MEET A TRIO OF DISRUPTORS WHO COULD LEAD SA

I RECENTLY facilitated a Conscious Leadership master-class for young potential leaders from various companies and became aware with increasing clarity of a vast pool of talent that remains dormant.

Given the calibre of some of our millennials who are vociferous in challenging pillage, patriarchy and the status quo, a seat at the table is an imperative if political, social and economic reform is to happen.

Millennials can mean any age from teens to thirty-somethings.

I can think of at least three notable young millennials whose participation in the political process could play a crucial role in this nation’s leadership structures. Sizwe Mpofu Walsh, Shamiso Kumbirai and Eusebius Mckaiser are but a few who come to mind.

I had known Sizwe since he was knee high and had not imagined that he would blossom into this passionate and erudite disruptor we hear today. In his book Democracy and Delusion – 10 Myths in South African Politics, his critical political essays, which challenge the “chronic complacency” that seems to have eroded this nation, is a must-read.

Civil engineer Kumbirai is an exceptional young woman who I had hand-picked as a conscious young leader. She has rubbed shoulders with the likes of Microsoft’s Bill

Gates and Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma at the World Economic Forum in Davos as a member of the WEF’S Global Shapers representing the youth of southern Africa.

Kumbirai is passionate about the planet, with a focus on bulk water supply and hydropower engineering.

Another disruptor of note is outspoken 702 presenter, political commentator, writer and philosophy lecturer Mckaiser. As the author of

A Bantu in my Bathroom, his cerebral political commentary and sometimes brusque repartee sets him apart as a thought leader with a razor-sharp wit that keeps 702 listeners riveted to his show.

These are but three among a myriad remarkable young leaders who deserve a place in the political progression of shaping corrective and conscious behaviour in leadership structures of this country. They would create the disruption we need to keep our ageing politicos honest.

If we are to bridge the generational divide and embrace a new wave of thinking, it is imperative that we accept and respect these young people for what they bring to the table.

Brenda Kali is the chief executive of Conscious Companies and the founder of the Conscious Leadership Academy. www.consciouscompanies.co.za