by Prof Joseph Sekhampu | Jul 15, 2026 | Expert Voices
One of the quietest traps in leadership is the habit of waiting. We wait for the right leader to emerge, for a new strategy to provide clarity, for the organisation to become more supportive, or for circumstances to become more favourable before we act. We convince...
by Prof. Joseph Sekhampu | Jul 7, 2026 | Expert Voices
For much of democratic South Africa, politics could organise itself around recognisable adversaries. Apartheid, corruption, state capture, white monopoly capital and, more recently, illegal immigration each offered a simple explanation for complex problems. They gave...
by Prof Joseph Sekhampu | Jun 26, 2026 | Expert Voices
I remember the chair long before I remember the storm. It sat opposite my desk, ordinary and unremarkable, bearing the accumulated weight of countless decisions, difficult conversations, strategic plans, and moments of quiet reflection. For years, it had been a place...
by Prof Joseph Sekhampu | Jun 11, 2026 | Expert Voices
When the government can no longer credibly promise expanding opportunities, politics begins to change. Public debate shifts from how opportunities should be created to who should have access to those that remain. Arguments about growth and redistribution do not...
by Prof Joseph Sekhampu | Jun 3, 2026 | Expert Voices
Wisdom is not simply the accumulation of knowledge but the gradual recognition that certainty is often an illusion. Mature judgment does not arrive when we finally discover the right answers, but when we learn to live with ambiguity, contradiction, and incomplete...
