Ubuntu is an African philosophical ethos that posits human identity as fundamentally relational, affirming that “a person is a person through other persons”. In social work practice, Ubuntu underpins ...

For example, failure to sufficiently interact with communities regarding initial protocols designed to make burials “safer” resulted in locally offensive policies that made little headway in ...

The decolonisation project advanced by student movements often entails retrieving practices of the past. Ubuntu has not come under careful scrutiny. The concept of ubuntu is either taken as having an ...

Ubuntu, like many other words and concepts one comes across at a young age, has been a part of my reservoir of knowledge for so large a part of my life that it is impossible, save with the ...

RECENTLY, Zimbabwe joined the rest of African countries in celebrating Africa Day. On May 25 every year, Africans commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, now known as ...

A member of the South African National Defence Force hands out pamphlets informing township residents about COVID-19 in Johannesburg. Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFE In an article published earlier this year, we ...