Tag: Staging Post

Just before she dies, the writer’s mother leaves her with a difficult secret. She also leaves her with an urge to retrieve the past. After years of trawling through family archives, the writer realises how difficult, if not impossible, that task is. However, during this process, she uncovers something unexpected.

The Bam family hailed from Goqwana, near Tsolo, in the Transkei region of South Africa's Eastern Cape. This book focuses on six siblings, their ancestors and particularly Fikile and Brigalia Bam. Notably, Fikile and Brigalia emerged as prominent public figures in their respective spheres.

The book tells the unknown stories of the innovation and ingenuity of Africans who are solving African problems for African people. These stories include heart-rending accounts of African American inventors at the turn of the 20th century who struggled to have their inventions recognised under relentless racism, and, in the modern era, inventors from the African continent who found inspiration and answers to issues faced every day that are particular to their situations.

Mentoring is not just a fad or a “nice to have”; it is a “must-have” for any organisation that wants to survive. If an organisation does not offer a mentoring program in the future, it may find it more difficult to grow, attract the right talent, create and maintain a positive company culture, improve minority representation at management and board level, retain key employees and keep them engaged, fill its leadership pipeline, and develop its employees to fulfil their learning needs.