SONA: A POSITIVE SCORECARD FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS
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WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA HAS DELIVERED.
More South Africans, probably than ever before, watched the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Friday night, hoping that our new President, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa would deliver a message of hope, a message of clear priorities, a message of delivery, and a message of action.
He didn’t fail us.
Business Day listed the top 12 priorities contained in SONA
“Actions speak louder than words” comes to mind when listening to politicians preach from on high
SCORECARD: Targets and Measures of Success
Below you will find the BD 12 priorities each containing MY measures of success against a pessimistic, realistic and optimistic ‘achievement’ target. A five-year horizon has been set ‘till 2023
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The Power of Mentorship and Partnership
Over the 8 years that I have written this column, I have interacted with many people who have shared with me some of the incredible things they are doing to make this country a better place.
I have been very struck by the passion that people have to make a difference and just how willing they are to make sacrifices big and small each day to achieve this end. Many have expressed their frustration – a frustration I share on a very deep level – at not being able to do more. To those I remind us of Mother Teresa’s often quoted: “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
By far the most common way that people participate in the healing of our nation is through mentorship. This is almost always informal; we mentor our staff in the workplace, our domestic workers at home, perhaps their kids; educators mentor their learners outside of the formal learning process; religious leaders mentor their flocks; Granny’s and Grandpa’s, aunts and uncles – most of us mentor somebody; young or not so young. It seems that being a mentor to someone is very deeply rooted in our DNA; we do it almost instinctively without giving it a formal name.
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Eastern Cape matric walks the long road to his dream job – freedom?
Eastern Cape matriculant Lutho Jimana did not let his long daily walk to school, his overcrowded home where it was difficult to study, nor financial constraints due to his mother’s unemployment get in the way of studying towards his childhood dream job.
This month Lutho began his studies at Rhodes University that will ultimately see him become a scientist.
Lutho beat out nearly 100 fellow matrics at the end of last year to take the top spot in the Eastern Cape in the Engen Maths and Science Schools programme. Having scored 94% for science and 85% for maths, he credits the extra lessons provided by EMSS for his outstanding results
Every day Lutho walked an hour from his home in Gqala, East London, to his classes at Tsholomnqa High School, never losing sight of his lifelong vision of wearing a white coat working in a laboratory.
He is just starting the four-year journey to achieve his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, and says he will tackle the challenges ahead the same way he achieved such incredible success at school.
“It’s all about hard work, managing your time and your priorities,” says the 18-year-old proudly, declaring further that he does not drink or smoke, and attends church every Sunday.
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THIS WEEK'S FAST FACT
Water wise:
Wasting away: According to data released by the City of Cape Town, households living in freestanding properties in the suburb of Constantia halved their water consumption between April 2017 and December 2017 from 18 kl to 9 kl per month. (http://bit.ly/2ERLcQA)
Has your suburb been meeting its water usage target? Check out the Eighty20 Water Tracker to find out: http://water.eighty20.co.za/
(Source: www.Eighty20.co.za)
