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Oct 11, 20237 min read
HUMANITY IS CALLED TO AN ECOLOGICAL CIVILISATION
“We will prosper together in pursuit of life, or we will perish together in pursuit of money. The choice is ours,” David Korten, ...
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MAR
Sep 11, 20235 min read
HOW MANY WAKE-UP CALLS DO WE NEED TO OUTGROW THE COLONIAL CITY AND GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT IS IMPRISON
Our government has over the last 30 years failed to heed far too many wake-up calls for us to expect better from them. They do not...
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MAR
Jul 24, 20233 min read
THE HUMAN GAP: WHAT IS IT? WHY DOES IT MATTER?
The term ‘The Human Gap’ was coined by the founder of the Club of Rome, Aurelio Peccei, an Italian who was the CEO and Chair of Fiat...
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MAR
Jun 27, 202311 min read
Ubuntu: The Dream of a Planetary Community
In the 1970s, I participated in a student uprising with many others and we confronted our complicity in our oppression. We reclaimed our...
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MAR
Apr 18, 20234 min read
COMPASSION NOW!
Why NOW? Just look around you: Pain and suffering is everywhere due to planetary emergencies created by us human beings who have lost the...
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MAR
Mar 30, 20235 min read
THE POWER OF LANGUAGE BEYOND WORDS
We are often not as conscious as we should be about the power of the words we use in everyday language. We also use words that have...
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MAR
Mar 30, 20235 min read
REINVENTING HIGHER EDUCATION: NEW HUMANS, NEW SOCIETY, NEW HIGHER EDUCATION
REINVENTING HIGHER EDUCATION: NEW HUMANS, NEW SOCIETY, NEW HIGHER EDUCATION Thank you for including me in this immensely important 13th...
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MAR
Mar 30, 20234 min read
A TRIBUTE TO AN UNSUNG HERO
We are here to honour an Unsung Hero. But I would like to start by paying tribute to my younger sister, Ingrid Jones, a woman of...
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MAR
Mar 30, 20233 min read
LEADERSHIP TO TURN AROUND OUR COUNTRY
Nothing short of a complete overhaul of the government and the governance model would do to turn our failing State into the great society...
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MAR
Mar 30, 20232 min read
AFRICAN HISTORY AND IDENTITY
AFRICAN HISTORY AND IDENTITY Africa's history and identity as the cradle of humanity and the first human civilisation suffers from...
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