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Swaziland diocese cries out for prayer

Swaziland diocese cries out for prayer

Twenty thousand people are dying of AIDS-related illnesses every year in Swaziland. National life-expectancy is to drop to just 27 from 62 by 2010. The most productive section of society (around 30 years old) has effectively been wiped out, wrecking the country, which has already been crippled by drought and economic disintegration.

04 May 2004

A New Year Message from Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane

A New Year Message from Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane

As we begin our 10th year of democracy, there is much for our transforming nation to be proud of and a solid platform of achievement from which to set new standards and objectives.

03 January 2004

Address by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane at an Interfaith Service on World AIDS Day

Address by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane at an Interfaith Service on World AIDS Day

Greetings to you all and thank you for setting aside this time to meet together on World AIDS Day. To stand together as we honour those living with and dying from AIDS and to express our ongoing concern about the present situation.

02 December 2003

Archbishop of Cape Town responds to Nigerian Bishops' statement

Archbishop of Cape Town responds to Nigerian Bishops' statement

The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has issued a statement responding to the reported severing of ties with the Episcopal Church in the USA by the Anglican Church in Nigeria.

23 November 2003

Archbishop of Cape Town to convene civil society conference on reparations

Archbishop of Cape Town to convene civil society conference on reparations

Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane is to convene a two-day conference on reparations for various categories of apartheid survivors, who he believes are the responsibility of every South African.

19 August 2003

Statement issued by Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, regarding the government's stance

Statement issued by Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, regarding the government's stance

So how can one even contemplate doubling AIDS related national infant mortality - an estimated 100 infants a day - as government seems hell bent on de-registering a treatment that even our Constitutional Court acknowledges is the best resource we have at the moment.  How can our government, born out of a struggle for justice, strive to ignore the directive of its own court?

06 August 2003

Archbishop of Cape Town joins Global Fund Conference in Paris

Archbishop of Cape Town joins Global Fund Conference in Paris

Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, flies to Paris tonight (14 July) to attend a high-powered post G-8 summit Global Fund conference.

14 July 2003

South African church leaders call for prayer and support in the lead up to historic church leadershi

South African church leaders call for prayer and support in the lead up to historic church leadershi

Senior church leaders in South Africa have called on the international Christian community to uphold the South African church in prayer next week, 7-11 July, when Christian leaders from all walks of life meet to attend the South African Christian Leadership Assembly .

05 July 2003

Statement issued by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

Statement issued by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

The issue surrounding the appointment of Jeffrey John as a suffragan bishop affects, in the first instance, the diocese of Oxford and the Church in England, not the Church of the Province of Southern Africa.

26 June 2003

Archbishop of Cape Town meets with litigants

Archbishop of Cape Town meets with litigants

The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, hosted the first informal meeting on 10 May with the litigants in the case involving South African corporations and victims of human rights violations under apartheid.

15 May 2003