Dr
Broodryk was the first person to obtain a doctorate’s degree on the
philosophy of uBuntu or Ubuntu (the Zulu word for humanness). He dedicated
the thesis to the political icon Nelson Mandela who signed his original
thesis. In his doctoral research he was educated by top African thinkers
like Walter Sisulu, Kgalushi Drake Koka, Prof Lesiba Teffo, Prof Mathole
Motshekga, Dr Mulalo Nemavhandu, Prof Gail Presbey, Prof Lovemore Mbigi,
Dr Oscar Dhlomo and Justus Tshungu.
Academic
He
did his empirical research in the remote African areas of Zululand,
Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Venda, Qwa-qwa, Ovangoland,
Mozambique and Kenya. His doctorate qualification was awarded by
the Department of Philosophy, UNISA (University of South Africa), and the
title of his thesis was ”Ubuntuism as a worldview to
order society”.
He also served on the Research Unit for African Philosophy at
UNISA, and he was a guest lecturer at various academic institutions.
His
other qualifications include BA (Political Science, Philosophy and Law),
BA Honours (Political Philosophy), which he passed with distinction (Cum
Laude), as well as a MA degree on open
societies. Broodryk also obtained academic certificates in Small
Business Management (University of the Witwatersrand), Capacity Building
Programmes (Erasmus University, Rotterdam), Advanced Project Management (Regenesys
College), Development Administration (UNISA), Tourism (THETA) and Real
Estate (Luceum College). He completed professional marketing courses at
SANLAM, Old Mutual, Metropolitan Life and the Pretoria Property Exchange.
uBuntu
School of Philosophy
He
established the uBuntu School of Philosophy in Tshwane (Pretoria),
Gauteng, South Africa.
Broodryk
is primarily a training consultant on uBuntu management philosophy and
uBuntu life coping skills. He has written seven books on the subject of
uBuntu, and delivered papers on the subject at several conferences/workshops
in Limpopo (South Africa), Brazil, Netherlands, England, Cyprus, Greece,
France, and New Zealand.
He
trains companies on uBuntu management, and as a philosophical consultant/life
coach he is also providing life coping skills to top management and
individuals seeking philosophical counselling.
Social
involvement
Broodryk
has a broad business and management background. In the business
environment, his broker business excelled in the marketing of real estate
and speculation of properties. In the assurance field he specialised in
new born baby investments. He was an upper class restaurant and caterer
entrepreneur focussing on the provision of these services to high profile
politicians.
In
the organisational world, he managed and led thousands of young people
in community development and entrepreneurship programmes in the Gauteng
and Mpumalanga Provinces, based on the principles of uBuntu. His
involvement included working with youths in conflict with the law.
He
is also involved in providing assistance to civilians who were retrenched
from their professions, and to give guidance for new solutions to their
problems. As a counsellor/life couch, he applies the ONPO-analysis, which
he developed in his books for troubled people for the re-planning of their
personal life paths.
In
the political arena he led the anti-apartheid movement Young South
Africans at the University of Pretoria and later stood s a candidate for
the ANC in a municipal election in Pretoria East.
Broodryk
participated in numerous television and radio discussions on uBuntu
philosophy.
Tourism
Due
to international interest in uBuntu practical living, he recently became
involved in African cultural events for the company Fun Tourism.
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