scholarly journals Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence: towards conflict resolution and peace in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
Onoh John Ulafor
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Societal Development ◽  
Humanistic Approach ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
And Gender

Gandhi's concept of nonviolence has a humanistic approach. He tried to change the very character of every Indian in the society where he lived. He said that man is basically a violent being, but gradually he can become non-violent if he desires. He recognizes that man is a conditional being and as such subject to the determination of the physical world. The ultimate end in man's life for Gandhi is realizing the Absolute. Pertinent to note that, Gandhi had spent quite some time in his tutelage in Southern Africa where his experiences impelled him to adopt non-violence as the only paradigm to overcome oppression and domination in his country India. British oppression and inhumanity were so severe and intensive that Gandhi was cautious about the use of violence, alternatively, he adopted non-violence to be the only imperative paradigm to dislodge the domination and inhumane treatment of the British against the Indians in South Africa. In this respect, I recommend Gandhi's non-violence principles as a fundamental paradigm towards peace in Africa. Peace in Africa is imperative for human and societal development especially as one sees Africa grappling with instabilities, insurgencies, terrorism, xenophobia, political upheavals, nepotism, and gender agitations. In this article, I recognize Gandhi’s postulations on non-violence as an initiative which if adopted and its dictates are adhered to, could enhance peace in Africa.

scholarly journals Modern Religious Slavery in Nigeria: The Christian Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Williams Udoh
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Societal Development ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Humanistic Approach ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
And Gender

Gandhi's concept of nonviolence has a humanistic approach. He tried to change the very character of every Indian in the society where he lived. He said that man is basically a violent being, but gradually he can become non-violent if he desires. He recognizes that man is a conditional being and as such subject to the determination of the physical world. The ultimate end in man's life for Gandhi is realizing the Absolute. Pertinent to note that, Gandhi had spent quite some time in his tutelage in Southern Africa where his experiences impelled him to adopt non-violence as the only paradigm to overcome oppression and domination in his country India. British oppression and inhumanity were so severe and intensive that Gandhi was cautious about the use of violence, alternatively, he adopted non-violence to be the only imperative paradigm to dislodge the domination and inhumane treatment of the British against the Indians in South Africa. In this respect, I recommend Gandhi's non-violence principles as a fundamental paradigm towards peace in Africa. Peace in Africa is imperative for human and societal development especially as one sees Africa grappling with instabilities, insurgencies, terrorism, xenophobia, political upheavals, nepotism and gender agitations. In this article, I recognize Gandhi’s postulations on non-violence as an initiative which if adopted and its dictates are adhered to, could enhance peace in Africa.

scholarly journals Post-conflict Reconciliation, Learning with Egalitarian Peoples: South Africa after Apartheid (palabra) (pensamiento), (palabra)... Y oBra

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernedette Muthien
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Gender Egalitarianism ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation

This text deals with post-conflict resolution in post-Apartheid South Africa, and the need to learn with women-centred indigenous peoples about indigenous knowledge and technologies, especially about social and gender egalitarianism, nonviolence and prosperity through sharing. Ultimately only freeing consciousness will liberate actions and peoples, as creativity and poetry provide joy and inspiration during and after struggles.

Le Mozambique et ses « cousins » [Benjamin Nûnez : Dictionary of Portuguese-African Civilization, vol. 1 : From discovery to independence ; Jaroslav Cerny & Otakar Hulec (eds) : Africana Bohemien. Bibliographia 1918-1988 ; Tim Youngs : Travellers in Africa. British travelogues, 1850-1900 ; Sven Lindqvist : « Exterminate all the brutes » ; Nils Chr. Stenseth, Kjetil Paulsen & Rolf Karlsen (red.) : Afrika. Natur, samfunn og Bistand ; Abdulai Sila : L'ultime tragédie ; Colin Darch : Tanzania. Revised edition ; Pierre Macaire : L'héritage makhuwa au Mozambique ; Andrew C. Ross : Blantyre Mission and the making of modern Malawi ; Allen Isaacman : Cotton is the mother of poverty. Peasants, work and rural struggle in colonial Mozambique, 1938-1961 ; Ricardo de Saavedra : Os dias do fini ; Carlos Vale Ferraz : Os lobos nâo usam coleiras ; Rachel Waterhouse : Mozambique. Rising from the ashes ; Satu Ojanperâ : When people have to move away. Ressettlement as part of erosion control in Nacala, Mozambique ; Jean Dominique Durand et Régis Ladous : Andréa Riccardi, Sant'Egidio, Rome et le Monde ; Éric Morier-Genoud : Of God and Caesar : The relation between Christian Churches and the State in colonial Mozambique, 1974-1981 ; Nations unies : The emergency situation in Mozambique. Priority, requirements for the period 1990-1991 ; Philippe Val : Allez-y, vous n 'en reviendrez pas (la suite) ; Joseph Hanlon : Peace without profit. How the IMF blocks rebuilding in Mozambique ; Brazâo Mazula : Educaçâo, culturel e ideologia em Moçambique : 1975-1985 ; Stephen John Stedman : Peacemaking in civil war. International mediation in Zimbabwe, 1974-1980 ; Thomas Ohlson, Stephen John Stedman & Robert Davies : The new is not born. Conflict resolution in Southern Africa ; Edmond J. Keller & Donald Rothchild (eds.) : Africa in the new international order. Rethinking State sovereignty and régional security ; hester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson & Pamela Aall (eds.) : Managing global chaos. Sources of and responses to international conflict ; Paul B. Rich (éd.) : Reaction and renewal in South Africa ; Jakkie Cilliers & Greg Mills (eds.) : Peacekeeping in Africa, vol. 2]

1997 ◽  
Vol 84 (317) ◽  
pp. 127-133
Author(s):  
René Pélissier
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
International Order ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
International Mediation

scholarly journals Determination of regional emission factors for the power sector in Southern Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. Zhou ◽  
Francis D. Yamba ◽  
Philip Lloyd ◽  
Lovemore Nyahuma ◽  
Cornelius Mzezewa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Emission Factors ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Ipcc Default

The generation of power within Southern Africa is reviewed. A study is described in which the emission factors for CO2 and NOx were determined experimentally across a wide range of power stations and technologies, and compared to the IPCC default factors. It was found that the CO2 emission factors tended to be at the upper end of the IPCC default range, whereas the NOx emission factors were generally below the low end. The results from South Africa tend to dominate the regional picture at present, but this is likely to change in the near future, as Botswana has announced plans to introduce over 4 000 MWe of coal-fired power stations.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

Polarity Determination in Sphalerite and Wurtzite Structures

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 500-501
Author(s):  
Stuart McKernan ◽  
C. Barry Carter
Keyword(s):  
Opposite Polarity ◽  
Single Domain ◽  
Polar Material ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Dynamical Interaction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Polarity Determination ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Microscopic Techniques

The determination of the absolute polarity of a polar material is often crucial to the understanding of the defects which occur in such materials. Several methods exist by which this determination may be performed. In bulk, single-domain specimens, macroscopic techniques may be used, such as the different etching behavior, using the appropriate etchant, of surfaces with opposite polarity. X-ray measurements under conditions where Friedel’s law (which means that the intensity of reflections from planes of opposite polarity are indistinguishable) breaks down can also be used to determine the absolute polarity of bulk, single-domain specimens. On the microscopic scale, and particularly where antiphase boundaries (APBs), which separate regions of opposite polarity exist, electron microscopic techniques must be employed. Two techniques are commonly practised; the first [1], involves the dynamical interaction of hoLz lines which interfere constructively or destructively with the zero order reflection, depending on the crystal polarity. The crystal polarity can therefore be directly deduced from the relative intensity of these interactions.

Detection of Circulating Tissue Factor and Factor VII in a Normal Population

1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (05) ◽  
pp. 772-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sybille Albrecht ◽  
Matthias Kotzsch ◽  
Gabriele Siegert ◽  
Thomas Luther ◽  
Heinz Großmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Factor ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Factor Vii ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Age Dependent ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
And Gender

SummaryThe plasma tissue factor (TF) concentration was correlated to factor VII concentration (FVIIag) and factor VII activity (FVIIc) in 498 healthy volunteers ranging in age from 17 to 64 years. Immunoassays using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were developed for the determination of TF and FVIIag in plasma. The mAbs and the test systems were characterized. The mean value of the TF concentration was 172 ± 135 pg/ml. TF showed no age- and gender-related differences. For the total population, FVIIc, determined by a clotting test, was 110 ± 15% and the factor VIlag was 0.77 ± 0.19 μg/ml. FVII activity was significantly increased with age, whereas the concentration demonstrated no correlation to age in this population. FVII concentration is highly correlated with the activity as measured by clotting assay using rabbit thromboplastin. The ratio between FVIIc and FVIIag was not age-dependent, but demonstrated a significant difference between men and women. Between TF and FVII we could not detect a correlation.

Region of Birth and Child Mortality among Black Migrants to South Africa: Is there a foreign-born advantage?

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany L Green ◽  
Amos C Peters
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Black Immigrants ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Region Of Origin ◽  
Child Deaths

Much of the existing evidence for the healthy immigrant advantage comes from developed countries. We investigate whether an immigrant health advantage exists in South Africa, an important emerging economy.  Using the 2001 South African Census, this study examines differences in child mortality between native-born South African and immigrant blacks.  We find that accounting for region of origin is critical: immigrants from southern Africa are more likely to experience higher lifetime child mortality compared to the native-born population.  Further, immigrants from outside of southern Africa are less likely than both groups to experience child deaths.  Finally, in contrast to patterns observed in developed countries, we detect a strong relationship between schooling and child mortality among black immigrants.

Reverend Doctor Sox Leleki and His Role in the Black Methodist Consultation

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonwabile Mancotywa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
Methodist Church ◽  
Role Players

The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) is one of the mainline Christian denominations with a very good history. However, it was not immune from the larger political influence of South Africa that was polarised by apartheid. This article is intended to look at the formation known as the Black Methodist Consultation (BMC), which at that time had an individual member who played an important role in its development and activities. Sox Leleki was one of the key role players of this movement inside the Methodist Church

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