Thuli Madonsela: SA’S Iron Lady
She speaks in whispering tones and is always immaculately dressed. When she walks into a room and begins speaking, people sit up and listen. Fearless and resolute, this is the woman who has taken on some of South Africa’s most powerful politicians – and won. This woman is Advocate Thuli Madonsela, the country’s Public Protector. A human rights lawyer and activist, with beginnings as a unionist and assistant teacher, Madonsela helped draft South Afric...
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Adv. Thuli Madonsela to launch foundation
Advocate Thuli Madonsela, the former Public Protector of South Africa, announced on Monday at the Cape Town Press Club that she is in the process of creating a non-partisan, operational private foundation, to operate as the Thuma Foundation. The foundation seeks to develop leadership for democracy, development and peace, focusing on a leadership approach that is ethical, purposeful, impactful and committed to service. “How can we re-imagine South African...
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Thuli Madonsela just won’t ‘thula’
Advocate Thuli Madonsela was the winner of the Drivers of Change Individual Award in 2011, just two years into her seven-year term as public protector. She continued working to hold the public sector accountable as an outspoken voice for justice during the remaining five years of her term. In 2016 she was vindicated by the Constitutional Court’s unanimous judgement that her office’s report on security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s homestead was ...
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Foundation receives sponsorship
USB Executive Development (USB-ED) recently presented a programme sponsorship to the Thuma Foundation, currently being established by the former Public Protector of South Africa, Advocate Thuli Madonsela. The establishment of the foundation was announced in Cape Town in January this year by adv. Madonsela as a non-partisan, operational private foundation, to operate as the Thuma Foundation. The foundation seeks to develop leadership for democracy, developm...
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