Jan Gerber
More South African companies are reporting Covid-19 related deaths among their executives.
Political leadership has not been spared either with the Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu becoming the latest victim.
Analysts say while the numbers of fallen leaders are not alarming, Covid-19 deaths could shift the balance of power and change organisations.
When former Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, he left a leadership vacuum that changed Russia remarkably. It gave Joseph Stalin the opportunity to ascend to power and lead as one of the bloodiest regimes recorded in history.
The Covid-19 death toll, now sitting at more than 2.1 million worldwide and just over 40 000 in South Africa, could potentially tilt power scales in boardrooms and among political parties.