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December 25, 2009

South African shack-dwellers win Nativity award

The Anglican Church in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province has awarded its Order of the Holy Nativity to the head of a shack-dwellers' movement for being a "beacon of dignity and hope" in standing against injustice.
November 8, 2009

Tutu praises Boesak for putting people power ahead of party politics

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has lauded the decision by anti-apartheid icon and former president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Rev Allan Boesak to quit party politics and join "God's party".
November 1, 2009

Democracy is under threat from arms trade, says leading commentator

The arms trade is undermining democracy in countries around the globe, according to Andrew Feinstein, a former MP in South Africa, who was nicknamed “Mr Clean” by the media for his determination to investigate corruption.
October 7, 2009

Church asks South Africa to respect women's rights in AIDS campaign

The Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has called on the South African government to ensure that it upholds its commitment to women's rights as an important step in the battle against HIV and AIDS.
August 22, 2009

Zuma trying to ignore churches over public services protests

The South African Council of Churches is concerned that it was not invited to be part of an interfaith group formed to help President Zuma tackle responses to a lack of essential services.
August 11, 2009

Desmond Tutu mends fences with President Zuma

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who strongly opposed Jacob Zuma becoming president of South Africa, says he should be given a chance to prove himself in office.
June 30, 2009

South African president in hot water over new Jesus remark

South African churches and the country's newly elected president, Jacob Zuma, are at loggerheads again over remarks made by the leader that his African National Congress party will "rule until Jesus comes".
June 4, 2009

Former apartheid chief washes feet of those he says he wronged

A former minister of police in South Africa's apartheid regime has again washed the feet of people he says he wronged while head of one of the most feared arms of the State - but this time they were apartheid's 'foot soldiers' themselves.
May 27, 2009

South African churches still living with difficult legacy of apartheid

A South African church suspended in 1982 from the World Alliance of Reformed Churches for its support for apartheid is "still not ready for readmission", a meeting of the grouping's executive committee in Geneva has been told.
May 20, 2009

South African Methodist bishop calls for respect for Zimbabwean refugees

A Methodist bishop in South Africa, who runs a shelter for people fleeing from his country's northern neighbour, wants police here to stop arresting Zimbabweans now that the law concerning their visas has been changed.

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