Directness is a basic requirement of relational proximity. Face-to-face encounters, open communication, transparency and shared space are prerequisites for relationships of commonality, trust and tolerance.… Read More »Future Relational Values for General Practice
6:00 am. Our daughter thinks our 7-year-old grandson has strep throat – again. She has a big presentation on, so I get to take him to… Read More »Relational Jumper-Cables: For Dead Batteries
The aim of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is to treat all people with fairness, respect, equality, and dignity. Few people would openly deny… Read More »Should we Rethink Human Rights?
It is a widely held fallacy that the parable of the Good Samaritan advocates loving everyone. While there is an implicit message to love all,… Read More »The Implicit Precept of Proximity as Relational Responsibility
For many people, poverty is equated with joblessness. But there is an increasing awareness of ‘working poverty’, where a person can be employed and still… Read More »Working Poverty: A Relational Challenge
South Africa’s high level of inequalities, poverties, and unemployment is difficult to process. We are already in the third decade of democracy yet confronted with… Read More »What’s Missing in Development?