2,193
Views
37
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Ubuntu bashing: the marketisation of ‘African values’ in South Africa

Pages 139-152 | Published online: 07 Jun 2010

References

  • Abrahamsen , R. 2000 . Disciplining democracy: development discourses and good governance in Africa , London : Zed Books .
  • Anderson , A. M. Restorative justice, the African philosophy of ubuntu and the diversion of criminal prosecution . Paper presented at The 17th international conference of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law . August 24–28 . The Hague Available from: http://www.isrcl.org/Papers/Anderson.pdf [Accessed 7 August 2009]
  • Biz-community.com . 2007 . Growth of SA business tourism [online] . 11 April. Available from: http://www.biz-community.com/Article/196/142/14176.html [Accessed 12 October 2008]
  • Blankenberg , N. 1999 . In search of a real freedom: ubuntu and the media . Critical Arts Journal , 13 ( 2 ) : 42 – 68 .
  • Bond , P. 1999 . Elite transition: from apartheid to neoliberalism in South Africa , Durban : University of Natal Press .
  • Brenner , N. and Theodore , N. 2002 . Cities and the geographies of ‘actually existing neoliberalism’ . Antipode , 34 ( 3 ) : 349 – 379 .
  • Broodryk , J. 1996 . “ Is Ubuntuism unique? ” . In Decolonizing the mind: proceedings of the 2nd colloquium on African philosophy , Edited by: Malherbe , J. 30 – 37 . Pretoria : UNISA Press .
  • Fig , D. 2005 . Manufacturing amnesia: corporate social responsibility in South Africa . International Affairs , 81 ( 3 ) : 599 – 617 .
  • Greenstein , R. 2006 . Social rights, essential services, and political mobilization in post-apartheid South Africa . Journal of Consumer Policy , 29 : 17 – 33 .
  • Hamann , R. and Acutt , N. 2003 . How should civil society (and the government) respond to ‘corporate social responsibility'? A critique of business motivations and the potential for partnerships . Development Southern Africa , 20 ( 2 ) : 255 – 270 .
  • Harvey , D. 2005 . A brief history of neoliberalism , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
  • Kagame , A. 1976 . La philosophie Bantu comparée , Paris : Présence Africaine .
  • Kamwangamalu , N. M. 1999 . Ubuntu in South Africa: a sociolinguistic perspective to a pan-African concept . Critical Arts Journal , 13 ( 2 ) : 24 – 41 .
  • Kelly , K. and Ntlabati , P. 2007 . “ Marketization of municipal services: daily life and HIV in South Africa ” . Cape Town : Municipal Services Project . Occasional Paper No. 15
  • King , M. 2002 . “ King report on corporate governance for South Africa 2002 (Executive Summary) ” . Parklands , , South Africa : Institute of Directors in Southern Africa .
  • Legum , C. and Mmari , G. 1995 . Mwalimu: the influence of Nyerere , Edited by: Legum , C. and Mmari , G. Lawrenceville : Africa World Press .
  • Lorenzo , T. 2003 . No African renaissance without disabled women: a communal approach to human development in Cape Town South Africa . Disability & Society , 18 ( 6 ) : 759 – 778 .
  • McDonald , D. and Pape , J. 2002 . Cost recovery and the crisis of service delivery in South Africa , Edited by: McDonald , D. and Pape , J. London : Zed Press .
  • McDonald , D. A. 2009 . Electric capitalism: recolonising Africa on the power grid , London : Earthscan Press .
  • Mbigi , L. and Maree , J. 1995 . Ubuntu: the spirit of African transformation management , Pretoria : Knowledge Resources .
  • Miraftab , F. 2007 . Governing post-apartheid spatiality: implementing city improvement districts in Cape Town . Antipode: a Radical Journal of Geography , 39 ( 4 ) : 602 – 626 .
  • Miraftab , F. 2008 . “ Decentralization and entrepreneurial planning ” . In Planning and decentralization: contested spaces for public action in the global South , Edited by: Beard , V. A. , Silver , C. and Miraftab , F. 21 – 35 . New York : Routledge .
  • Mlambo-Ngcuka, P., 2006. Address delivered by the Deputy President, Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the National imbizo on ubuntu and nation-building in South Africa, Botshabelo Steve Tshwete Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, 17 November. Available from: http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/main.asp?include=deputy/sp/2006/sp11171613.htm [Accessed 2 July 2007]
  • Mokgoro , J. Y. Ubuntu and the Law in South Africa . Seminar report on the First colloquium on constitution and the law . October 31 2007 , Potchefstroom . Pretoria : Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung .
  • Nyerere , J. K. 1968 . Ujamaa: essays on socialism , Dar es Salaam : Oxford University Press .
  • Outwater , A. , Abrahams , N. and Campbell , J. C. 2005 . Women in South Africa: intentional violence and HIV/AIDS: intersections and prevention . Journal of Black Studies , 35 ( 4 ) : 135 – 154 .
  • Prinsloo , E. D. 2000 . The African view of participatory business management . Journal of Business Ethics , 25 : 275 – 286 .
  • Ramose , M. B. 2002a . “ The philosophy of ubuntu and ubuntu as a philosophy ” . In Philosophy from Africa , 2 , Edited by: Coetzee , P. H. and Roux , A. P.J. 230 – 238 . Cape Town : Oxford University Press .
  • Ramose , M. B. 2002b . “ The ethics of ubuntu ” . In Philosophy from Africa , 2 , Edited by: Coetzee , P. H. and Roux , A. P.J. 324 – 330 . Cape Town : Oxford University Press .
  • Ramose , M. B. 2004 . “ Globalization and ubuntu ” . In The African philosophy reader , 2 , Edited by: Coetzee , P. H. and Roux , A. P.J. 626 – 648 . New York : Routledge .
  • RSA . 1997 . “ White paper for social welfare: principles, guidelines, recommendations, proposed policies and programmes for developmental social welfare in South Africa ” . Pretoria : Department of Welfare, Government Printers . August
  • RSA . 2004 . “ Draft white paper on corrections in South Africa ” . Pretoria : Department of Correctional Services, Government Printers .
  • RSA . 2007 . “ Batho Pele Principles [online] ” . Department of Public Service and Administration, Republic of South Africa . Available from: http://www.dpsa.gov.za/batho-pele/index.asp [Accessed 14 June 2008]
  • Rodney , W. 1972 . Tanzanian ujamaa and scientific socialism . African Review , 1 ( 4 ) : 61 – 76 .
  • Ruiters , G. 2007 . Contradictions in municipal services in contemporary South Africa: disciplinary commodification and self-disconnections . Critical Social Policy , 27 ( 4 ) : 487 – 508 .
  • Sampson , D. 2007 . “ Ubuntu award: national imbizo on ubuntu [online] ” . In Rootz Magazine , January Johannesburg : Uhuru Communications . Formerly available from: http://www.uhurucom.co.za/root_article.html. [Accessed 2 July 2007]
  • Samson , M. 2003 . Dumping on women: gender and privatisation of waste management , Cape Town : Municipal Services Project and Samwu .
  • Saul , J. 1995 . “ The next liberation struggle: capitalism, socialism, and democracy in Southern Africa ” . New York : Monthly Review Press .
  • Shutte , A. 2000 . Ubuntu: an ethic for a new South Africa , Pietermaritzburg : Cluster Publications .
  • van Schalkwyk , M. Bringing SA spirit to global business tourism [online] . Speech by Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism at launch of the global Business Unusual tourism campaign . Amsterdam , Netherlands. 1 November . Available from: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2005/05110212451002.htm [Accessed 19 June 2008]
  • Vavi , Z. Speech as General Secretary of Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), given outside US Embassy at the international day of action against pharmaceutical company profiteering [online] . March 5 , Pretoria . Available from: http://www.cosatu.org.za/speeches/2001/zv010305.htm [Accessed 12 October 2008]
  • Venter , E. 2004 . The notion of ubuntu and communalism in African educational discourse . Studies in Philosophy and Education , 23 : 149 – 160 .
  • Visser , G. and Kotze , N. 2008 . The state and new-build gentrification in central Cape Town, South Africa . Urban Studies , 45 ( 12 ) : 2565 – 2593 .
  • Visser , W. 2004 . “ Sustainable business futures: setting the global agenda for corporate responsibility and ‘ubuntu’ capitalism ” . In South Africa 2014: the story of our future , Edited by: Bowes , B. , Pennington , S. and Lundy , G. 349 – 351 . Johannesburg : The Good News .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.