Leaders must take leaf out of Luthuli’s book

EFORE Albert Luthuli became the president of the ANC, he was a teacher, a deacon in the United Congregational Church, a farmer, entrepreneur (not tenderpreneur) and a democratically elected leader of the Amakholwa tribe in Groutville, KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal.

Leaders such as President Jacob Zuma, SACP veteran Moses Kotane and Alan Paton spoke highly of Luthuli, who taught at Adams College, the institution that produced Harry Gwala, Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Zeph Mothopeng.

Talk is cheap. What is difficult is for leaders to emulate Luthuli.

Many of the leaders, even councillors in the KwaDukuza and iLembe councils, MPs and MPLs have not read Let My People Go. Others have read the book, but they still act contrary to what Luthuli preached.

It is Luthuli who guided and mentored ANC leading lights Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo.

That is why these two leaders acted and behaved like him,

Bproviding moral but revolutionary leadership after his death. Before becoming a chief, he was a teacher, a well-paid job at that time.

He left teaching to serve the people of Groutville. He supplemented his salary by growing sugar cane and running a general dealership. Attach it as a jpeg when you send your letter. If the picture is of good enough quality, it could be used should your correspondence be chosen for publication

Siyanda Mhlongo