CEDIA FOUNDER'S SHORT BIOGRAPHY MR ISAAC MPHO MOGOTSI EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Former Freedom Fighter & Exile with the African National Congress (ANC). Former Teacher & Lecturer. Published Author of two books: The Alexandra Tales (novel, Ravan Press, 1993, which won the CNA Literary Award for Non-Fiction, 1995) and Whispering Against the Wind: Democratic South Africa's Search for National Identity, 2011 -2022 (CEDIA Publication, 2024). Published in various outlets like online Politicsweb, Business Day, The Star, Mail & Guardian, Pretoria News etc. Former political commentator on Johannesburg-based eNCA TV station. Former political commentator on Power FM radio station. Political & Governance Leadership Strategist. Global Security Specialist. Economic Diplomacy Expert. Businessman & Community Business Development Advisor. Blogger, Vlogger & Podcaster. Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA) website www.centreforeconomicdiplomacyinafrica.com web master and web pogrammer. Former senior Diplomat of South Africa (Director & Chief Director). Widely traveled & has been to over 65 countries of the world. Graduate with MA from Moscow's Patrice Lumumba People's Friendship University and with Honours from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University). Has a Diploma in Diplomacy from South Africa's Department of Foreign Affairs. Worked at the South African Permanent Missions at the United Nations (UN) in New York and Geneva. Was Director for the Middle East and Chief Director for East & Central Asia at the South African Department of Foreign Affairs. Speaks fluent English, Russian and Swahili and avarage French & Afrikaans. Fluent in several indigenous black South African languages.
Former Freedom Fighter & Exile with the African National Congress (ANC). Former Teacher & Lecturer. Published Author of two books: The Alexandra Tales (novel, Ravan Press, 1993, which won the CNA Literary Award for Non-Fiction, 1995) and Whispering Against the Wind: Democratic South Africa's Search for National Identity, 2011 -2022 (CEDIA Publication, 2024). Published in various outlets like online Politicsweb, Business Day, The Star, Mail & Guardian, Pretoria News etc. Former political commentator on Johannesburg-based eNCA TV station. Former political commentator on Power FM radio station. Political & Governance Leadership Strategist. Global Security Specialist. Economic Diplomacy Expert. Businessman & Community Business Development Advisor. Blogger, Vlogger & Podcaster. Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA) website www.centreforeconomicdiplomacyinafrica.com web master and web pogrammer. Former senior Diplomat of South Africa (Director & Chief Director). Widely traveled & has been to over 65 countries of the world. Graduate with MA from Moscow's Patrice Lumumba People's Friendship University and with Honours from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University). Has a Diploma in Diplomacy from South Africa's Department of Foreign Affairs. Worked at the South African Permanent Missions at the United Nations (UN) in New York and Geneva. Was Director for the Middle East and Chief Director for East & Central Asia at the South African Department of Foreign Affairs. Speaks fluent English, Russian and Swahili and avarage French & Afrikaans. Fluent in several indigenous black South African languages.
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