Archaeologists, historians, film-makers and theologians gathered in Bethlehem recently to discuss how their disciplines can contribute towards peace in Israel-Palestine.

The South African Council of Churches is concerned that it was not invited to be part of an interfaith group formed to help President Zuma tackle responses to a lack of essential services.

The influence of the 16th-century Protestant reformer Jean Calvin, born in France on 10 July 1509, has probably not been felt as much in any single country as South Africa - and with decidedly mixed results.

A new book by a leading Christian commentator argues that the problems of Israel-Palestine are deep rooted in “the essence of Zionism" and Israeli policies in the region.

A former minister of police in South Africa's apartheid regime has again washed the feet of people he says he wronged while head of one of the most feared arms of the State - but this time they were apartheid's 'foot soldiers' themselves.

A South African church suspended in 1982 from the World Alliance of Reformed Churches for its support for apartheid is "still not ready for readmission", a meeting of the grouping's executive committee in Geneva has been told.

Bishop Mvume Dandala, an opposition candidate in the South African presidential contest, has told the BBC he would reopen a corruption case against Jacob Zuma if elected.

Youngsters from South Africa and from and the ASHA Centre in Britain will bring a theatre production about the struggle against apartheid and its aftermath to the UK after local performances.

Helen Suzman, for many years a lone white liberal crusader against apartheid in South Africa's parliament, and who died on New Year's Day aged 91, has been praised by religious leaders at her burial.