LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

A six month leadership curriculum both in South Africa and Washington, DC,  supplemented by ongoing alumni opportunities.

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A core element of SAWIP, expressed through individual and team projects, both in South Africa and
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SAWIP NEWS
Welcome SAWIP Team 2013

The SAWIP Team 2013

 

The South Africa-Washington International program is pleased to present the Class of 2013. After a highly competitive process that drew over 140 applicants, fifteen exceptional students were selected to pursue an intensive six month development program in South Africa and the United States which aims to inspire and build their capabilities for leadership and service.
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Grappling with the Route to Nation Building and acknowledging the potholes along the way.

SAWIP hosted a dialogue in Cape Town on the 14th of April 2013 to examine the need for Social Innovation and the Role of Memory and Legacy therein.

 


SAWIP, InkhuluFreeHeid, Activators and guests engaging with the panelists: Ziyanda Kenya (IFH), Edyth Parker (IFH & SAWIP) and Mandy Sangor (District Six Museum). Advocate Mike Pothier (Parliamentary Liaison Office of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference) facilitated.
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Shifting Paradigms, One Dialogue at a Time

The beauty of democracy is that it allows the space to reinvent itself. It our duty as citizens of democracy to ensure that this beauty is not jaded.

 

This spirited assertion offered by Erik de Ridder captures some of the challenging ideas presented at this year’s first dialogue jointly hosted by SAWIP and Inkulufreeheid on Monday, March 25 at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in Johannesburg.
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InkuluFreeHeid

Erik de Ridder (SAWIP Alumnus 2011)

Erik de Ridder and Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh participated in SAWIP in 2011, during which time they built on a solid personal and professional relationship which had evolved during their time serving on University of Cape Town Students’ Representative Council. While on the SRC, Sizwe, Erik and the SRC 2010 team founded the African Student Leaders’ Summit which featured former President Thabo Mbeki.
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TEAM BLOGS
  • The Generosity Paradox
      The “challenge” of raising R7000 towards my participation in SAWIP taught me a lot. I learned that I am part of, and have access to, more networks than what I would have thought prior to undertakin
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    posted by Mario Meyer on Saturday, 18 May 2013
  • Searching for my 'how'
    So far our blogs have been a space where we have been allowed to reflect on our self, our team, our passions, views and the vision we each hold for South Africa. I find reading the blogs an immens
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    posted by Jessica Breakey on Wednesday, 15 May 2013
  • On the legacy of Apartheid
          2.) On blaming apartheid and its legacy. This blog forms part of a series of I will be writing on the idea of a born free generation. *Also I promise I wrote this blog before reading Je
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    posted by Wiaan Visser on Tuesday, 14 May 2013
  • Why I love learning
    I am enrolled for 8 modules at the Sustainability Institute this year, one of which ran this past week. The module is called Food Security and Globalised Agriculture and I returned to the normal rhyth
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    posted by Anna-Marie Müller on Tuesday, 14 May 2013
  • Watch the Time
      The values that we represent are generally acknowledged to stem from a mix between our genetic inheritance and our family and social environment. However, the idea that people around us have shaped
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    posted by Matthew Chennells on Tuesday, 14 May 2013
  • He ONLY touched her breasts
    Almost everyone can agree that sexual offences are an unacceptable trauma that nobody deserves to experience. What we might disagree on however, is what constitutes a sexual offence and how far does
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    posted by Zizipho Pae on Monday, 13 May 2013
  • People are inherently good
    It is often said that the majority of what we learn, is learnt outside of the classroom.   I experienced this last weekend in the most refreshing of ways.   Allow me to set the scene:   It was S
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    posted by Timothy Taylor on Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Mother's Day and Reminders About 'Saving the World'
      There are many incredible experiences that we are fortunate enough to have through SAWIP. We are surrounded by a network of people who care deeply about South Africa and have recognized in us a kin
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    posted by Cara Mazetti Claassen on Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Social Responsibility... You have it and so do I
    Whilst having a conversation with a group of friends concerning our futures and where we see ourselves in the next few years and what lifestyles and career paths we wish to pursue, someone made the
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    posted by Zizipho Pae on Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Effecting Change
      My status as a privileged South African citizen is something that I recognise, acknowledge, and am always conscious of. The primary reason for this status is my education, particularly my tertiary
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    posted by Mario Meyer on Monday, 13 May 2013

 

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