Latest articles on Ubuntu

Xenophobia chips away at the African notion of ubuntu

Analysis Nitha Ramnath - 27 May 2020

The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together

Ubuntu should be at the centre of our response to Covid-19

Coronavirus Mike Wooldridge - 12 May 2020

Demonstrations of common humanity are a powerful tool to help us navigate our way through the pandemic

Eusebius McKaiser: Certain views about Covid-19’s global trajectory are anti-poor and anti-human

Analysis Eusebius McKaiser - 17 Mar 2020

This is no time to snigger at the high rates of coronavirus in the Global North. We could be just as hard hit — and it is poor people who will suffer the most

Mega lessons from mega-events

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Mar 2020

Expo 2020 Dubai has already engaged 30 000 volunteers from the city

The Pope’s message of unity and reconciliation

Africa Garth Abraham - 16 Sep 2019

The Pope’s primary message to each country responded to their unique circumstances

Words have the power to effect change

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Aug 2018

We need to think about the way we speak and the effect that has on society and our country

We are not meant to be alone

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Jul 2018

"uKukhapha is the bedrock of isiNtu. This untranslatable notion of uMntu ngumntu ngabantu".

Only fools pray for rain, they say

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Feb 2018

The physical predicaments we experience go far further than what our conditioned minds perceive

Letters to the editor: May 19 to 25 2017

Article bogdan TagDiv - 19 May 2017

Readers write in about freedom, and Molefe and the ANC.

Letters to the editor: February 17 to 23 2017

Article bogdan TagDiv - 17 Feb 2017

Readers write in about maths and science, and dignity and ubuntu.

Ubuntu no panacea for our plight

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 29 Nov 2015

The fuzzy concept cannot serve as a cohesive force that will inspire us to live together in harmony.

Letters to the editor: January 16 to 22 2015

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jan 2015

Readers write in about honouring veterans, an empowerment grant, and ubuntu.

What do we mean when we speak of ubuntu?

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Nov 2014

Ubuntu is a central idea in post-apartheid South Africa, but scholars disagree on whether it informs the Constitution or undermines it.

The travesty of Madiba as a gimmick

Article Mpho Moshe Matheolane - 30 Apr 2013

The ANC's publicity-stunt-feigned-visit to Madiba should come as no surprise, considering how his image is being abused, writes Mpho Moshe Matheolane.

Ubuntu lifted Norway, so why not South Africa?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 19 Jul 2012

Liv Torres reflects on the day that shattered Norway's image of being the most peaceful country in the world when 77 people were killed in an attack.

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