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While some Afrikaaners are spreading misinformation, here is what one is doing. Every corporate leader in South Africa can learn a lot from Rassie Erasmus. I know, I keep saying. The man has an almost instinctive compassionate grasp of our history, its complexities and contradictions. Yet, does not get...

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Very good stuff. It's important to note that SARU first scrapped the DEI quota and then after invested heavily in black youth development. We should also scrap all transformation laws and invest in quality education for youth. It will result in real transformation

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Archives and Records Management Education and Training: what can Africa learn from Europe and North America?

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Rassie for President indeed. - I wonder which party he votes for?

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Due to the seperation, blacks developed a different rugby style/identity than whites. Generally, blacks play a more expensive running type and white whites more physical. Hence, more wingers and backs are black. Makes for a lethal combination.

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When we saw transformation as a disaster, he saw an opportunity to solve so many issues, like divisions between teams, lack of competition for team positions, lack of unity at so many levels. In SA, we are blessed by inspirational leadership. Look at everything he's achieved.

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Listen and learn; Make people feel safe and valued; don’t embarrass them, especially about things that are beyond their control and develop them.

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Thats why Rassie is much loved. He is real, honest and fair.

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Change some of the words in this speech and you will have the best country with the best integrated people. I love my rugby and said i will accept 15 white players as long as they return a WC. This man shattered that thinking. Promote the back person with all tools to be a succes

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That last line dropped me.

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More Rassie, less 'refugees!'

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Corporate should be inviting this man to share his thoughts on transparency in applying transformation.

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Yet that choice later became one link in a story far greater than Bilbo himself. This is the part I find especially beautiful: An individual can still choose freely, yet cannot know the full meaning that their choice will eventually create. Therefore, the existence of a greater order does not necessarily turn the characters into puppets. Bilbo still chooses. Frodo still chooses. Gandalf still chooses. But those choices can become woven into a story greater than the people who make them. Gandalf as a servant When Gandalf faces the Balrog, he says: “I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor.” I am especially struck by one word: “servant.” Gandalf is a being of great power. Yet he does not introduce himself as the ultimate master of that power. He calls himself a servant. This fits Gandalf’s place in Tolkien’s world: he was sent to Middle-earth to carry out a mission. His power, therefore, is not an end in itself. 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These two lines complement each other very clearly: We do not control the whole of our circumstances, but we are still responsible for our part in them. In the way I see it, this is where providence and free will meet. Gandalf is not someone who simply sits back and waits for everything to happen according to a script he already knows. He still has to observe, judge, and choose. But neither does he act as an individual completely separate from a greater order. So what can “A wizard is never late” mean? After placing this line beside Gandalf’s other words, I begin to feel that “the right time” may carry a deeper meaning. Gandalf is not someone who knows the entire future. He himself admits: “Even the very wise cannot see all ends.” At the same time, he recognizes that the world does not operate solely according to the wishes of the individuals living within it. Bilbo was “meant to” find the Ring. There are “other forces at work.” Gandalf calls himself a “servant.” And when he returns to Middle-earth, he says that he was “sent back” until his task is complete. These words make me feel that Gandalf understands something very clearly: he can choose how he acts, but he is not the master of the entire story. He has a task. He has his part to play. But he does not know the full outcome to which that part will lead. So when Frodo tells Gandalf that he is late, Gandalf does not need to prove that he knows the future. He simply sees that moment from a different perspective. To Frodo, time is measured by when Gandalf should have arrived. To Gandalf, the important moment may be when he needs to be there to do what he is meant to do. And that is why, for me, the line: “A wizard is never late. Nor is he early.” is no longer merely a joke. It can be understood as a glimpse into the way Gandalf sees his place within a story greater than himself. He does not know the whole future. 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