Stop criticising judiciary — ACDP The Church in Cape Town this week took a major step forward towards re-engaging the political space it last held during the 1980s when churches played a crucial role in leading civil society as part of the UDF. More than 100 pastors from around Cape […]
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Church pressure mounts for president to resign
Zuma affair on table at pastors’ meeting in PE, consultation forum in Soweto Calls by church leaders for President Jacob Zuma to stand down continued to grow over the past week despite appeals by some for the president to be shown Christian forgiveness following his televised apology to the nation […]
The problem is bigger than Zuma — it is about all of us
The Constitutional Court finding against President Jacob Zuma on the Nkandla matter is generating a lot of talk and will no doubt continue to do so for some time to come. The judgment was clear and unequivocal regarding Zuma’s failure to fully uphold the country’s constitution and it comes on […]
PE churchmen support plan to oust Zuma, declare war on corruption
Senior church leaders in Port Elizabeth today declared their support of a civil society mass action campaign that was launched on the steps of the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg this week to oust President Jacob Zuma following a damning Constitutional Court ruling against him last week and the failure of […]