The National Assembly (NA) this afternoon approved the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill which the DA vowed earlier today to challenge “all the way to the Constitutional Court”. At 12.15 today the DA, ACDP, FF+ and civil society groups united outside Parliament to protest against the forcing of […]
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Mokgoba discredited himself as potential mediator in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says Meshoe
Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) leader Archbishop Thabo Mokgoba “has, in my opinion, discredited and jeopardised his chances of being a credible mediator in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by taking sides with one against the other”, said ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe. Meshoe was responding to a October 28 decision […]
ACDP leading protests in Cape Town, Pretoria, PE, Ermelo against Single Marriage Bill
The ACDP is hosting protests in Cape Town and Pretoria on Friday against the controversial Single Marriage Bill that aims to consolidate all existing marriage laws and which does not retain the words “husband” and wife”. In Cape Town, they invite citizens to join their picket outside Parliament (near the […]
ACDP donates clothes, toys to Kayelitsha kids
Children in Khayelitsha, Cape Town were blessed with warm clothes and 150 toys donated by the ACDP during a Mandela Day outreach last week. ACDP councillor Mongezi Mabungane, who haded the gifts to Yonwaba Educare Centre in Site C Khayelitsha, said it warmed his heart to see the children’s happy […]
Government ‘withdraws’ bill to decriminalise prostitution: ACDP welcomes move
Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development John Jeffery announced in Parliament this week that the department will not table the “Prostitution Bill” this session due to concerns about its constitutionality. “This means that we will not be able to, at this point, proceed with the bill in its current […]
ACDP marches to defend human rights, freedoms
The African Christian Democratic Party yesterday marched to Constitutional Hill in defence of the Human Rights and Freedoms of South Africans as enshrined in The Constitution. In a press release about the march, the ACDP Parliamentary Media Office writes: The march, which formed part of the ACDP’s Freedom Day celebrations, […]
Dr Lydia Meshoe, wife of ACDP president, ‘gone home to be with the Lord’
Dr Lydia Meshoe, wife of ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe passed away today after a short illness. In a media release, ACDP Wayne Thring MP, says: “It is with great sadness that the NEC informs you that our first lady, Dr Lydia Meshoe, has gone home to be with the […]
Parliament agrees to comprehensive public consultation on education law in March
This morning [Tuesday], the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Education agreed to a comprehensive public consultation process on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill), proposed to be advertised from March 1, reports Philip Rosenthal of ChristianView Network The comprehensive law will affect every public school and home schooling family […]
Vaccine mandates, passports would amount to apartheid-era ‘dompass’, says Meshoe
Vaccine passports or mandatory vaccines would be discriminatory and would amount to the “dompass” of the apartheid era, said ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe in a press statement released this week. He was responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s adress to the nation last Sunday night in which he spoke of […]
Parties in ACDP teen vaccine court challenge agree to timelines
Parties involved in a High Court application by the ACDP against the government’s rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to children between the ages of 12 and 17 have agreed to timelines for filing papers, says ACDP national executive committee member and attorney Bongani Luthuli in a media statement. He says the […]