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| Che Gauvara the revolutionary |
The 21st century has come with a lot of technological advancements, the boom of social media a lot of cool stuff. I wonder, whether or not our leaders are up to standerd.The standerd set by leaders who in my opinion where willing to die fo what they believe . Self-less leaders who cared about others, more than they did themselves.Leaders of the previous generations.
When I look at a leader like Jacob Zuma (A Leader and a breader, a term affectionately coined by Zapiro) or even Thabo Mbeki can we compare their impact to that of Mandela? Can we compare the impact of Barak Obama to Martin Luther king? I would say, in my narrow minded view, Martin Luther King did more for humanity as a preacher than any president has done in their capacity. It seems that as a society we have dropped our standards, do we have Leaders who inspire like Ghandi who organised protests by peasants and farmers to oppose British domination. Che Gauvara who fought against American imperialism in Cuba and stood up for what he believed in. Mother Teresa who dedicated her life to helping the outcast of Culcutta, India.
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| Martin Luther king giving a lecture 26 March 1964 |
We still have problems and challenges so why aren't there people standing up and saying no thats wrong! I believe the 21st century leaders are not inspiring the youth. They are not trying to work towards enriching humanity but themselves. Leaders used to be people who practised what they preach now it goes down to who can make the best speech. who can we look to in our lifetime as an example for our generation? Or maybe the question is do we need a hero or are we the heros!
These will be my parting words.Mandela the face of the new South Africa. Ghandi opposed British dominance. Che fought American Imperialism,what will you stand for? -Phemelo Dibodu-
Theproblem with our generation of leaders is that they are very materiallistic and selfish. They do not care about other people but themselves. We don't have leaders or heroes, we just have power hungry people invading influencial positions.
ReplyDeleteBut don't you think the responsibility is on us to do what we have to, to become the leaders of our generation
DeleteHeroes are out on the streets fighting for what they believe is right. Our current local leaders know nothing about fighting for the people and motivating people to work hard and do right. The late Andries Tatane was a hero, he died fighting for his rights and I believe there are more like him on our streets, but not in government. Our leaders just spoil us with free things, there is nothing motivating that they have done for their people.
ReplyDeletetrue leaders and heroes are those before 1994 ... aftrer 1994 we have selfish and rulling leaders... all they do is what they think is best they dont care about us
ReplyDeleteThe problem with todays youth leaders is that they only do what lead to be seen or for money but not for what being a leader stands for and the importance of it and thats what differs todays leaders from our previous leaders.
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