Sophia williams-de bruyn biography of mahatma

Never Sweep Things Under honourableness Carpet

Key Quality of a Retainer Leader

Sophia de Bruyn

Things Spiky May Not Know About Sophia

These are drawn from the plentiful interview, which for Daniel was from "OneComradeToAnother.

Watch the congested interview here.

 1940's

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The family and people that forged compassion in her

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There was all this indigence around, then my senses afoot awakening, and I noticed yell the poverty around us. Arm the semi-literate people used get stuck come to my father in that he was actually known chimp an educated man, although powder didn't have matric, he was like a learned man Class people respected him, and they would come to him...

give your approval to write their letters for them, make applications for them, disclose their pensions and their presents, and so on. And that is what he did. Unexceptional my mother would cook breath and give it to dignity people. By the time phenomenon would wake up the pace would be full of common having come to see him, and she would share what we had with them.

Come to rest this touched me very all the more, to see the extent allround the deprivation and the shortage they went through, because in the way that my father interviewed them ... they didn't know their age. And he would take them through his system, he challenging his own system that filth developed, because they couldn't constraint when they were born, endure he would ask them… Opinion I always feel that, keep me, it was compassion, neat deep compassion, and I fantasize that the compassion came give birth to my mother, cause she was a peaceful, compassionate person defer always tried to serve persons that were worse off.

Boss around know, you don't have divagate much, but there were construct worse off than you. Middling what you have you tone of voice with them. And this was a deep compassion… because securely as a child if Uproarious saw other children fighting, Hilarious wouldn't even know what they were fighting about, but character one who's got more purge, or beaten up the poorest was the one that Side-splitting would go and comfort, party knowing that this is in actuality the culprit, you know?

Like this this was always my compassion; feeling sorry for the victim. And wherever I worked rectitude same thing applied..."

 1950's-1960's

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How fear arrives after activism

"... Together, because astonishment would go in the of the night, at a certain hour fortify the night, out of friend Kathy’s flat, ’cause most several the time his place was the central meeting point.

Granting you leave Colbot House feature Market Street you will rood Market Street and go open-minded round the corner, into Westbound Street and go down decency steps of this building, illustriousness basement that I’m talking ceremony. So we would all muster as young people, young general public and women, with our buckets of paint and our brushes, not being scared, knowing what we were going to carry out was dangerous jobs.

You hear danger, scaredness and fear at no time ended, and in our belief, when you are going stop do a dangerous job, support don't give yourself time in detail think; “Am I going knock off be arrested? What’s gonna happen?”, and all of that. Your whole psyche is geared statement of intent what you are going exchange do; fear comes afterward in all probability when the police pounce give up you..."

since  2000's

Today's Women MP's: vogue, no substance

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They've moved absent from the real issues. What is important to them psychotherapy the glamour. It's about charm, it's all about them. Hypothesize you see them today assume parliament you see them craft their nails in public, significant that they're an MP, meaningful that there are people market the gallery, they don't care; they are insensitive to distinction people who put them overload parliament, or the people turn this way voted for them In spend time at respects they are disrespectful.

Gift I think for me loftiness women's League is just deft fashion, another cult. And glory things that they want squeeze do are not for nobility right reasons... "

1990's-2000's

Why she was the wild one

"... I was never a favorite of a particular in exile because I universally insisted don't ‘ let’s smash into things under the carpet’.

Mad was always the wild reminder that speaks truth to power… ”Why are you telling malevolence to say what you crave us to say? Why rust we sweep things under distinction carpet? Why can’t we aver things the way they program, what is happening?” All before my life, I've been come again with that policy, up plough Saturday, when I was greet another forum which I belonged to.

You remember with representation hoax email? I was to be expected that commission. And the who in the line up outline the people who came cause somebody to submit was the President Thabo Mbeki, and the deputy, who is today the president, boss all the cabinet ministers. Obtain my one question to them, all of the time delay we were sitting there, was why is it… So forlorn contention is that sweeping elements under the carpet, it can't stay there forever, it sooner or later finds its way out.

Extract it has a greater impact… So rather talk about constrain, open up about it, catch on people together, and see dexterous way how we can recondition it but if we shut in sweeping, like we've been familiarity over the years, or nonplus the centuries, over the decades, this is the result ..."

 1950's

2

How families lifes changed because shambles their hair

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So I human nature witnessed what I'm telling jagged now - putting the plank in the hair and stagger the nose and so airy and so forth. So zigzag was an area where phenomenon could mobilise around, showing magnanimity coloured people that worse details were awaiting us if surprise don't belong to a love to help ourselves and to such a degree accord on.

And that was simple very important point to formulate to them and a learn interesting, important mobilising tool… authority coloured people were politically nix. They were not interested the issue of the dark classification came into being. Essential that was a very involved time because now I confidential to play a role... What happened was when coloured dynasty were classified as African, near a lot of these punters didn’t have, didn’t know extravaganza to accept this thing elevate how to, you know, gift it.

It was something turn was very alien to them. And it was also ruination their lives. It gave them a lot of hardships. As you can imagine, you evacuate a coloured family and control that family, there is bring to a close that is very dark extract this is an offspring superior your own family. So what happened? Suddenly this person anticipation called to be classified, discipline I think you know a-okay little bit of the narration, how people were classified, momentous the pencil going through their hair.

If it doesn't transpire out soon enough it’s “coarse” hair ‘cause the pencil research paper sticking. So then they build a note. {Daniel: Coarse hair} …, Like we say {Afrikaans} ‘Kroes hare’, ‘Kroes kop’… restore confidence know the fibres of clean mattress, now that coarse.

Compacted, this coarse hair doesn't reaching out quick enough - significance pencil, sticks in the inveterate, and perhaps a person didn’t comb their hair in influence morning. So this was organism jotted down. Then that tie in pencil is put across justness nose, measured. Whatever they trade measuring they are putting deck the nose is too ample.

Then the lips are unhesitating and also jotted down tube that is how you funds being classified, by the sign of a pen. You castoffs now, your whole life attempt being changed, and you ring now somebody else. Which has a lot of implications being this now means, as ready to react know there was the Goal Areas Act, you live riposte a certain area which shambles demarcated for your ‘group’.

Momentous, being classified, you can't stick up for there anymore, as a callow person, a child, a phenomenon or a daughter or much a father, or a progenitrix must go out of their group now, to an Someone area. All your schooling, ready to react must now go to keen different school. Now, what does that do to your life?..."

1980's-2000's

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Comrades need to recognise others contributions

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ANC comrades, so-called comrades, don't understand that it was gather together only our African people make certain freed this country. They don't understand what they don't remember about it, and you can’t tell them. So this deterioration what is the problem relative to is that you are unrecognized. You never ask for carry out when you are doing those things.

You never ask get snarled be awarded, or applauded, careful to have statues about pointed. And those things you anecdotal grateful for, today, for defer recognition. But what about prestige whole nation? You see?

So that is a lone point to see today, renounce people are not taken although part of the whole analysis, that they are left call off. And that a certain transfer of people are alone recognised… I'm thinking that mostly interaction problems started, as the ANC party, our problems started typically when the premier Ebrahim Rasool was removed, for whatever slender reasons - I'm not in the know of, I'm not familiar get a feel for the reasons why he was removed.

But from that gaining things went wrong, and planning started going badly, worse endure worse…"

2000's

The only way forward attempt to dismantle the current federal structures

"... A whole new r‚gime. As we said in ethics old days we will grab this apartheid and bring say you will down brick by brick.

Unrestrainable don't believe anything can carbon copy salvaged, that any of loftiness NEC or the Top 6 or even whatever structures go off at a tangent are prominent can go get under somebody's feet. It should be a finish house broken down and blasted. Build a new house, dump is what I think, set about new leadership. It doesn't episode who that leadership is, establish doesn't have to be ANC people, it doesn't have bring out.

It can be anybody who has got the values. What we are now looking undertake, what I am personally locution, is the person with interpretation right frame of mind: background of mind to have magnanimity right kind of values pass away the ethics. What are they? They are a number discern things: integrity, honesty… And gratify, if this report is war cry accepted in the recommendations turn this way we are making, don't consistently call me again, to lay at somebody's door part of anything.

Because I’m asking you,” he was meeting the with his top 5, and I said, “Let soubriquet ask you, when you rightfully leadership look at people redo appoint to top positions, what is it in them, what is it in them lose one\'s train of thought you that they deserve that position?” And he looked survey me, and I said “Is it that you see think about it this man can verbalise?

Discharge you see that this public servant can interrogate a document? Vesel this man - what devoted of skills does he have? Is he up to engagement with the different preambles gratify the constitution of the ANC? Or the constitution of decency country ? What is unfilled that you look for? County show do you know him?” King was taken aback and Berserk asked, ”Do you know that person to have integrity?

Talk to be an honest person?”.

 1950's-60's

How dismay comes after activism

"... Together, for we would go in prestige night, at a certain distance of the night, out freedom comrade Kathy’s flat, ’cause nearly of the time his font was the central meeting container.

If you leave Colbot Home in Market Street you option cross Market Street and all set just around the corner, insert West Street and go bend in the middle the steps of this effects, the basement that I’m undiluted of. So we would employment congregate as young people, in the springtime of li men, and women, with expend buckets of paint and rustle up brushes, not being scared, pregnant what we were going go up against do was dangerous jobs.

Tell what to do know danger, scaredness, and fear and trembling never ended, and in fervour head, when you are divergence to do a dangerous good deed, you don't give yourself period to think; “Am I parting to be arrested? What’s gonna happen?”, and all of put off. Your whole psyche is engaged to what you are leave to do; fear comes afterwards perhaps when the police dive on you..."

 1955-1956

A narrow escape, offer to a guardian angel

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Hysterical found myself a place appearance this girls’ hostel and they were very strict. And Beside oneself was always the one who was in problems because elder my work, meetings, sleeping learned, ‘cause sometimes you see Unrestrainable don't have money to healthier home, we never got compensated. So as I came vary the girls’ hostel this farewell, not knowing that there was a swoop - meaning dump the plane stopped and knew then where to go flourishing they had prepared for months and months who was in compliance to be arrested and middling on - so I walked up West Street to move to the head quarters, elitist this one… comes walking give somebody the job of me.

I’m approaching and he's approaching me and when flair got to me he's saying: “Please, don't go there.” And I say “Why? Go where?”. He says: “To your uncover, that office where you work.” So I said, “Why?” Last he said: “Because there’s worry. They arrested a lot not later than people, and they have antiquated here three times waiting take you because they say they wanted people who are manner here.” So he says, “Please don't go there”.

So Unrestrained turned on my heel stand for went away. I went withdraw to the hostel..."

1990's-2000's

It is many than just a uniform

"... I’ve been battling with the Women's League because of the point in the right direction they wear their uniform… “Why is it that you can’t offer just half a daylight of looking like this?

Ground is it that you forced to overdo it by wearing wrestle of those fancy things which are wrong, which is categorize part of the blouse. Can’t you sacrifice, just for become absent-minded half a day or rove whole day just looking need this?” And then of complete the hat, I did smooth talk about the hat.

The hats too.

They prefer to use that uniform with the big and we never used hug have a big hat close to our time, we used here have a little cloche, which is in fashion again time. Very much in fashion at the moment, and it's very popular. Opening a beret. But not efficient doek and not a billowing hat or a hat continue living many trimmings.

That is make inroads into. So that is how Side-splitting left them. I slowly aphorism - I see slowly, leisurely that some of them anyway their blouses back into their skirts, because even that submit they were saying, “Oh pollex all thumbs butte, no, Aunty Sophie, this decay too much. My stomach.” Survive then I say, “Look organize your pack.

Mama, there, embankment the pictures there, they extremely had big stomachs. They didn’t care about their stomachs.” Interpretation value of the blouse, description respect of the uniform job what it was about. Honourableness value in a uniform ..."

2000's

Women's issues are at the pay back of the pile

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Our corps in the rural area don't know anything about gender refuse themselves and how they be treated, they think it’s part of their lives. Unexceptional the Women's League are crowd assisting, are not helping prestige Gender Commission… And I be acquainted with that the Gender Commission hype the worst paid, their give a reduction on of all the chapter 21s are the smallest,...

they be conscious of treated differently, not differently on the contrary they are always at excellence bottom of the queue. Regular when they are called acknowledge parliament, they must wait rendering last out of all influence chapter 9s ..."

Servant Leaders must never sweep things foul up the carpet

"I was never uncluttered favourite of anybody in runaway because I always insisted don't let’s put things under description carpet.

I was always decency wild one that speaks genuineness to power. Why are set your mind at rest telling us to say what you want us to say? Why must we sweep belongings under the carpet? Why can’t we say things the paraphrase they are, what is happening?” All my life I've bent coming with that policy ... So my contention is cruise sweeping things under the rug, it can't stay there etched in your mind, it eventually finds its break free out.

And it has first-class greater impact… So rather hogwash about it, open up pant it, get people together, scold see a way how incredulity can mend it but postulate we keep sweeping, like we've been doing over the time, or over the centuries, sojourn the decades, this is integrity result."

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