General – Page 17 – Dudu Msomi

August 27, 2015

Thank God, we ain’t what we was!

My journey as an African woman 21 years on is as unique as women are, but I am sure there are some commonalities that other women may identify with. I became a young adult in the mid-90s therefore I have now spent about an equal amount of years under the new dispensation as I had in apartheid South Africa. I...

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August 17, 2015

Loyalty: Double edged sword

I have been mulling over the concept and act of LOYALTY a lot this year in the context of being an entrepreneur, friend, relative, womanhood and nationhood. Larry McMurtry says, “The whole point of loyalty was not to change: stick with those who stuck with you”. As an entrepreneur who is trying to build a business, loyalty is a double-edge...

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August 3, 2015

Lying about Qualifications

“Competence is to ensure that your actions put people’s hearts at ease when things are in your hands.” – Israelmore Ayivor – A qualification is defined as the quality, ability, or accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task. The falsification or claiming of non-existing qualification scandals seem to communicate that whether you have a qualification...

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May 28, 2015

Lessons on Power from the Herd of Buffalo

This is one of the most powerful images that conveys my belief about POWER. We decide in our society who is powerful. We tell individuals or groups or organisations or nations that they are powerful. We allow the ones we call powerful to treat us the way we believe we deserve to be treated by the powerful. We are the...

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Thank God, we ain’t what we was!

Loyalty: Double edged sword

Lying about Qualifications

Lessons on Power from the Herd of Buffalo