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Get to know the Mandela Rhodes Scholars through in-depth profiles: from their inspiring stories as scholars in residence, to their extraordinary achievements as alumni.

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My Journey to Triumph: Winning the MRF Scholarship

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World Entrepreneurs Day: A journey of putting people first before profit

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Redefining Waste: A Woman in Science Advancing Sustainable Consumption Through Water Reuse

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A haunting Reconciliation beyond the New dawn of Democracy: Lessons from an MRF Scholar

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Reconciliation: A Reckoning of Fire and Memory

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Crossing the finish line with Jill Samukimba

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Catching up with 2020 SJMS winner, Musa Mdunge

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Cissé Oumar on why it's important to celebrate World Oceans Day

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Growth, opportunity and the power of support

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A timely and affirming gift

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Keeping Children Safe Online

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Nursing and Midwifery: My Journey into Public Health

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World Cities Day

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The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship: A personal journey of growth and leadership development

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Music heritage and wellbeing

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An ever-widening circle

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Reconciliation as an ACT of LOVE

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World Oceans Day is a reminder of our oceans' very pressing needs

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A conversation with 2023 Äänit Prize winner Maureen Etuket

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A catch-up with Äänit 2023 winner Kira Düsterwald

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Melody Asukile: A neurologist who wants more patients to benefit from accessible, accurate epilepsy diagnosis.

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Biotechnologist, Praise Tembo is determined to address aging, a key challenge of our century!

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Entrepreneurship Workshop: Kholisani's journey

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Entrepreneurship Workshop: The Journey to Madiba

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The Dramaturge: Lunga Radebe, the writer with a vision for South African TV

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The founder: Joseph Kihara, the Kenyan businessman on a fast track

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The Criminologist: The young academic telling untold stories of the criminal justice system

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The Pan-African tech guru: Chido Dzinotyiwei on the 4iR in Africa

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Where personal growth met collective healing, and where unity thrived amidst diversity.

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Reconciling the past, the present and the future: Accepting the complex parcels

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Driving a green agenda within big business: Yannick Yala Konga

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Christy Chitengu: The young lawyer fighting for the rights of stateless people.

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New skills for a new nation: Meet Ismail Ombo Dumutu from South Sudan

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Luqman Jama: The Somali scholar seeking a path from poverty to peace for his nation

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My story of MRF impact: Fanidh Sanogo

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My story of MRF impact: Luqman Abdukadir and Ismail Dumutu

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Leadership Workshop: A moment for pause

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Leadership Workshop: Finding family

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9 Steps to a good MRF application

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My story of MRF impact Reem Elsayed

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My story of MRF impact: Nogues Ollier

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Vulnerability is not the same as weakness: on the benefits of opening up

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Courage is the quality that takes leaders from words to deed

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My idea of courageous leadership

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A year of deep learning and unlearning

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Making magic with actor Masasa Mbangeni

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Made in the fire: From civil war to civil service

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Taking the baton forward: The scholar advocating for girls' rights

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Taking the village with him

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Leadership Workshop: Building wholesome connections

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Learning Journey: Age of Walls: Occupying my Home in Another Country

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Learning Journey Reflection: Seeking of neutral and holistic knowledge

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Doctor beyond borders: In the mind of an ENT surgeon in training

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Hope For Africa

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True Grit: From Pharmacy to Robotics and AI

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Q&A with Engineer and Entrepreneur Nyasha Mashanda

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Travelling inwards: the journey to service

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Long walk through adversity: a former child bride’s path to education

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Fanidh Sanogo: Going sideways to see differently

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A fractal finds its home: becoming part of the solution

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Choosing how we show up: from receiving learning to co-creating it

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The stretch effect: relearning the inherent value of being human

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Yohane Gadama: The need for neurology

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Kadria Hassan: What happens when cities develop too quickly?

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Leadership Workshop: Highest hope for 2021

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Leadership workshop: championing change

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Leadership workshop: expectations vs reality

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Completion Workshops: The value of an open mind

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Completion Workshop: Embracing Complexity

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Completion Workshop: My changing definition of success

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Mid-year Workshop Reflection: My unreconciled ideas on reconciliation

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Mid-year Workshop Reflection: Learning to love my shadow

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Mid-year Workshop Reflection: Becoming the seeds of change

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Mid-year Workshop Reflection: The Journey to Reconciling the Self

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Afro-vision: the filmmaker on a mission to tell better stories about Africa

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From offcuts to inputs: the entrepreneur creating a circular economy in fashion

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Preaching peace: the young leader slowing down Cameroon’s civil war

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The courage coach: how Rachel Nyaradzo Adams is developing deep benches of leaders in Africa

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The truth about imposter syndrome: reflections on the 2020 Leadership Workshop

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My Mandela Rhodes Experience in the Class of 2019

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Healing first: how Tumelo Moreri is helping young Africans become leaders

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Like a stone in the quarry: the leadership journey begins

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MRF launches first-ever Second Year Programme

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Preserving African languages with linguist Ahmed Sosal

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Healing Humanity with drama therapist Leané Meiring

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Inventing Algorithms with tech boss Lethabo Motsoaledi

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From individual ideas to scalable impact: leadership lessons with Grace Matlhape

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Necessity, the Mother of Invention: Lessons on the importance of Entrepreneurship

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WATCH: Scholars reflect on entrepreneurship workshop

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WATCH: Scholars reflect on reconciliation workshop

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Reflections on Reconciliation

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WATCH: Scholars reflect on leadership workshop

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