Towards a Collective-Values Framework of Ubuntu: Implications for Workplace Commitment
Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2018 Objective: This research offers an extension of current research on commitment across cultures. It incorporates the concept of Ubuntu as an integrating model that can be paired up with other perspectives for directing employee workplace commitment ...
Thembisile Molose +2 more
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Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Velocity Measurements in Children With Sickle Cell Disease in Kenya
eJHaemBackground Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited haemoglobinopathy and poses a high public health burden in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Children with sickle cell anaemia are at a highrisk of ischemic stroke, and transcranial Doppler (TCD ...
Catherine Mwalimu +9 more
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Ubuntu and COVID-19 in South Africa: Surviving the Pandemic through Community Solidarity
Space and Culture, India, 2022 This article investigates the relevance of the African philosophy of ubuntu in the South African context during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data is drawn from the available academic literature and analysed using the elements of ubuntu as a theoretical lens ...
Nompumelelo Thabethe, Venkat Rao Pulla
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The trust-Ubuntu nexus: redefining collaboration in school leadership in the Free State Province
Frontiers in EducationIntroductionThe world has undergone significant economic, social, and political changes over the past decade, resulting in paradigmatic shifts in leadership structures that influence trust.
Solomon Chibaya, Ntombizandile Gcelu
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Introducing Ulimisana Optimization Algorithm Based on Ubuntu Philosophy
IEEE Access, 2020 In this paper we give introduction to the concepts of Ubuntu and how we used Mechanism design concepts to construct Ubuntu as an optimisation algorithm. Ubuntu philosophy is old and consists of many oral proverbs that have been documented in recent years.
Tshifhiwa Maumela +2 more
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Pandemic preparedness: The case for sentinel surveillance of doctors’ burnout
Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South AfricaDoctors’ wellbeing is an essential, yet often overlooked component of resilient health systems. Burnout, often described as the ‘canary in the coalmine’, offers a measurable, validated indicator of workforce strain that has direct implications for ...
Nondumiso Makhunga-Stevenson
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Fostering Ubuntu in Teacher Education for South African Higher Education [PDF]
Journal of Education and Learning TechnologyUbuntu is a foundational philosophy rooted in South African culture that emphasises the importance of interconnectedness, community well-being, and our shared humanity. Its relevance in education, particularly teacher training, is increasingly recognised
Mncedisi Christian Maphalala +1 more
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Leveraging psychometric properties of Ubuntu measures to reveal its structural components
Interdisciplinary Journal of Sociality StudiesUbuntu is an African worldview that often shapes policy and social ethos; however, its distinct meaning remains unclear due to primarily philosophical discussions.
Renier Steyn, Pumela Msweli
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Using indigenous games and knowledge to decolonise the school curriculum: Ubuntu perspectives
Perspectives in Education, 2019 This paper foregrounds the value of the inclusion of Ubuntu philosophy in the school curriculum using indigenous games. There has been increased interest emanating from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in the inclusion of Ubuntu philosophy in the
Sabelo Abednego Nxumalo +1 more
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Practices and discourses of ubuntu: Implications for an African model of disability?
African Journal of Disability, 2017 Background: Southern African scholars and activists working in disability studies have argued that ubuntu or unhu is a part of their world view. Objectives: Thinking seriously about ubuntu, as a shared collective humanness or social ethics, means to ...
Maria Berghs
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