Mandla Skhosana is fascinated by leaders of all types..

He gained insights into how crucial, complicated, complex but interesting leaders and successors are through leading and being led in politics, the factory floor, the shopfloor, the civil society, non-profit and non-government organisations sectors, a community-based and initiated specialist Labour Law advice centre, a public interest law centre which and a trade union. 

In his firstt book, Political Party & Government Leadership & Succession Globally, he focuses on politicians worldwide within political parties and governments in all spheres. He shows how delicate a process their vetting, selection and election is , including the transition period, in the same way the Siamese twins separation surgery and relay races are.