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Malegapuru Makgoba Quotes

born 1952 South Africa

Malegapuru William Makgoba (born 1952 in Sekhukhune, South Africa) is a leading South African immunologist, physician, public health advocate, academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In 2013 he was recognised as "a pioneer in higher education transformation", by being awarded the Order of Mapungubwe in Silver.

South Africa
Physicians

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We are today an embarrassed and ashamed nation, a nation with very little inspiration or hope or confidence.

Being a good doctor requires empathy and a deep understanding that every single patient craves a hundred percent care. Such empathy is not something that can be taught or learned from books.

The fact is I don’t belong to any political party. It has something to do with my independence, my freedom of thinking, my training.

There is a noticeable mismatch between South Africa’s much-lauded advanced and transformative Constitution and societal development in the implementation and the experience of citizens on the ground.

We glorify corruption and corrupt leadership and tolerate mediocrity in leadership. We normalise behaviour of incompetence that would be unacceptable in many other societies.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Malegapuru Makgoba (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.