Unisa Press
From our side
Emerging perspectives on development and ethics
| Published: | December 08, 2008 |
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| ISBN: | 978 90 5170 974 2 |
| Number of pages: | 293 |
| Dimensions: | 245 x 165 |
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About the book
This is an important book, which needed to be written. It now needs to be read by everyone with any interest in development issues within southern Africa and beyond, and especially in the role that the Church, alongside other faith communities, has the potential to play. – Njongunkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town
Fom our side is a collaborative effort of younger scholars in southern Africa and the Netherlands who are interested in the relationship between development and ethics, from a Christian point of view. The 17 chapters that make up the book have been produced through a unique set of partnerships, in which the authors have intentionally worked with practitioners who are working in the development arena. The essays were also shared in a number of settings with the authors, so that they have also benefited from this creative partnership process, and these partnerships have embraced people in both the South and the North, signalling a desire for a global dialogue led by Africa on matters which have a strong impact upon the continent.
Table of content
Acknowledgements iii
Foreword - by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane v
INTRODUCTORY PART
Introduction: From our side 1
Steve de Gruchy, Nico Koopman and Sytse Strijbos
1 Christian leadership in ‘another country’: Contributing to an ethical development
agenda in South Africa today 9
Steve de Gruchy with Willem Ellis
2 Who will decide? Towards a more balanced donor-recipient relationship 21
Sytse Strijbos in conversation with Gerard Verbeek
3 Churches, public life and development: Restoration of human dignity in the context
of education 33
Nico Koopman in conversation with Francina Koopman
PART I: IDENTITY, CULTURE AND GENDER
4 Immigrants and the problem of integration: A hermeneutical approach to understand
the identity of the Ethiopian diaspora 47
Girma Mohammed in conversation with an anonymous dialogue partner
5 Due South: The challenges and opportunities of African migrancy to South Africa 61
Genevieve James in conversation with Tadele Nagesh
6 Do minorities need cultural rights? The case of the Griqua people in South Africa 75
Jan van der Stoep in conversation with Mr. Cecil le Fleur and Captain Johannes
Kraalshoek
7 About the empowerment of women in the Church in post-apartheid South Africa: A
post-structural approach 87
Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel with Dineo Seloana
PART II: GLOBALISATION, POVERTY AND THE MARKET
8 Wage negotiations and development in South Africa 101
Clint Le Bruyns in conversation with Archie Palane
9 Noka e Tlatswa ke Dinokana - A river swells from little streams: Responsive
partnership-building approaches to development 117
Lucius Botes and Diane Abrahams
10 Neo-liberal capitalism, African elites and ICT: Challenges and prospects for a
development ethic based on ukama and ubuntu 135
Munyaradzi Felix Murove in conversation with Mthandeni Mkhize
11 The Oikos Journey: Reflections on economy, ecology and Diakonia 151
Andrew E. Warmback with Lunga Khumalo
PART III: POWER AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
12 Paying the price for democracy: The contribution of the Church in the development
of good governance in South Africa 171
Simanga. R. Kumalo with Daglous Dziva
13 Ubuntu and women’s health agency in contemporary South Africa 189
Sophia Chirongoma and Domoka Lucinda Manda with Zandile Myeni
14 Challenging stigma in the context of HIV/AIDS: Towards integrating individual and
societal intervention strategies 209
Miranda N. Pillay in conversation with Tania Vergnani
15 Religion, secularism and development: Shortcircuits about HIV/AIDS 223
Govert J. Buijs in conversation with Amon Kasambala
16 An African feminist ethicist evaluation of the patenting of life-forms based on
African plant commons and knowledge 243
Puleng LenkaBula in conversation with Bahlakoana Manyanye
17 Market economic development, local economic experience and the Christian
movement towards alternatives in a South African city region 259
Ignatius Swart with Pieter van Niekerk, Sidwell Thelejane, Albertus Louw, Ngamso
Nzuzo, Johan van der Merwe and André Buitendag