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<div class="gmail-post"><p>News24.com
announced the 100 Young Mandelas of the future. Among those nominated
was Sikhululekile Luwaca, a former president of the Student
Representative Council (SRC) at the University of the Free State (UFS).</p>
<p>“It is humbling. I embrace collective action and it would be unfair
not to appreciate all the great minds I have encountered over the years
and had the privilege to work with. Our individual progress can never be
separated from that of the community. It is no longer I that lives, but
us, we,” said Luwaca.</p>
<p>Six million readers nominated 1 000 South Africans from all walks of
life who could be considered Mandelas of the future. Luwaca emerged in
the Visionary category as one of the 100 who made the cut. The
initiative was inspired by what would have been Nelson Mandela’s 100<sup>th</sup>
birthday on 18 July 2018. “News24 set out to honour 100 young South
Africans who embody the characteristics Mandela was best known for,”
said a statement by News24.</p>
<p>While he was the SRC president, Luwaca’s office played a critical
role in raising R1.2 million for underprivileged students. He continues
to make major strides as the current chairperson of the UFS African
National Congress Youth League (ANCYL).</p>
<p>His social and political influence goes back to when a 13-year-old
Luwaca founded an association that sought to address school dropouts in
rural areas. In high school, the young philanthropist established an
organisation that collected and distributed food for needy elders of
Cathcart township in the Eastern Cape. For five years Luwaca served the
Student Christian Organisation as chairperson. In 2013, he co-founded
the Ubuntu School Project that donated 100 full school uniforms to
Phomolong High School learners in Tembisa.</p>
<p>Later on as a UFS student, Luwaca helped found the Hand2Hand Student
Association which drives fundraising initiatives, as well as the
collection of non-perishable food items and second-hand textbooks for
disadvantaged students. In 2015 he was elected a Residence Committee
representative for House Outeniqua and SRC: Dialogue and Association.</p>
<p>Luwaca was instrumental in facilitating a series of dialogues on
transformation such as the UFS language policy, Fees Must Fall movement
and the Shimla Park incident.</p>
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<p>Supplied by <a href="http://www.ufs.ac.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of the Free State</a></p>
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