Mamelodi Sundowns coach Steve Komphela, speaking at the funeral of his brother, former Free State police, roads and transport MEC Butana Komphela, powerfully slammed leadership of self-interest in the country.
Komphela said later in life Butana — also a former chairperson of parliament’s portfolio committee on sport — was abandoned by many of his comrades in the ANC, to whom the family had handed his brother packaged with the message, “Handle with care”.
“Unfortunately, due to shortsightedness, some comrades have declared war on their people and are on a perpetual path of self-destruction. In poisoning people they are destroying the same people they need to lead. “A brotherly advice to his colleagues and current comrades — when your fellow comrades stop asking how you are, start getting even closer to your family ...
"... The pain cuts so deep, not because of death but how comrades treated our brother. A brother we left in their care. “What you learn from the heart is intellectual. You will forget what you learn through the book. But what you learn from the heart will stay there and it is compassion — that's what leadership requires.”“There's many levels of leadership — the [Sundowns co-coaches] Manqobas [Mngqithi] and the Rulanis [Mokwena] will tell you. But position is the lowest level of leadership. But the fighting for position is fierce.
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