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"Zulu and Xhosa communities use “indabas” to give everyone equal opportunity to voice their opinions in order to work toward consensus.

They were first used in UN climate talks in Durban in 2011 when, with the talks deadlocked and the summit just minutes from collapse, the South African presidency asked the main countries to form a standing circle in the middle of hundreds of delegates and to talk directly to each other.

Instead of repeating stated positions, diplomats were encouraged to talk personally and quietly about their “red lines” and to propose solutions to each other.

By including everyone and allowing often hostile countries to speak in earshot of observers, it achieved a remarkable breakthrough within 30 minutes.

In Paris[Climate conference december 2015] the indaba format was used by France to narrow differences between countries behind closed doors. It is said to have rapidly slimmed down a ballooning text with hundreds of potantial points of disagreements."

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2015/dec/12/paris-climate-talks-francois-hollande-to-join-summit-as-final-draft-published-live by John Vidal at 13:11 59.92.24.13 (talk) 13:34, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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In modern South African english the term Indaba has come to be almost synomous with "expo", for example, Design Indaba or the Baby Indaba, except they are usually national events rather than regional ones.

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Ingcindez Evela Ebanganini Yiyo Isisusa Sokunqena Shi Kwabafundi Ezidakamizweni 105.0.4.173 (talk) 05:01, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]