DEVELOPING BREED OF LEADERS TO LEAD AFRICA

 Sir,

Over 50 years of nationhood, the most critical challenge confronting Africa appears to be credible leadership.
Many of us have asked why Africa finds it difficult to address her perennial leadership challenges in spite of the abundant human and material resources available at her disposal.

Some argued that the leadership challenge of the continent could be traced from the emergence of colonial misadventure. Others dismissed such argument on the basis that corruption and lack of vision among past and present leaders of Africa culminate to hamper any meaningful effort in the quest for good governance in the continent.

This partly explains why we rhetorically enquired why the continent has not produced internationally accepted leadership. Some have argued the heterogeneous nature of Africa has continued to pose serious leadership threat to the continent.  Whatever the argument is, the point is that leadership challenge has been a clog in the wheel of our progress. The present and past leaders of Africa have failed to provide quality leadership capable of addressing numerous challenges confronting the continent.
We thank God for leaders who fought for independence for our continent including the likes of Jomo Kenyatta, Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere and others.

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They were revolutionaries but unfortunately our people are not yet free. Do you realise that a good number of those in leadership in our countries today grew up during the colonial era?

Just like they looked up to colonial masters for sustenance so they think everybody has to go to the seat of power to find sustenance.
This is the colonial era leadership mentality also known as the power of negative conditioning. Somehow we still think that it is the government that should feed us, give us jobs and build houses for us. We keep blaming the government for our woes, saying government should do this or government should do that.

The most important things that will impact your life are not things that government will do, they are things you must do. Anyone you can blame for your situation is the one you have given power to control your destiny. If things work, it is the government, if they don’t it is the fault of the government. That is a carry-over from the colonial era. People make the government too powerful in our countries.

They do not realise that the most powerful form of government is self-government. In the land of freedom, it is not the government that solves all your problems. You have been empowered to dream and fulfil your dreams.

The inability to define clear lines of responsibility between God and man makes many people to feel powerless and ultimately ineffective. God will not do many things people expect Him to do because He has given us the power to do them.

Muziwendoda Sivesikhulu Msibi - Bhadzeni 1

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