The Publc Protector

A Woman Protecting the Public.

Adv Thuli Madonsela
www.you.co.za

Since this month the blog is focusing on phenomenal women that make a difference in this country of ours, the woman of this week is well known for her role in protecting the nation and making sure that there is no foul play with any government officials,  she is an arbitrator of fairness fighting for human rights and equality for all, or any other matters that affect the nation at large. She is known as the OMBUDSMAN of the people, her name is the one and only Advocate Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela.

Advocate Thuli Madonsela was born in Johannesburg, in the year 1962, and lived in Soweto with both her parents. Her mother was a domestic worker and an unofficial social worker in her community as she was well known for helping people and her father was an informal trader. I guess that’s where she developed the love for always helping people, hence she become an advocate specialising in human rights, the constitution, equality expert and policy specialist. She acquired the necessary skills needed for being the public protector from an early age, as she was exposed to it by her parents. we have them to thank for bringing her up the way they did.


 

Advocate Thuli Madonsela holdsa BA Law from UNISWA and an LLB Law from the University of Witwatersrand. She also did postgraduate studies in LLM studies and legal courses to name a few, not forgetting the role she played in  helping to the Constitutional Assembly draft the final constitution in the years 1994 nad 1995.

Public Protector Adv Madonsela
www.nwpg.gov.za

   

   “I want justice to have eyes and not be blind."

Protecting the public the public relations style

 Advocate Madonsela acquired the position of the public protector in 2009 and ever since then, she has proven herself to society that indeed she is the right person for the job. She is her own public relations practitioner, she has all the qualities needed and her job requires her to act like a public relations practitioner, as she: 

•  providing information mainly to the public
• gaining favourable publicity
• crisis communications
• engaging of government departments to influence policy making
• direct communication with the public
• books and writings
• speeches to professional organizations and to the general public, and
• appearing on talks how circuits  

These are most of the things she does on a daily basis and most public relations practitioners could learn a thing or two as she does them well.
The woman of the moment, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, our Public Protector.

sources: www.whoswho.co.za/thulisile-madonsela-9068, www.publicprotector.org, www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/2012/03/25, www.you.co.za, www.nwpg.gov.za, and http://en.wikipedia.org