There are over 200,000 NGOs in South Africa – all tackling the same set of issues. Yet it would appear that we aren’t really moving the needle on resolving those issues, while NGO execs continue to get paid large sums and build up their personal profiles through all sorts of fellowships, lists and international travel… living lives far removed from the lives they are supposedly trying to impact – yet using the experiences of those they are supposedly trying to impact to build up their own currency.
