Tag Archive for South Africa

Free Yourself From Inferiority

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Free Yourself From Inferiority – As Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said: “Any acceptance of humiliation, indignity or insult is acceptance of inferiority.”

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.
- Desmond Tutu

When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.
- Desmond Tutu

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
- Nelson Mandela

Women & Power

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POWER LIVING® TV: What do you get when you put the words women and power together? Get perspectives from around the world in this interview with the Omega Global Change Scholars and the Old Stone Farm in New York.

Focus on… South Africa

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town

PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS: In the 1990s, I spent time in Johannesburg and Cape Town with my mom. I was participating in the Harvard Business School International Alumni Conference and then we spent additional time exploring. A couple of good friends showed us around Jo’burg – giving us the “insider’s tour” – one taking us into the townships and the other to key business sites and wonderful restaurants.

World Economic Forum on Africa

THE BUZZ… From June 8th through June 12th, 2009, I participated in the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. The Summit brought together some of the world’s top policy and decision makers to discuss that region and global challenges. I also attended a special Young Global Leaders gathering. View pictures from…