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Bishop Geoff Davies was named SAB Environmentalist of the Year

Bishop Geoff Davies was named SAB Environmentalist of the Year

Bishop Geoff Davies, SA’s “Green Bishop”, was named Environmentalist of the Year and received the Nick Steele Memorial Award for his inspiring work. 

19 November 2009

Climate Change - A Challenge to the Churches in South Africa

Climate Change - A Challenge to the Churches in South Africa

The document entitled "Climate Change - A Challenge to the Churches in South Africa", now available in PDF format.

 

07 October 2009

Anglican AIDS and Healthcare Trust

Anglican AIDS and Healthcare Trust

The Archbishop of Cape Town has thanked the British Government and its tax-payers for their support of his church’s work with those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. 

30 September 2009

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Receives US Honorary Degree

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Receives US Honorary Degree

The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town yesterday said that the honorary degree he has been awarded by an American seminary ‘is for all South Africans who were denied access to education’.

21 May 2009

The Summit of Religious Leaders of the Southern African Nations

The Summit of Religious Leaders of the Southern African Nations

Faith Community representatives from Southern Africa met from 10th to 12th February, 2009 at Midrand, South Africa, to seek solutions to the growing environmental crisis confronting humanity

17 April 2009

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba speaks on flooding in Namibia and Angola

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba speaks on flooding in Namibia and Angola

'Continuing exaggerated weather patterns across Southern Africa are a further illustration of the urgent need to tackle global warming' Archbishop Thabo Makgoba said on Tuesday, calling for swift and decisive global action on climate change.   

27 March 2009

Support PM Tsvangirai's Appeal For Help, Says Archbishop Makgoba

Support PM Tsvangirai's Appeal For Help, Says Archbishop Makgoba

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town today (Wednesday) appealed to the international community "to give generously" to Zimbabwe's new unity government in response to pleas for help by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai

25 February 2009

Statement on the withdrawal of anti-retroviral treatment in the Free State

Statement on the withdrawal of anti-retroviral treatment in the Free State

The Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, meeting at Modderpoort in the Free State from 16 to 20 February 2009, have been shocked at the news that the Provincial Department of Health in the Free State has withdrawn anti-retroviral medication from HIV positive patients because of shortage of funds

18 February 2009

Statement from the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town

Statement from the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has sent messages of support to areas of KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique where storms and flooding have caused death and destruction

08 January 2009

Statement by the Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town

Statement by the Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town

I am deeply pained by the terrible deterioration, disease and despair we are seeing in Zimbabwe

08 December 2008