Born in Johannesburg in the mid-1950’s and growing up during the apartheid years exposure to matters of separation inevitably played a big role in Anna-Mari’s life-long enquiry into matters of the Self and the Other as it is found in subjects such as Psychology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Religious Studies, African World View, Quantum Physics and Meta-physics, and the attainment of her BA degree in Counseling Psychology with a focus on Religious Studies at UNISA. Anna-Mari’s involvement in Humanity’s Team since 2005 includes her participation as the WW Global Oneness Project leader responsible for the launch (2008) and establishment of the Global Oneness Declaration, the Global Oneness Day Initiative, and the 2009 Spiritual Leadership Award for Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Anna-Mari currently co-leads the development and launch of Humanity’s Team Oneness in Twelve Spheres of Life Program. As the Coordinator for HT South-Africa, Anna-Mari also played a pioneering role in the initial call for the call for a South-African uBuntu Day and continues to do so until the goal is achieved. Anna-Mari has deep love for uBuntu, African Cosmology, ancient African Symbols, and Indigenous Knowledge, is dedicated to her life-task, loves music and culture, and is a self-made chef and an excellent host.

Dr Motshekga; well known and highly respected for his knowledge of ancient African Spirituality studied African history, philosophy and Hieroglyphics, with focus on Ancient Ethiopia (Atape) and Egypt (Hakaptah) at the Harvard University in the early 1980’s after he had attained his LLM degree in Law at the Albert Ludwig’s University in Germany. He earned his PHD degree in law at the University of South Africa in 1996 where he was also a senior lecturer in Law. In 1982 with the assistance of two fellow students he established the Kara School of Philosophy, Arts, and Culture (NGO) under German Law, and upon his return to South Africa in 1984 he established the Kara Cultural Centre in Pretoria with the aim to promote the development of the African Heritage and indigenous knowledge systems. After having spent more than 20 years researching his origins as descendant of the royal Balubedu People of Limpopo and having written many papers on the roots of African culture and religion, Dr Mathole Motshekga released his findings that include valuable information regarding African Cosmology in his latest book entitled The Modjadji Dynasty in 2010. Dr Motshekga has also been playing a very important role as a politician in South-Africa and has been involved in matters of rural development and poverty alleviation, healing and reconciliation, and traditional leadership, amongst many others. He currently he fills the position of the Chief Whip of the ruling party (ANC) of South-Africa.

 

Dr. Dumisani Magadlela has worked in senior management positions across different sectors in different countries over the last 15 years. His experience ranges from development activism in the NGO sector, through active involvement in the public sector, to running his own business and executive positions in the private sector. He has worked in the multi-lateral international development space for the United Nations, and in management within the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). He recently worked as a Manager in the Pan African Capacity Building Programme.

Dumisani is a senior organizational strategist, passionate about people development and active involvement in human connection and interconnectedness. He is a certified, accredited executive and leadership coach, life coach and coach trainer in coaching schools in South Africa. Dumisani is a Master Facilitator and conducts workshops on transformational leadership principles and values, and on coaching towards embracing and working with the values, spirit and practices of Ubuntu and iSintu. He believes that developing and sharing Ubuntu principles and values, practices and Ubuntu ways of being, will help address many of our socio-economic and leadership challenges globally. 

Dr. Johann Broodryk spent part of his early years on a family farm in the Roossenekal area near Sekukhuneland, and his close contact with the Ndebele tribe, their customs and uncomplicated way of living had an everlasting influence on his political, philosophical, management and life coping approaches. 

He studied at the Universities of Pretoria, Witwatersrand, Stellenbosch, Erasmus (in Rotterdam) and the University of South Africa (UNISA), where he obtained eight academical qualifications including a BA and BA (HONS) cum laude, MA in Political Philosophy and a doctoral degree in African Philosophy.  Dr. Broodryk was the first person to obtain a doctoral degree on the philosophy of uBuntu. This qualification was obtained from UNISA in the Department of Philosophy, after extensive empirical research all over Africa.

He dedicated his doctoral degree to the then President Nelson Mandela for being the perfect example of a uBuntu personality, and Mandela signed the original thesis. Johann also served on the Research Unit for African Philosophy at UNISA.He played leading roles in both political and cultural organizations.

Dr. Johann Broodryk established the uBuntu School of Philosophy in Pretoria, South Africa. He is a training consultant on uBuntu management philosophy and life coping skills. He makes use of underprivileged youths to assist him in his unusual Africanized presentations and development projects. He has written eight books on the subject of uBuntu.  He is also a national tourism operator specialising in cultural tourism, especially in the Timbavati areas of Limpopo.

 

Barbara Nussbaum is a thought leader, visionary, speaker, and workshop leader - a gentle but powerful voice for uBuntu and its relevance to South Africa and the world. Her articles on uBuntu have been published internationally, first in 2003, by the World Business Academy in California - where the concept was recognized by its President Renaldo Brutoco as key to the evolution of our planet.

Trained as a creative arts therapist, Barbara combines music with the values of uBuntu in team building to communicate the experience of the connectedness through Ubuntu. Through publications like the World Business Academy in California, Resurgence Magazine in the UK, she continues to write about the relevance of uBuntu to our world. She is an associate of the Center for Conscious Leadership, based in Johannesburg and spoke at TEDx Stellenbosch. In her coaching practice she is a supportive guide and a consummate networker linking people with their ideas and each other.

Barbara’s book, Personal Growth African Style, (Penguin SA, 2010)  co-authored with Palsule and Mkhize, celebrates the promise of Africa’s gift to world leadership – communally expressed humanity. She is a global citizen, born in Zimbabwe, living between South Africa and California.