This chapter reviews the context of the South African government and its conspicuous inclination to the way of life, Ubuntu. Ubuntu is growing in popularity and is increasingly being applied as an African solution to African problems such as poverty, political strife and trade. Using Grounded Theory analysis, the findings revealed the critical importance of ICT not threatening tradition but rather complementing it, the role ICT could play in enabling or enhancing community assemblies, and the marginalized role of women citing how ICT might be used as a means to empower rather than marginalize women even further. The authors conclude that e-government needs to be conceptualized in South Africa for a more culturally acceptable and relevant approach to the use of ICT innovations for development.
Reference:
Twinomurinzi, H, Phahlamohlaka, J and Burne, E. Diffusing the Ubuntu philosophy into e-government: a South African perspective. E-Government, E-Services and Global Processes: Joint IFIP TC 8 and TC 6 International Conferences, EGES 2010 and GISP 2010, Held as Part of WCC 2010, Brisbane, Australia, September 2010, pp 94-107
Twinomurinzi, H., Phahlamohlaka, L. J., & Byrne, E. (2010). Diffusing the Ubuntu philosophy into e-Government: A South African perspective., Workflow;5768 Springer. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5642
Twinomurinzi, H, Letlibe J Phahlamohlaka, and E Byrne. "Diffusing the Ubuntu philosophy into e-government: a South African perspective" In WORKFLOW;5768, n.p.: Springer. 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5642.
Twinomurinzi H, Phahlamohlaka LJ, Byrne E. Diffusing the Ubuntu philosophy into e-government: a South African perspective.. Workflow;5768. [place unknown]: Springer; 2010. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5642.
