Understanding and Leading a Nation: The Role of Heroes and Icons

I said it earlier, you know, this is a team that um, that plays for the nation. They, they say it openly. He says it openly. I think, um, I think also he is very astute in, in terms of his understanding of us as a nation. You know, it’s, you can be an astute leader, you can be, you can be very understanding of those in your team and your squad and those around you. But he’s much wiser than that. He, he understands us as a nation. Um, I, I, I think we, we’re an African country, we’re, we’re, we’re not quite a first world country. We’ll always have issues, um, we’ll always have, you know, third world poverty in some areas as, as any country does. He, he understands that. He, he understands and, and the scourge of, of for us at the moment is gender based violence, you know, and I think he just understands what’s required in our country. He, he knows that this country needs heroes, it needs icons. It needs a team that everyone can look up to. A team, team and individuals that can be the heroes, um, that can set this example, that can lead people forward and, and, and can, can give us all hope. I think that’s probably most important. If I look back on the last 30 years, the man who stands out the most is obviously Nelson Mandela, cause he gave us hope. You know, he, he, He gave us the self belief that we can be a, you know, one nation. That we can all live together in harmony, that we can make it work. And I think Steve understands that.