Demerit and Merit of Article 23 of the Namibian Constitution

Introduction

The central point of communications in all cultures is found in an ancient African philosophy called Ubuntu. According to Archbishop Desmond Tutu (2008) he define Ubuntu as a belief that “a person is a person through other persons, that my humanity is caught up ,bound up , inextricably with yours.”When I dehumanize you, inexorably dehumanize myself” (Tutu, 2008). Tutu, further explain that one of the sayings in their country is Ubuntu –the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you cannot exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks to our interconnectedness. Thus we realize that Ubuntu is a powerful tool to strengthen a community, to communicate through community support, dignity and identity achieved through mutualism, empathy, generosity and community commitment (Tutu, 1999).

Ubuntu is an ancient African world view based on the primary values of intense humanness , caring , sharing , respect , compassion and associated values ensured a happy and qualitative human community life in the spirit of family ( Broodryk , 2002; 56) . Indeed, the roots of this philosophy came from the ancient African village, where centuries of tribes lived in harmony together to knit individuals, partners, villages and communities for the benefit of the society .Thus, Ubuntu has strongly produced communities and corporations where human behave with respect toward one another, to bind and link them to hresults in a better community nationally and hence, given time a better globe (Cui Shu , 1994).

For the purpose of this paper , the student will define the term Ubuntu in the context of Tutu definition as what it mean to be a human or humane in the world view of Africa , the ideal man or leader who accordingly to Ubuntu worldview can be described as a kind person , generous , living in harmony , friendly , helpful , happy and humble.

In this assignment I am going to discuss the concept of Ubuntu, discuss how the spirit of Ubuntu is...