Today marks Public Prosecutor Thuli Madonsela’s last day in office – and while Zuma is doing everything in his power to keep her from releasing her report on him, a global organisation is recognising the good she has – and has tried – to do in South Africa.

The Tällberg Foundation, an “independent, non-partisan, non-profit educational organisation” based in various locations around the world, announced its top five global leaders for 2016.

And this year, they all happened to be women. As the Tällberg Foundation explained:

At a time of growing doubts about the quality of leadership in many countries, they demonstrate that individual leaders who are innovative, ethical, determined and willing to take great risks still exist.

Honestly, I think that’s really cool. This is what they had to say about Thuli:

Thuli Nomkhosi Madonsela is the Public Protector of South Africa and Chairperson of the African Ombudsman Research Centre in Durban, South Africa who has leveraged the power of her office to promote good governance, executive ethics and the rule of law in the face of entrenched opposition.

Okay, the write-up isn’t that exciting, but when placed with the other winners the recognition makes for a very proud moment.

The rest of the 2016 Tällberg Foundation Global Leaders are:

Eleni Antoniadou is a multidisciplinary researcher in Regenerative Medicine, Artificial Organ Bioengineering and Space Medicine who focuses on the development of artificial organs from stem cells as an alternative therapeutic pathway for transplantations. She also serves as the President of the European Health Parliament in Brussels and is an advocate in raising awareness about illegal and immoral organ trafficking.

Christiana Figueres served as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for the past six years where her innovative diplomacy helped to deliver the unprecedented climate change agreement last December.

Sunitha Krishnan is the Co-Founder of Prajwala, an anti-sex trafficking organization in Hyderabad, India that has evolved pioneering, effective rehabilitation programs for victims of sex crime and sex trafficking. She has also advocated for policy changes and legal reforms for the welfare of victims of sex trafficking.

Celina de Sola is the Co-Founder of Glasswing, a community-based education and public health initiative based in El Salvador that works throughout Central America. By employing an open, engaging, and optimistic lens towards development, she and her colleagues have catalyzed unlikely, but successful collaborations among government, business, and community groups—often in the context of otherwise violent societies.

Congratulations all around – now let’s wait and see what happens on Tuesday.

[source:thesouthafrican]