By Katlego Sekhu
Joining My Top 10 at 10 with Tbose is Corporate Attorney and founder of #CountryDuty Tumi Sole.
#CountryDuty is a social movement founded by Tumi Sole as a response to empower South Africans to be more action-oriented in relation to matters that affect the country and communities, we live in.
Speaking to Tbose about why he started #CountryDuty, Sole says it was to “hold leaders to account by making the right noise.”
He adds that it is “an initiative we could take as the people without relying on much government and the third aspect was: what is it that we can do to collaborate with government in other aspects.”
When Khayelitsha was burning, Sole called on the masses to donate R50 each and they were able to raise R100k through the #CountryDuty hashtag.
“We then came to Khayelitsha and prioritized women and children. We made sure that they get school clothing and groceries. People came together,” said the corporate lawyer.
Their second achievement was getting people to help affected residents during the KZN floods.
“We collaborated with various people in the private sector, and we did our part,” added Sole.
He says that their third biggest achievement was during the “vote of no confidence during President Jacob Zuma’s days.”
Sole and his team sat with various people in the tech industry to find out how to use social media for good.
“We then dropped the hashtag #CountryDuty and put pressure. One minister even held a press conference. He was so irritated because his phone lines were buzzing,” expressed Tumi Sole.
Listen to his full interview on My Top 10 at 10 with Tbose.
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