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12 June 2024
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Story Lunga Luthuli
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Richard Molefe, a final-year BCom Investment Management and Banking
student at the University of the Free State (UFS), was recently elected uncontested as the National Chairperson of the Black Management Forum (BMF) National Student Chapter. The BMF aims to empower managerial leadership among black individuals in South Africa. Molefe's election signifies a step towards inclusive leadership structures that reflect wider societal values.
In an exclusive interview, Molefe shares his vision for youth empowerment and his plans for the Student Chapter's endeavours.
“The Black Management Forum’s programmes of development and advancement of managerial leadership and socio-economic transformation have exposed me to leadership opportunities that enhance my potential and aspirations. The opportunity is an indication that I have done something right, but I must constantly remind myself that I have not arrived,” said Molefe.
In his one-year term of office, Molefe wants to ensure that national structures of the Student Chapter exist and are functional, key pillars – promoting leadership, managerial leadership development skills, and entrepreneurial skills development in higher education institutions.
Kovsie student to visit United Kingdom
2006-08-02
A student of the University of the Free State (UFS), Mr Phillip du Preez (21), will visit the United Kingdom for three weeks later this year as part of the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary that was awarded to him. The bursary is awarded annually to a student or junior lecturer at each of South Africa's 15 residential universities who shows exceptional leadership qualities. Mr Du Preez is a third-year in MB Ch B student and serves on the Student Representative Council of the Main Campus for 2005/2006. Earlier this year he was chosen as Kovsie Dux Student for 2006.