Harambee Leadership Training Programme participantsThirteen young people from seven African countries and India took part from 20 September to 15 November 2008 in two weeks of interactive learning and six weeks of fieldwork across three provinces of South Africa. The theme was Exploration into Moral Leadership and Service in 21st Century Africa.

The first two weeks took place just outside Pretoria, at Chapel Hill in Magaliesburg. Four elements of leadership were presented, debated and reflected on by the participants.

The Art of Leadership

1. Lessons from 21st Century African Leadership
2. From the Africa we have to the One Want
3. Innovation and Trust-Building
4. Creators of a Different Future

The Heart of Leadership

1. The Authentic Spirit of African Leadership
2. The Heart of Transformation
3. Building Relationships from Conflict
4. Engaging with Environmental Issues

The following six weeks were spent applying the learning and gaining more self-knowledge.

Masipumelelo High School, Ocean View, Cape TownThis part of the programme took the group to a number of provinces.  First to Zastron in the Free State and then to Sterkspruit in Eastern Cape where they organised presentations and interacted with hundreds of learners from 10 schools as well as with a correctional service facility. From there they travelled to the Western Cape where they met with political leaders of the ruling and opposition parties. Then they gave further presentations, and shared personal stories with groups of learners, community members and business people in the Western Cape.

Back in Gauteng, the economic heartland of South Africa, they visited and interacted with teenage boys in a remand centre, 600 pupils at a rural primary school and took part in a one day Connecting Communities workshop in a suburb west of Pretoria.

They also met with members of the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, were interviewed on Jozi FM Radio and assisted with the litter clean-up of the area around the centre where they were staying.

It is envisaged to make this programme available for other African regions over the coming three years.

Available for download in PDF is a report giving the reflections and impressions of those who took part. 

Printed reports can also be ordered from:

Pieter Horn or Jackie Euvrard
PO Box 11753
Hatfield,
Pretoria
0028

Email Pieter Horn or Email Jackie Euvrard if you wish to place an order.