PGDip Refresher with Prof Shadrick Mazaza

Developing Leadership for a Rapidly Changing Complex World

When: Saturday, 28 March 2026 10:00 - 12:30 (GMT+2)
Where:UCT GSB
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This session explores leading from within as a contemporary leadership practice that strengthens presence, awareness, and discernment. Rather than positioning mindfulness as a standalone concept, the session integrates its principles through the lens of consciousness and personal transformation. Developing a transformative, authentic and conscious leadership.
Conscious leaders demonstrate presence enabling leaders to observe systems clearly, recognise patterns, and respond at the right level rather than reacting to surface-level noise. 
At its core, the session invites leaders to reflect on a central question:
How do I lead from the truth of my being thereby accessing the wisdom, clarity, creativity, insight and presence required to navigate a fragmented, complex world? 
Why This Matters
In complex environments, leadership impact is shaped less by control and certainty, and more by presence, perspective, and judgement. Organisations reflect the inner state of those who lead them.
By strengthening leadership presence, leaders are better equipped to act with clarity and care, recognising that sustainable leadership begins within and extends outward into the systems they influence.
 

Speakers

Shadrick Mazaza

Physician, Philosopher, Teacher and private researcher in Managerial Leadership, Human Transformation and Health. Hon. Associate Professor, Division of Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town.

Founder and Executive Managing Director at African Consciousness Institute, a Centre for Advanced Human Transformation, an organisation dedicated to personal transformation and the maximisation of human potential essential to the development and economic integration of the African continent.

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Simnikiwe (Simni) Xanga - FACILITATOR

Project Officer in the Youth Innovation Portfolio at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Simnikiwe (Simni) Xanga is a Project Officer in the Youth Innovation Portfolio at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT Graduate School of Business. She is a Registered Wellness Counsellor with a background in Counselling and Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice. Simni brings over a decade of experience working within the GSB ecosystem, supporting youth and social entrepreneurs through innovative programmes such as the Impact Venture Incubation Programme and the Changemakers Youth Programme. Her work sits at the intersection of wellbeing, leadership development, and social impact, with a strong focus on supporting individuals to navigate pressure, uncertainty, and purpose-driven work.