ITC 2015 - From the craddle of mankind

Dr Rica Viljoen

Marikana 16 August 201234 Mineworkers killed by police

“Treat us with respect”, “long sleeve shirts for the sun please”, “basic rights”,

“treat us with dignity”. Solve PURPLE

problems with

PURPLE thinking

5 months Platinum Strike 2014

Diepsloot – Musa Mandala’s gardener says: “I live in Malawi where my roots are and choose to come here to get in a better his financial position to support an extended family.”

Do we remember where our roots are?

Xenophobia• On 12 April 2015 shops in Umlazi and KwaMashu, outside Durban, were torched.

Almost 2,000 foreign nationals from Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Burundi have been displaced as a result of the violence.

• Five people have been killed.• On 14 April 2015, Looting of foreign shops spread to Verulam, north of Durban

following a day of clashes between locals, foreigners, and police in the city centre, KwaZulu-Natal.

• About 300 local people looted foreign-owned shops, and only two people have been arrested.

• A 14-year-old boy became the latest fatality. He was shot dead during looting in KwaNdlanzi, allegedly by two security guards.

• In Durban's Central Business District (CBD), a car was set alight and police fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and teargas canisters in clashes between looters and foreigners

Zimbabwe – 2nd poorest country in the world

Over-culture congruence

Thinking structures Viljoen, 2015

NORTH

Nature & Community

Culture & Spirituality

Science & Technology

Economics & Politics

RED

SOUTH

PURPLE

YE

LL

OWB

LU

E

WEST EAST

Doing

Being

Knowing

Thinking

Viljoen (2015)An integral approach

OR

AN

GE

BLUE

Green

BEIGE

“When father Germany (Europe)

and mother Africa marry, the divine child called TRANSFORMATION

is born.”

-Jung 1953

Dossey

“You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.”

-John Updike

There is no shame in looking back and fixing something!

Akan Adrinka SymbolWest Africa

We locked up our wisdom into our bonesAnd swallowed the keys

They sank in our rivers of bloodAnd we forgot the maps

Because we had to forget the mysteriesTo keep them safe. We wove our hair into broomsAnd swept over our pathsAnd then burned the earth with our rageWe didn't teach our children It was the only way to protect them,

we thoughtBut in them we planted seeds, seeds and keysAnd told them stories and riddles and songsWith no

roots, just tangled threadsThat would take years to unwindJust enough timeFor the rains to fall againand put out the firesFor the dams to break For the rivers to floodFor the pathsto be walked againFor the soil to breatheAnd as the old bones crumbleDeep beneath the rubbleWe find we've always had the keysOur stories and our

mapsOur paths are revealed to someAnd the seeds grow againThe threads are unspun

And woven again~ Amara Bronwyn Hollow Bones

If a old person dies, a library burns down . . .

Reflections…

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