This statement is based on a keynote speech made at a conference preceding the meeting of the the heads of government of commonwealth countries, on Tuesday 21 October 1997.
31 October 1997
A strong call has been made on international financial institutions to declare foreign debts owed by developing countries odious. The call was made in Washington, USA this week at a conference associated with the World Bank, by the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane.
21 October 1997
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, has expressed his delight that the World Bank is to take steps that could see up to 80% of Mozambique's debt being written off.
21 October 1997
Bishops of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa have called into question the practice of countries arming themselves to achieve military might and trade in machines of war, violence and conflict.
26 September 1997
The Anglican Church in Southern Africa is to commemorate the coming of the new Millennium with a number of pilgrimages.
23 September 1997
The Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) is planning to expand its work on the sub-continent by establishing a new diocese in war-torn Angola by the turn of the century.
23 September 1997
What follows is a statement by the Primate of Southern Africa, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, regarding Mozambique and the highly indebted poor country initiative - issued in support of representations to be made to the IMF and World Bank during meetings next week.
05 September 1997
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, has announced that he is planning to hold a major summit meeting on the eradication of poverty in the first part of next year.
03 September 1997
South Africa's Anglican leaders have rebuked President Nelson Mandela's government for selling weapons on the international market and for buying military equipment with money which, the Church leaders say, is badly needed to alleviate poverty and to pay for social services like health and education.
03 September 1997
It was time for the sleeping giant of Africa to rise up and take its rightful place amongst the nations of the world, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, told Anglican Archbishops from Africa at a consultation in Johannesburg this week.
21 July 1997