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Siphilangenkosi Dlamini widely known by his nickname Siphila (born September 25, 1998) is a South African youth activist and junior politician who served as the 13th regional secretary of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) from 2017-2018 and was later appointed the deputy chairperson of the Provincial Executive Committee COSAS the Mpumalanga province from May 2018-June 2019. He previously also served as a Youth Advisor to the Southern Africa Zone Executive of the Scout Movement from 2017-2020. In this role, Siphila served as the Secretary of the Southern Africa Scout Youth Forum. thumb Dlamini was born in Schoemansdal, South Africa and completed his primary and high school education in Schoemansdal and Boschfontein in Mpumalanga. After completing matric in 2016, he worked as a field officer for Scouts South Africa in the Mpumalanga Region. In this role, Dlamini worked with Scout Leaders from all around the Mpumalanga Region to start, maintain and run Scout groups in rural Nkomazi. Scouting is a global educational movement that promotes active citizenship in youth through a value-based promise and law.

Dlamini joined the Scout Movement as a Scout himself in 2013 while in ninth grade. Through his distinguished commitment and love for the organization, he quickly rose up the ranks to become the Youth Advisor of all Scouts in Southern Africa in 2017. He was elected Vice Secretary of the Southern Africa Scout Youth Forum at the 13 Zonal Youth Forum which was held in Mogoditshane, Botswana in 2017. In 2013, he was accepted at Imagine Scholar, an intensive leadership program that mentored and accepted top students in and around the Nkomazi subregion. While at Imagine Scholar, Dlamini was the first Editor in Chief of the Imagine Scholar Times, a student newspaper that catered to over 45 countries around the globe. In 2015, he became the chairperson of the Imagine Scholar Student Council. In the same year, Dlamini successfully became the Junior Visible Policing Commander of the Schoemansdal Police Station. He was part of the South African Police Service Safer Schools Programme which sought to fight crime among youth by promoting collaboration between secondary schools, communities and police stations. The target group for the project is learners from Grades 8 – 10. Members of the SAPS at provincial and local levels who are responsible for implementing Safer Schools Programmes at national, provincial, cluster and police station levels create networks and partnerships with relevant stakeholders and encourage schools to participate in this program. In 2016 Dlamini became the Junior Station Commander of Schoemansdal SAPS. After completing matric in 2016, he became a learner rights activist under the Congress of South African Students. During this period, Dlamini served as Deputy Provincial Chairperson of COSAS. He implemented many reforms in schools around the Mpumalanga Province during this time. He received controversial attention for his Learn Without Fear Campaign in May 2018 when students rallying against corporal punishment and abuse in Nkomazi school refused to continue lessons until he gave the order to stand down. He was arrested and detained by law enforcement of the Schoemansdal Police Station on 20 May 2018 for inciting violence and damage to public property. He was later released and cleared of all charges and involvement in the riots. In June 2018 he addressed a gathering of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) In Matsulu, reaffirming the need for teachers and students to work together to provide safe spaces for teaching and learning. He later stepped down from the position over concerns for his safety and multiple attempts on his life because of his campaigns

Achievements, Awards, and Recognitions In 2018 He was nominated for the South African Youth Awards run annually by the National Youth Development Agency. He was awarded by the Korea Scout Association for this contribution to the growth of the Scout Movement at the 13th World Scout Youth Forum in Azerbaijan 2017. He also received the Debater of the Year Award from his High School, Mbambiso Secondary School. Dlamini currently holds the Scout of the World Award for his work on mental health awareness and is the first Rover Scout in South Africa to attain this achievement. He is also an avid writer and was awarded the 2019 Best Short Story Award by the University of the Free State for his winning love story, Magic on Campus which was published in the 2019 Initiative for Creative African Narratives anthology. Dlamini has represented South Africa at multiple international events Including the 13th World Scout Youth Forum and 41st World Scout Conference (Azerbaijan, 2017), 13th Southern Zone Youth Forum and Conference (Botswana, 2017) 15th Africa Scout Youth Forum (Zimbabwe, 2018) as well as the International Leadership Training run by the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Center in Malawi 2018. Dlamini is currently pursuing a degree in Politics at the University of the Free State and serves on the Student Representative Council Executive Committee of Student Development and First-Generation Students. Education General Education : Driekoppies Combined School - 2009 Fakazi Combined School - 2010-2013 Mbambiso Secondary School - 2014-2016 Tertiary Education: University of the Free State