Last week the National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHCSA) honoured the former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, with the third Ubuntu Award for his role in the Cuban revolution and his worldwide contribution to the struggle for an alternative, just and humane society.
The Ubuntu award honours people who have consistently lived the humanitarian values of Ubuntu, the African philosophy that defines the individual in terms of their several relationships with others.
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