Some Background About Myself
Growing up under the open South African Skies, I had the
opportunity to see the contrasts of wealth and poverty,
oppression and freedom.
Being brought up in a society where the color of your skin
determined your status in society, I spent my childhood believing
that this was "normal". Moving into social work in my late
adolescent years, I began to be challenged on the normality of
this, and became actively involved in speaking against the
violations that this legal system had imposed on my fellow
human beings. I participated in, and saw the freedom offered to
South Africa with the 1994 elections when Nelson Mandela was
voted the first truly democratically elected President of South
Africa.
I had written seven teenage novels by the time he completed
High School.
I have studied, researched, experimented with and written about
leadership principles and people management skills for the past
19 years. During this time I had worked in various management
and supervisory positions in business across very varied
industries, as well as in non-profit and Christian organisations. I
had been awarded several performance related awards during
my career.
He had done about 10 years of development work amongst high-
school-going youth, in various church and Christian based
organisational roles.
What am I doing now?
I am currently on a part time basis the Strategic Manager of Zoë Life,
a South African Purpose Driven Organisation focused on breathing
abundant life into areas where there is no abundance.
I also a lecture at the Zhang Zhou Normal University in Fujian
Province, Mainland China.
I love out-door activities, such as body-boarding, hiking, and cycling
in his free time.
I play guitar, piano, write music (just for myself) and love reading.
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