by Sean Reilly | Jul 26, 2008
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has led pleas for repentance, reconciliation and forgiveness following outbreaks of xenophobic attacks by some South Africans on refugees coming from Zimbabwe and elsewhere in Africa. At a Christian service with multi-faith...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 18, 2008
Nelson Mandela, who played a crucial role in ending apartheid in South Africa, is 90 today. After a series of public appearances around the world over the past few weeks, he will spending the day at home with his family. Mr Mandela was jailed 27 years as a member of...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
While some African national leaders continued to court Robert Mugabe at an African Union meeting in Egypt, despite their own observers saying that the presidential election was unacceptable, South African churches have spooken out candidly. Christian leaders in South...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 20, 2008
Zambian and Zimbabwean Roman Catholic bishops have exhorted the government of Southern African to take much stronger action in pressuring the government in Harare to ensure a credible presidential election in Zimbabwe – write Peter Kenny and Moses Chitendwe. The...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The head of Africa’s biggest church grouping says he is hurt and tormented by a wave of attacks against foreigners in South Africa that have claimed the lives of at least 50 people, causing self-revulsion in a nation that once prided itself for post-apartheid...
