Do Peace Differently
WORLD PEACE FORUM
SOUTH AFRICA
COMING HOME TO UBUNTU
13 – 16 November 2025 | Cape Town
WE CAME TOGETHER IN DEEP INQUIRY AND CO-CREATED WORLD PEACE FORUM 2025...
A global event steeped in nurturing peace, unity, and heart-centered humanity through the lens of Ubuntu.
We gathered in community to do Peace differently; to nourish those we serve in new ways, to nourish ourselves and one another, and to nourish all living beings in the web of life of Mother Earth.
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and here begins the next chapter...
More than a location, “coming home” is an invitation to reconnect – within ourselves, with others, and with the Earth. This Forum offered a compass: a reminder that we belong to the land, to the ancestors, and to each other. Ubuntu calls us to radically reimagine what it means to be human, together.
This is the time to bridge diverse perspectives and foster a deep exploration of peace through Ubuntu, emphasising shared humanity and interconnectedness of all life forms.
Expressions of Inspiration from World Peace Forum 2025
World Peace Forum South Africa in pictures
(photos sponsored by Mandala Consulting)
Where we gathered:
Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
The Old Granary Building
11 Buitenkant Street
District Six
Cape Town
Beyond a conference...
An intentionally designed gathering to bring Ubuntu to life; reminding us that our humanity is shared, and our future is intertwined. Our time together explored:
RADICAL TOGETHERNESS
Deep presence at our collective table
LIVE
PRACTICES
Embodiment practices that nourish our individuality
WALKING THE PATH OF UBUNTU
Connection with the land that nurtures us
INDIGENOUS
WISDOM
Wisdom from Indigenous practices
RICHNESS OF DIVERSITY
Expressions of Peace through art, music and poetry
HEALING
TO PEACE
Healing practices to align with Inner Peace
ENTREPRENERSHIP
PRACTICES
Entrepreneurship practices that support a unitive world
EMERGENT
CONVERSATION
Shared humanity in our diverse perspectives
INTERGENERATIONAL CONVERSATION
Co-creation from multigenerational perspectives
SACRED NOURISHMENT
Through connection, understanding and trust
"Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu"
(A person is a person through other people.)
~ Zulu proverb
Meet the organisers
Drs Anne-Marie Voorhoeve
Haseena Patel
Khanyo Ngwenya
Dr Rica Viljoen
Ruan Viljoen
Thando Ikaneng
“ The true nature of reality is that it is unified and diversified and profoundly interconnected.” ~ Dr. Jude Currivan
Cosmologist, futurist, author and co-founder of WholeWorld-View
meet our inspirators
Vicki Hansen
President, Schengen Peace Foundation
Dr Jude Currivan
Cosmologist, futurist, author,
co-founder of WholeWorld-View
Letlapa Mphahlele
South African advocate for freedom, justice and reconciliation
Talia Smith
Initiatives of Change International Trustbuilding Program Manager
Dr Imad Karam
Executive Director at Building Bridges for Peace, film producer
Drs Anne-Marie Voorhoeve
Co-founder The Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence
Ferial Puren
Evolutionary Social Systems Strategist and CEO of Living Cities Earth
Dr Rica Viljoen
Founder of Mandala Consulting, Author of Organisational Growth and Sustainability
our partners
