Guerilla Strategy

Guerrilla Strategies for Public Service Career in South Africa – A Revolutionary Guide for Aspiring and Established Public Servants. The future of work lies in creation and value generation. This extends beyond traditional content creation to include solving real-world problems, innovating in various fields, and contributing to collective progress.

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person jumping on big rock under gray and white sky during daytime

It’s Time for a Career Revolution

Babita Deokaran was not just a public servant; she was a soldier in the battlefield of integrity, fighting against the entrenched rot within South Africa’s public service. She gave her life for a cause greater than herself—a fight against corruption that has hijacked our systems, stripping them of their mandate to serve the people. Her murder was not an isolated act of violence; it was the deliberate silencing of a voice that dared to challenge the corruption embedded in Tembisa Hospital’s tender processes.

This hospital, meant to serve the most disenfranchised, was turned into a playground of greed, where money intended for improving lives was diverted to fill the pockets of the corrupt. Babita was investigating this corruption, and for her dedication to the truth, she was met with bullets—bullets fired by those determined to preserve their criminal fiefdoms.

Her story echoes in my heart because it mirrors my own loss. My brother, Ralph Kanyane, a councillor in Mogalakwena Municipality, was also murdered in cold blood. He, too, was investigating the cancerous corruption infecting tender processes—corruption that robs communities of basic services and deepens the trenches of poverty. He was shot in broad daylight, in the middle of Mokopane town. Ralph, like Babita, stood against the monstrous system, and the system fought back with deadly force.

But these murders, these tragedies, will not be in vain.

We are facing an entrenched enemy—a system so vast and corrupt that it cannot be confronted directly. The public service has become a grotesque parody of its purpose, transformed into a domain for self-serving managers and cronies. These senior managers, intoxicated by power and self-preservation, hire based on loyalty rather than competence. They create sanitized reports to paint illusions of progress while real communities are left abandoned, their voices drowned out by false metrics and empty promises.

This is not just mismanagement. This is betrayal.

Guerilla Strategy

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a person bending over on a brick path
Inner Strength

It is time for a new breed of public servant to rise—guerrilla public servants. These are individuals who will fight this system not with the conventional tools of bureaucracy but with the strategy, precision, and determination of guerrilla warriors. We cannot rely on face-to-face confrontations with this megalomaniac machine. Instead, we must adopt unconventional tactics to undermine and dismantle it from within.

This movement is not theoretical—it is real, and it is growing. Through books, guides, audio series, and videos, we are equipping public servants with the knowledge and tools to wage this war. This is not just about exposing corruption; it is about reclaiming the public service as a force for good, a force that serves the people rather than preying on them.

This is our fight. This is our time. The guerrilla public servant will rise, and together, we will reclaim South Africa’s future.

Political Insight

We are in a war for the soul of South Africa. Bullets and bribes may have silenced Babita and Ralph, but their courage ignites our movement. We are declaring war on corrupt tenders, on self-serving managers, on the fiefdoms that poison progress and development.

To the public servants who know the truth, who see the rot but feel powerless to act—this is your call to arms. Rise up. Use guerrilla tactics. Strike at the heart of corruption with strategy and resolve. This is not just about fixing a broken system; it is about building a new one, one that honors the principles of service, justice, and humanity.

Let the sanitized reports burn. Let the fiefdoms crumble. Let the voices of Babita and Ralph echo through our actions.

Resourceful Approach

Philosophers like Nietzsche, Sartre, and Rousseau were ahead of their time. Nietzsche’s call to be a “superman” challenges us to rise above servitude. Rousseau warned us: “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.” And Sartre’s existentialism? It’s practically screaming at us: take control of your destiny!

Empowered Learning

Transformative insights for aspiring public servants navigating complex environments.

Drop Out of the System

The solution is radical but necessary: drop out. Reject the system that chains you to a life of unhappiness. Romanticism teaches us to embrace our emotions and individuality, to break free from societal expectations. Utilitarianism reminds us to live meaningful lives—not as slaves to someone else’s agenda, but as creators of our own destiny.

It’s Time for a Career Revolution

The future isn’t about quiet quitting—it’s about quitting jobs entirely. Stop being a cog in someone else’s machine. Build a career that fulfills you, that excites you, that makes you feel alive.

The 9-to-5 grind is over. The job is dead. And it’s time to bury it once and for all.

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