The Very Revd Dr Jo T Seoka, has been elected Bishop of the Anglican Dioceseof Pretoria, Church of the Province of Southern Africa. He succeeds the Rt Revd Richard Kraft, who retired earlier this year for health reasons.
26 June 1998
Namibia's president, Sam Nujoma, has given his backing to a proposal by a prominent African Church leader that African countries should set up an economic union to promote growth and development.
09 June 1998
(CPSA) Consideration must be given to the creation of an Economic Union of African States to ensure growth and development for the greatest number of people on the continent.
17 April 1998
(CPSA) The announcement by President Bill Clinton that he would raise the issue of the international debt of African countries at the meeting of the G7 group of countries to be held in England in May was welcome, according to the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane.
08 April 1998
(CPSA) A delegation from the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (Anglican), has met the Minister of Education, Professor Sibusiso Bengu, to make representations regarding several issues relating to education.
08 April 1998
(ENI)The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) wants Zimbabwe declared a Christian nation. The council will make a formal request to Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, in the next few days.
19 March 1998
(CPSA) The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, emerged from his meeting with President Nelson Mandela on Thursday 5th March encouraged that the air had been cleared, following reports that the President had criticised him in front of two of his bishops and several other clergy.
10 March 1998
(CPSA) The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, has expressed his strong opposition to cloning, and warned that people "must not play God".
24 February 1998
(CPSA) A call has been made for a declaration of human environmental rights to ensure a sustainable environment for the future of humankind.
24 February 1998
(ENI)Churches in Zimbabwe have appealed to the government to reconsider the economic policies which have caused huge rises in the prices of basic commodities, provoking three days of riots and looting.
18 February 1998