SA 'wants to export ubuntu'

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The new minister of international relations and co-operation has told the diplomatic corps that SA doesn't have an enemy in the world because of ubuntu.
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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2519991,00.html

Utter c**p! Its because we know we can barely fend of the Lesotho Army let alone fight against an organised enemy.

Nkoane-Mashabane said her department wanted to "export ubuntu.

"Ubuntu says I am because you are. We want to export ubuntu by building relations outside of the country. That is why we don't have an enemy and have friends all across the globe".
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Unfortunately ubuntu is a myth in this country. Brotherhood or fraternity has been sacrificed in the name of power and money making. Everyone is out for themselves, don't kid yourself! And the ANC is the worst repeat offender.

Rape, murder, theft, hijacking. This country has bugger all concern for fellow man. Maybe we should start focussing on sorting out this "ubuntu" at home before we attempt to export it!

Good gracious, this woman is going to turn us into a laughing stock amongst the international community.
 
How can they "export" ubuntu? That's like trying to "export" "world peace".
 
its like 300 the movie "we've been sharing our culture with you all morning" .. sharing out culture of crime with other's will make them our emenies...
 
Years ago (~1998), a successful black lady explained ubuntu to me:
"You work hard, you buy a house. Then your brother comes and stays with you, but he doesn't want to work. Then his girlfriend comes and she moves in, then your mother, then your uncle.... then you move out of your own house."
 
adrianx said:
Years ago (~1998), a successful black lady explained ubuntu to me:
"You work hard, you buy a house. Then your brother comes and stays with you, but he doesn't want to work. Then his girlfriend comes and she moves in, then your mother, then your uncle.... then you move out of your own house."
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That successful black lady gave you her own interpretation of 'ubuntu'.
 
adrianx said:
Years ago (~1998), a successful black lady explained ubuntu to me:
"You work hard, you buy a house. Then your brother comes and stays with you, but he doesn't want to work. Then his girlfriend comes and she moves in, then your mother, then your uncle.... then you move out of your own house."
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Ok, so that's like turning the other cheek, including your ass cheeks?
 
adrianx said:
Just think what the elders, back home, would have said if she was not prepared to share her wealth and open her home to her brothers, sisters and extended family.
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She was right about the sharing part.
The part where I have to disagree with her analogy is when she has to move out of the house...obviously sharing ends right there and so does ubuntu.
 
I would love to believe it - what a wonderful idea and how fabulous that would be.

But then we deny the Dali Lama a visa, and we have ministers attacking Jews, and it all falls flat.
 
JungleBoy said:
She was right about the sharing part.
The part where I have to disagree with her analogy is when she has to move out of the house...obviously sharing ends right there and so does ubuntu.
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So would you interpret it as "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"?
 
I am sorry but IMHO its extremely unfair to expect ubuntu with the current governments policies
 
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