Browsing Journals by Subject "Ubuntu"
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The ‘anti-sociality’ of social media as portrayed in selected Zimdancehall songs
(AOSIS, 2021)Background: Although social media was designed with the aim of bringing good, it has however taken negative trajectory in societies of the world which has resulted in unpleasant outcomes such as conflicts, lack of Ubuntu, ... -
Citizenship education and human capabilities: lynchpin for sustainable learning environment and social justice
(2013)The paper builds on and contributes to literature in citizenship education studies in higher education. Many studies in this field have explored the history, development and implementation of various forms of citizenship ... -
Decolonising curriculum change and implementation : voices from Social Studies Zimbabwean Teachers
(South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the Department of Humanities Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, 2021)In 1980, Zimbabwe inherited a Eurocentric education system from the British colony, aimed at the perpetuation of the subordination and silencing of the African child. When the government of Zimbabwe noticed the infestation ... -
Difficult relationships: how will compulsory School History and an Ubuntu-based curriculum help nationbuilding in South Africa?
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)Despite South Africa’s shift to democracy, there are ongoing difficulties in relationships both in the broader society and schools. An official response to this situation was the establishment of the History Ministerial ... -
Harmonising legal values and uBuntu : the quest for social justice in the South African Common Law of Contract
(PER/PELJ, 2019)In this article, a comparison is drawn between the role of good faith in the development of the Roman law of contract and the emerging role of ubuntu in the South African common law of contract. Firstly, it is shown how ... -
"Just say sorry?" Ubuntu, Africanisation and the Child Justice System in the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008
(2011)In the midst of concerns about serious offences committed by young people, the Child Justice Act is the first formal legislative step to introduce restorative justice in South Africa, and promotes reconciliation and problem ... -
Learners’ imagination of democratic citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa: exploring critical literary pedagogy in History teaching
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)Post-apartheid South Africa struggles to develop a sense of social cohesion and nationhood, which remain largely unfulfilled constitutional imperatives. The pre-amble of the post-apartheid constitution (1996) recognises ... -
Legal Pluralism, uBuntu and the use of open norms in the South African Common Law of Contract
(PER/PELJ, 2019)In this article, a comparison is drawn between the role of good faith in the development of the Roman law of contract and the emerging role of ubuntu in the South African common law of contract. Firstly, it is shown how ... -
Managing diversity in schools: The place of democratic education and ubuntuism in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2021)South African classrooms were highly diversified. The problem, however, was that although democracy has been a critical characteristic of South Africa for over two decades, it is still a very vague concept to many. A ... -
Naming and exploring the causes of collective violence against African migrants in post-apartheid South Africa: Whither Ubuntu?
(2015)In South Africa, attacks mainly directed at black non-South Africans, is a rampant, longstanding phenomenon notwithstanding the spirit of Ubuntu which is thought to permeate the social fabric. Assumptions have been made ...