The South Africa Council of Churches (SACC) this week launched a national indaba which aims to engage interested parties in a search for solutions to tensions over foreigners living and working in South Africa. SACC general secretary Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana says in a statement that their priority is to create […]
Tag: xenophobia
What would Jesus do about the Cape Town refugee crisis?
Special report by Ashley Cloete of Friends from Abroad At the end of October last year, someone sent me this link to a video clip in which children were being removed from their mothers and women were being forcefully removed by police carrying out an eviction order of refugees protesting […]
World Council of Churches delegation calls on Ramaphosa
Originally published in oikoumene.org On Monday a delegation led by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit met with the South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and cabinet ministers in Johannesburg. The high-level delegation of the WCC with 16 representatives from all over the world, are […]
Forum starts conversation to heal Nigeria-SA relations, change narrative
A new, community-based forum aimed at healing relations between South Africans and Nigerians that were damaged after recent deadly xenophobic violence was introduced to the media in Gauteng this week. “We give the glory to God and are grateful that He blessed it [the forum] and that it actually came […]
Joint campaign to bring relief to city-centre shack dwellers hit by Pretoria violence
By Golda Meyer The plight of more than 200 Pretoria city-centre residents who were left destitute after recent outbreaks of xenophobic violence in the area, gave birth to a joint relief movement called #ServeYourCity. Various NGO’s and churches teamed up with the city management to find solutions to the disaster and […]
South Africans urged to join national day of mourning on Friday
In the message to South Africa below, Rev Jannie Pelser of SA Mourns issues a call on citizens to participate in a national day of mourning on Friday by wearing black refuse bags over their clothing, to mourn for evils in our land, and to be part of the […]
Interfaith prayers for Africa at Ellis Park
[notice]Neziswa Kanju attended the Ellis Park Pentecost prayer rally and Africa Day celebration on Pentecost Sunday. It was disappointingly more political and interfaith than she expected from a recent pre-event report in Gateway News. But it did conclude with heartfelt Christian prayers for the continent.[/notice] Different religious groups gathered at […]
Time to deal with obsession with ethnicity and ‘difference’
The efforts to stem the tide against violence directed towards nationals from other African countries will be dead in the water if we do not deal with how Africans address issues of ethnicity and the constitution of identity. Reinforcing the idea that we are all Africans is good but the […]
‘How good and pleasant it is’ — Burn 24/7 founder
[notice]In this article posted on his blog today, Burn 24/7 movement founder Sean Feucht who was in South Africa last week, reflects on the centrality of worship and unity in the heart of God — and on SA’s potential to “break the demons of genocide, perversion and corruption through a […]
Mass prayer rally at Ellis Park will celebrate Pentecost, Africa
Xenophobia, violence, poverty and inequality will all be targeted at a mass Pentecost celebration prayer rally at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg from 1pm on Pentecost Sunday, May 24. The event, which will be hosted by the South African Council of Churches, the Premier of Gauteng Province, David Makhura and […]