994 to 2014 under the frst four Presidents of democratic South Africa. In his frst Cabinet post as Minister of Trade and Industry, he led the process of reintegrating South Africa into the global economy after decades of sanctions and disinvestment. Domestically, he introduced extensive support measures for small, medium and micro-enterprises to boost local economic development and grow business enterprise. In April 1996, he became Finance Minister, steering the South African economy for 13 years as one of the world’s longest serving fnance ministers. During this lengthy tenure he stabilised the macro-economy returning the economy to growth, signifcantly transformed the fscal system in respect of taxation and public spending. During his last term in offce, he served as Minister in the Presidency responsible for the National Planning Commission. During his two decades as a Cabinet Minister he also served as a Member of Parliament, representing the African National Congress. In addition to his Ministerial duties Trevor Manuel assumed a number of ex offcio positions in international bodies, including the United Nations Commission for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Bank, the IMF, the G20, the African Development Bank and the Southern African Development Community. He was elected by his peers as chair of a number of these bodies. He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including Africa’s Finance Minister of the Year and the Woodrow Wilson Public Service award. He has 8 honorary doctorates from South African tertiary institutions and a Doctor of Laws from MacMaster University, Ontario Canada. He has served as the Chancellor of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) since May 2008. He is an Honorary Professor in the School of Development Policy & Practice at UCT where he is a Senior Political Fellow, and as Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Johannesburg. Dr Manuel is Chairperson of Old Mutual Group Holdings. He is a Senior Advisor to and the Chairperson of Rothschild. He serves on the Board of Swiss Re. He is also a Trustee on the Allan Gray Orbis Endowment Trust and serves on the Advisory Board of the Centre for African Cities at UCT.

Advocate Vusi Pikoli is currently the Western Cape Police Ombudsman. Between 1991 and 1994, he worked in the private legal profession, but became special advisor to the minister of justice, Dullah Omar, in 1994. He served in that capacity until 1997, when he became deputy director general of human resources in the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. From 1999 to 2005, he was director general in the same department, before being appointed to head up the National Prosecuting Authority, a position he held until 2008. Pikoli’s published memoir, My Second Initiation, details his journey from his frst initiation as a young man in the Eastern Cape, to his second initiation as a top-ranking government offcial. Pikoli is a former trustee of the Constitutional Court Trust, and a founding member of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities. He was a director of the forensic investigation division at SizweNtsalubaGobodo until February 2012. He also headed the forensics department at Gobodo

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Inc. He is also an independent director on the board of Cricket South Africa, where he chairs the social and ethics committee. In August 2012, he and Kate O’Regan were appointed as co-commissioners of a commission of inquiry into allegation of police ineffciency in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape.

Faculty Mr David Schmidt is a Director of Strategies for Change, an independent consultancy specializing in public leadership, innovation and strategy. David was extensively involved as an activist for justice during the 1980’s. He was president of the National Catholic Federation of Students and was the frst chairperson of the End Conscription Campaign, a leading and innovative campaign. He was active in UDF structures from 1983 and in 1989 was part of Mass Democratic Movement delegations to Europe to lobby for intensifed pressure on the apartheid regime. He was a teacher in a Cape Flats high school from 1985 to 1987 during the years of boycott and protest. As Western Cape Director of IDASA from 1991, he brought together the major political, civil society, municipal and business stakeholders in greater Cape Town to discuss the future of metropolitan local government and convened the initial multi-party talks. He then acted as director and facilitator of the multi-party Cape Metropolitan Negotiating Forum that concluded a comprehensive negotiated agreement regarding the future of local government in Cape Town over an intensive two-year period ending in 1995. He was then appointed as chief director for restructuring by the Cape Metropolitan Council charged with managing the massive process of unbundling and amalgamating the previous 19 administrations in the region into 7 as well as building a metropolitan wide strategic approach to the major challenges facing Cape Town. In 2000 he led the team preparing comprehensive proposals for the institutional and development programme of the new unicity Council for Cape Town. He joined the City of Cape Town as special adviser to the Executive Mayor from 2004 – 2006. Since 2006, David has run Strategies for Change. He has been a prominent fgure in developing regional and city strategies in South Africa and has consulted extensively to many of South Africa’s major cities, the South African Cities Network and the national government departments on policy and implementation. He is passionate about leadership development and has developed and run many innovative programmes. He has qualifcations in public management (Warwick University), economics (UCT) and law (UNISA). He has written many articles and book chapters on public leadership and municipal reform. He has a long history of involvement in civic affairs and has inter alia chaired the Board of the Development Action Group in Cape Town and the Grove Primary School Governing Body. He is a trustee of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation.

Dr Maria Phalime is a medical doctor, coach, award-winning author and speaker. Born and raised in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, Maria moved to Cape Town in 1991 to pursue her studies at the University of Cape Town, from where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993 and a Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) in 1999. She practiced for a brief period as a general practitioner in South Africa and the United Kingdom, before leaving medical practice to pursue non-clinical interests. Since leaving medicine Maria has reinvented herself as an award-winning author of both fction and non-fction works. Her memoir titled Postmortem – The Doctor Who Walked Away was the inaugural winner of the City Press Nonfction Award; her novel for teens, Second Chances, was the recipient of the Maskew Miller Longman Literature Award in 2013. Maria trained as an integral coach through UCT’s Centre for Coaching at the Graduate School of Business. She is also an accomplished speaker who has spoken at TEDx Johannesburg and on numerous national speaking platforms.

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Dr Marianne Camerer is the Programme Director of Building Bridges, the new policy-focused research and outreach programme at the GSDPP. Prior to joining UCT, Marianne co-founded the international anti-corruption NGO Global Integrity and serves as a trustee of The Global Integrity Trust. She previously headed anti-corruption research at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), was a founding director of the Open Democracy Advice Center (ODAC) and lectured in applied ethics at the University of Stellenbosch. Marianne has consulted for international organizations such as the World Bank and United Nations. She holds masters’ degrees in public policy and political philosophy from Oxford and the University of Stellenbosch and has published in the governance feld. Her Ph.D. in Political Studies, from the University of Witwatersrand, was on “Corruption and Reform in Democratic South Africa” with a particular focus on the arms deal. Marianne is a Yale World Fellow and spent a semester in New Haven as a Fellow of the Yale Council on African Studies. She is passionate about leadership development and trained as an integral coach through UCT’s Centre for Coaching at the Graduate School of Business. Marianne is an Advisory Board member of CAPI, the Centre for the Advancement of Public Integrity, at Columbia Law School.

Ms Mabel D. Sithole is an international development practitioner working with the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice. She is also pursuing a PhD with the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town. Mabel obtained her frst degree in Politics and Administration from the University of Zimbabwe in 2007, where she was elected president of the Model United Nations Club and chairperson of the Politics and Administration Student Association. She served as the Communication Offcer of the International Committee of the Red Cross Regional Delegation for Southern Africa between 2006 and 2009 before moving to Cape Town. She has worked with the British NGO, Skillshare International, as the Regional Programme Offcer, with partners including GIZ, Hogan Lovells, DFID, the British Premier Football Association (PFA) and UNICEF. Her research work through academics and consulting projects includes refugee rights and policy frameworks in South Africa; the implementation of affrmative action and employment equity policies in South Africa’s tertiary education sector; parliamentary projects investigating drug and substance abuse in the Western Cape; evaluation of Coaching For Hope’s life skills programme; developing a qualitative framework for the assessment of the Independent Electoral Commission in South Africa; evaluation of the Western Cape government training and development policies and their impact; evaluation of ICT tools for medical students by Edge Learning Media and other research departments including the Centre for Higher Education and Technology at UCT.

Ms Wendy Hendricks is responsible for events and logistics for the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice. She previously worked as the Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive Offcer of the Western Cape Provincial Development Council, a public entity facilitating socio- economic development among stakeholders in the Western Cape. Prior to that, she was the Personal Assistant to the Executive Director of the Urban Foundation. She also worked at SALDRU, UCT at various times, working on amongst others, the Carnegie conference: ‘Towards C3 – Strategies to Overcome Poverty and Inequality”.

28 Emerging African Leaders Programme 2018 Coaches Ms Janet van Graan has coached individuals at middle and senior level positions in corporate, civil society and academic sectors, in leadership development, through career transitions, fnding work-life balance, exploring creativity, skill in communication, and developing teams through times of change. Coaching involves meeting an individual where he or she is and skillfully accompanying him or her to identify and reach his or her own goals through a bespoke integral process. Janet works with each client to bring change at an integral level: cognitively, emotionally, relationally and somatically, leading to healthier, more effective and fulflled lives. Within the safety of refective and inquiring conversations, her clients become more understanding of their own unique way of being and ultimately become self- regulating and self-correcting. She has extensive experience in the creative and academic sectors, as artist, designer, lecturer, mentor, manager, team player and leader. She also currently leads the Department of Design at CPUT. In her earlier adult life she worked in the NGO sector in adult literacy, arts activism, art education and as mentor to youth in care. She is a proud parent of two young adult sons, and an avid reader and flm watcher. Janet is a certifed Integral Coach and completed the Professional Coaching Course at UCT GSB in early 2015. She is ICF accredited at ACC level, and serves on the faculty and as an associate coach at the Centre for Coaching UCT GSB. She is also certifed as an Integrative Enneagram practitioner.

Mr Jiva Chokkappan has worked in the retail industry. At Truworths and Woolworths he held various senior positions in Finance and Operations. In Woolworths he worked with international Franchisees from Africa and the Middle East to grow their business and expand the Woolworths brand. As the opportunity presented itself he became a Woolworths Franchisee, owning stores in Witbank. He currently runs a manufacturing business based in Cape Town. He is a Chartered Account with extensive business knowledge at operational and strategic levels. He is also a certifed Integral Coach and uses coaching in his business to develop and grow his management team. He was a mentor on the Associate and Professional coaching courses at the Centre of Coaching, UCT Business School. In addition to this he has been a coach on the Young African Leaders Programme in 2015. His passion lies in developing young people by coaching them in both their personal and business lives.

Ms Rashida Sader graduated as an educator and while working full time and managing her family commitments, acquired her Honours in Business Leadership (UCT), Masters in Commerce (UCT), and certifed as an integral coach (UCT, GSB). She has worked across a number of industries, namely, education, petrochemical and fnancial services. She currently works as the Executive Head of Human Resources. She is a skilled coach, facilitator, leader and mentor. She is experienced in working with: • Designing and shifting corporate culture • Supporting individuals and groups through organisational and personal change • Leadership and personal development • Executive coaching • Diversity and transformation • Unlocking potential in the areas of sales, customer service and operations Her passion is to work with clients to help them to unlock their potential, gain fresh insights and go on a journey of self-discovery. Her strength lies in coaching others to design and execute on strategies and solutions which are pragmatic and sustainable while at the time staying in fow with their emotional and somatic wellbeing. Her fulflment comes from watching others grow, fnd new frontiers, overcome challenges and live a wholesome life. She

29 Building Bridges: Leading in Public Life takes pride in knowing that through the coaching, her clients have developed the skills to cope with current and future challenges and opportunities.

Mr Roger Arendse is Director at Eagle Coaching, a registered coach of the Coaches & Mentors Society of SA (COMENSA) and an independent associate of several coaching service providers. He has professional training through UCT’s Graduate School of Business and New Ventures West (USA) with proven profciency as an integral coach of executives, managers, educators, and social entrepreneurs – both nationally and globally. Arendse holds several post-graduate degrees and diplomas with distinction, spanning education, employment law and theology from UCT and Western Theological Seminary, USA. He has presented at conferences and seminars, and published chapters in journals and books. He is a curious inquirer and contributor across felds of leadership, values, ethics, education, social transformation and spirituality. Arendse was a community leader and social activist in South Africa during his teens and early adulthood. His working career includes that of high school teacher, researcher, tutor, and community organizer in the 1980s. He lectured in theology at UWC in the 1990s. Thereafter, he was full time organizer of the UCT Academics’ Union – advising, counselling, mentoring and coaching staff in a variety of employee and human relations matters. Arendse thrives in his vocation of personal and professional care, growth and empowerment.

Ms Shanaaz Majiet is a professional accredited Master Coach and Organisational Development expert. She specialise in working with leaders, managers and teams in the public sector. She has gavitas and great depth of experience as a former public servant with 23 years in senior leadership roles across government. Her unique offering is that she bring an intimate understanding of the context, its complexities, how to navigate the terrain, build teams that perform, build capacity to transform dysfuctional behaviours in teams, join with her client and step into their world with great skill, immediacy and impact. She is currently the CEO of Shanaaz Majiet Business Consulting, former Superintendent General/HOD for the Department of Local Government and Housing in the WC Provincial Government, former Deputy Director General for the national Department of Cooperative Governance and former Chairperson of the Accreditation Panel of Experts for the Department of Human Settlements. Shanaaz coach newly appointed Directors General and Deputy Directors General in the South African government as part of the National School of Government Induction Programme. She also coached high performing international and local clients in the fnancial services sector, parastals, non governmental sector, LGBTI movement, disability movement, women’s movement, international donor agencies, academic institutions, politicians, community, human rights activists, policy think tanks, social entrepreneurs and artists.

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