The first test: is this person
on a collective mission? Is he
burning with an inner fire to
create transformation in
society? Is she consumed with
an overwhelming passion to
uplift others? Ultimate
leadership is not for the timid,
the contained or the self-
centred – it is for those with
steely determination and
great vision.
Secondly: is this candidate
someone who will unite the
country, or divide it further?
Will this leader reach out or
reach in? Will this person heal
wounds, settle disputes, build
bridges? Or will he raise the
walls of division even higher?
Third test: does this person
actually qualify as a leader,
rather than a politician? Are
there attributes of leadership
visible here? Is this a
candidate who will form a
formidable team of talents,
and get the best work out of
others? Or is this another Big-
Man-Me-First candidate who
will propagate another
personality cult?
And fourthly: is this a good
person? How often we forget
this one. What is the
candidate’s character? Does
she have a track record of
good behaviour? Is this a kind
person, a patient person, an
empathetic person? Or am I
in the process of elevating yet
another rogue to leadership,
with highly predictable
consequences?
It's YES, YES, YES YES for Peter. Kura yangu pap!
TULIA.........UFUNZWE!