Activating a Thought Leader In Me

Africa is changing, but it seems as a continent it is taking longer to get women involved in higher decision making tables and governance. The transformation of the African economy has not made enough space for its female counterparts. Young female Africans need to awaken a generation that will not fear to take up positions that are in the forefront of African leadership and of decision-making in their countries and on the Continent. Woman like Nkosazna Dr Zuma, Fatou Bensouda, Joyce Banda,Ellen Johnson, Catherine Samba-Panza, Thuli Madontsela, have opened up new possibilities for women in politics in African economics, education and business, but we cannot only have a few prominent females in critical positions of decision making in Africa. In the history of Africa, the continent has only had three female presidents and that is something that needs to be challenged by a new generation of young African females, who have something to say and contribute to the welfare of Africa. T...

Politics, Women and the Media As part of a revolutionizing world, the idea of women taking over countries and running states has become both an alarming and celebrated idea. The main focus of media and politics in Africa has always been the idea of patriarchal leadership and ideology. While women have fought for political revolutions, the credit of their fights has always been attributed to men. How do we as the media give fair coverage and praise to women in politics, without reverting to their fashion or the fact that they stuck by their husband’s side, if some of their husbands stray, rather than reporting on what they have accomplished and what they are doing? Media reporting on female leadership has been used in a manner that undermines women in politics and may cause society and the institution of politics to have low confidence and trust in female leadership. On Monday 29 October 2014, Boikelto Mongoato from CANRAD spoke on Madibaz Radio about how women have been re...