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Major AIDS initiative launched in Southern Africa

Major AIDS initiative launched in Southern Africa

The significance of the Church in the fight against HIV/AIDS has once again been brought to the fore after the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) recently partnered with Christian Aid (UK) and the British Government, through DFID, to embark on a major R222 million (US$30.5 million) AIDS programme.

08 May 2003

Archbishop of Cape Town visits flooded areas

Archbishop of Cape Town visits flooded areas

 Anglican Archbishop, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has added his voice to the Western Cape Premier's call for the flood stricken region of the South-western Cape to be declared a disaster area.

04 April 2003

Archbishop Ndungane to mediate Zimbabwe crisis

Archbishop Ndungane to mediate Zimbabwe crisis

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has asked Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) to mediate in the longstanding dispute between Zimbabwe and Britain.

07 February 2003

Archbishop says homosexuality must be addressed

Archbishop says homosexuality must be addressed

The Archbishop of Southern Africa, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, has called on Southern Africa's 10 million baptized Anglicans at all levels to urgently address the issue of homosexuality and to do so in a manner that will generate mutual understanding and bring people out of their "corners of conviction."

22 January 2003

South Africa celebrates AIDS Awareness Day

South Africa celebrates AIDS Awareness Day

Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane will celebrate an AIDS Awareness Day service at St James Anglican Church in Soweto, South Africa, on Sunday 1 December.

02 December 2002

Anglican Church adopts R22.5 million AIDS Programme

Anglican Church adopts R22.5 million AIDS Programme

The Anglican Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) has, at its three-yearly synod, adopted a R22.5 million HIV/AIDS ministry programme to commence immediately.

10 October 2002

Caring for Creation Third Report

Caring for Creation Third Report

Today's first speaker was Rosina Wiltshire of the UN Development Programme. Rosina's presentation was entitled 'Gender and Human Development' and she spoke of the series of UN conferences and summits with which she had been engaged as an advocate of women's rights. 

23 August 2002

Caring for Creation Second Report

Caring for Creation Second Report

This morning delegates began, as they do each day, with meditation led by Claire Foster, taking one sentence from scripture. Today it was “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth”.

22 August 2002

The Anglican Congress on the Stewardship of Creation

The Anglican Congress on the Stewardship of Creation

Representatives from around the Anglican Communion have begun the first ever event the Communion has held to discuss and debate the issue of sustainable development, which is the subject of the forthcoming World Summit.

22 August 2002

Statement issued by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

Statement issued by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

I am delighted by the appointment of Rowan Williams. I have known him and his wife Jane since the 80's - a very difficult time for the church in South Africa. It was then that they responded to my invitation to lead seminars in this country and their input was invaluable and hugely encouraging at a time when we desperately needed friends in the North.

01 August 2002