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Power to the People: Can We End Human Suffering?

Dumisani Dladla — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:15:32 +0000

Africans were colonized for hundreds of years. In the process they have lost their culture and religion. There are deep wounds in the collective consciousness of the African continent. Colonization has dismembered people’s culture and religion. Africans went through a lot of the suffering that has ever existed in this world.

Let’s put an end to human suffering and racism by treating each other with respect and dignity. UBUNTU: I am because we are. No individualism. Let history be our teacher. When countries and leaders are fighting over natural resources, when they want to overpower another country, this has a huge effect on the ordinary people on the ground. There is a proverb that explains this very well. “When two bulls are fighting, what suffers the most is the grass.”

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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Dumisani Dladla — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:14:36 +0000

South Africa has hosted major international sporting events in the past, so I do not know why people write negative comments about the 2010 FIFA World Cup to come.

Since South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, the country has fruitfully hosted major sporting events. For example…

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Is Our Education System Working?

Dumisani Dladla — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:56:14 +0000

Is our educational system really working to promote positive progress?

The problems we are faced with today are the results of unethical leadership. Our business and political leaders have had the best education, yet many would sacrifice human wellbeing end the environment for the love of money.

Growing up in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa has taught me to value “ubuntu,” or “I am because we are.”

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How Students Are Addressing AIDS, Poverty, and Famine in Africa

Dumisani Dladla — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:25:51 +0000

Cida University is the first virtually free university in South Africa. Located in downtown Johannesburg, it serves young people from previously disadvantage backgrounds, but who are academically deserving. It offers a Bachelor of Business Administration and students can learn skills like bio-intensive farming.

This university has a special program, called the Nelson Mandela extranet. In this program, Students go back to their communities and teach them about HIV/AIDS , bio-intensive farming, and money management. Remembering your ancestors and going back to the community to raise the consciousness level of the society is a fundamental principle of ethical leadership.

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