#Mediation

About #Mediation.
South Africa is one of the beautiful countries in the world. Its natural landscapes, resources and people - only the few are rotten, rotten to the core. It is a melting pot of all nations, rich in languages, cultures and the like. Yet, it has many problems - some man-made. A dialogue is needed in this country, for it to become what it was meant to be - the best amongst the best. There have been in this country, unprecedent protests, worker strikes, closure of businesses, mass retrenchments, individual and collective dismissals for various other reasons, bad ratings from the rating agencies and many misfortunes that befell this country. The South African problems, although in some way unique, are the problems of some countries - big and small. Dialogue, also in these countries, is needed. This book, calls South Africans and to some extent all the nations of the world, to go back to basics - the prevention of conflicts from becoming disputes and the resolution of disputes through mediation when these conflicts cannot be prevented from becoming disputes. It is ironical that the ADR processes are traced back to Africa, and yet South Africans saw the need to abandon them, and chose to flood courts of law with disputes which these courts should not be focusing on.

#Mediation is, in respect of South Africa, a rude awakening - that investors - national and international, will not take it seriously if it, its citizens and those who are not necessarily its citizens but living or staying in it, choose not to use mediation to resolve their disputes. The world at large should, just as South Africa should, wake up and use mediation and other ADR processes that better serve them, in terms of speed, cost-effectiveness and less cumbersome. The courts of law should be given space and time to deal with matters of criminal nature and more energy, time and other resources should be poured into mediation so as to amicably, cost-effectively and speedily resolve disputes. This book is about the better and best South Africa and the better and best world's nations. The prevention of conflicts from becoming disputes and mediating them when they cannot be resolved, should be the first option of dealing with conflicts that could not be prevented from becoming disputes. Mediation, voluntary or otherwise, is the way to go to resolve disputes of civil nature.

The book is about empowerment. No-one should be left behind. Mediation is a life skill, for the young and old and the book explains how anyone can benefit from this skill.