Kumi Naidoo was CIVICUS' Secretary General from 1998 to May 2008. He has a long history of involvement in the non-governmental sector and was previously Executive Director of the South African NGO Coalition (SANGOCO), Executive Director of the National Literacy Cooperation of South Africa, as well as a Director of the Independent Electoral Commission and the South African Committee for Higher Education Trust. He was active in the anti-apartheid struggle in his native country, South Africa, and has also worked as a researcher, journalist, university lecturer and youth counsellor. Kumi is a Rhod...