Statement of support for South Africa's Minister of Finance

Religious leaders meet National Treasury team at Bishopscourt: CREDIT: Nardus Engelbrecht/National Religious Association for Social Development (NRASD)

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

I want to pledge my support to the Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, in his efforts to bring the use of public finances under proper control, and I welcome President Zuma's and the ANC's statements of confidence in the minister.

To the Laos - To the People of God - Lent 2016

Dear People of God

I am writing to you just as we complete the February meeting of the Synod of Bishops, where we continued to travel together as we wrestled with our episcopal leadership of the Church. When we meet, we do so conscious that our vocation is not simply to serve you, the people of our Church, but to serve God through you -- a tiny distinction perhaps, but an important one.

Statement from the Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa

'God has given us the ministry of reconciliation' 2 Cor 5:18

We, the Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, meeting at the Gonubie Hotel near East London in the Diocese of Grahamstown between 13 and 18 February 2016, wish to share our experience and reflections with the people of the Church.

Call to Prayer as South Africa debates the State of the Nation

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Archbishop Thabo Makgoba is calling for prayers for proceedings in Parliament in the coming days, when MPs will debate the state of the nation.