Archbishop Desmond Tutu accepted the Chartered Institute of Public Relations' President's Medal on 12 June to mark his outstanding, lifelong commitment to working for democracy through open and honest communications. The award was presented in Harrogate, England, by Anne Gregory FCIPR, the Institute's President in 2004.
Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, speaking from London yesterday, said that he "cautiously welcomes" the announcement by the G-8 industrialised nations to write off more than R265 billion ($40 billion) of African debt.
[Washington - 7 June 2005] In a sermon to leaders and representatives from over 40 religious organisations, including every major faith group, Anglican Archbishop, Njongonkulu Ndungane said that he believes public opinion against poverty "is growing like never before." He was invited to speak at Washington National Cathedral in the USA by the Interfaith Convocation on Monday evening. The event was hosted by anti-hunger organisations: Bread for the World, Call to Renewal, America's Second Harvest and Mazon.
"From the outside, it too often appears that the American dream is to be served by everyone else, not shared with everyone else"
The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane gave the annual Martin Luther King Jr. lecture at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina, USA yesterday [Thursday April 7]. Echoing King's famous "I have a dream" speech the Archbishop spoke about his own dream of "a world with a human face". This in contrast to the present one, rife with a "new global apartheid", where millions of people are still trapped in an ongoing spiral of poverty.
The Church of the Province of Southern Africa or CPSA is to hold a planning meeting from Monday 14 March evening until Thursday 17 March in Kempton Park, Johannesburg. This meeting was called in response to a decision by Archbishop Ndungane and a representative body of clergy and laity that there is a need for the CPSA to rethink its current modus operandi if it wants to make a tangible difference in the world in which it exists.
"AIDS is not God's punishment for the wicked...AIDS is a disease." This quote from Anglican Archbishop, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, is what scrolls across the home page of the new Anglican Church HIV & AIDS web site to be launched on Thursday this week [10 Feb].
The Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, was briefed in Nairobi yesterday (18 January) on conditions in Somalia following the tsunami.
The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, is about to make good on a commitment he made last year to send donations from the Anglican Church in Southern Africa to Tsunami-affected countries.
The Archbishop of Cape, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, and the Rt Revd David Beetge, Bishop of The Highveld and provincial dean, met today [Wednesday 12 January] with South African Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, to brief him on a proposed US$10 million dollar award for a new HIV and AIDS educational programme to be facilitated by the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA).
The Cape Times newspaper has reported that the Church in Southern Africa has spoken out against their government's support for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and food.
More here: http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=271&fArticleId=2334878
"True security is found not in military strength, but in ensuring every person has access to the essentials of a fully human life. This is the sort of security spending the world needs most."
So said Anglican Archbishop, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, in New York the day after the US General Election [3rd November].
A global campaign to mobilise millions of Christians in 100 countries to press their governments to halve poverty by 2015, was launched at the United Nations on Friday 15 October by the Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of Southern Africa, The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane.
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has spent this week visiting Alma College, Michigan, in the USA as part of a two-month sabbatical. He has given two public lectures. The first, on Wednesday night, was a reflection on those influences in his life, which have led him to his present commitments. He spoke about his life under apartheid, his imprisonment on Robben Island and his passionate commitment to the creation of a new South Africa.
The Most Revd Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, attended a special service to celebrate the 70th birthday of Cape Town's oldest Anglican Church yesterday. Langa's St Cyprian's Church has a rich history of survival through the adversity of apartheid's Group Areas Act.
The church is older than the building itself. It was established in 1934. St Cyprian's Langa was forcibly removed in the 60s from Ndabeni in the city bowl. The church became a powerful symbol of unity for the people of Cape Town's oldest township.
More here: http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,88110,00.html
"When I visited Swaziland last month, people said to me 'We hid you under our beds in your dark days. What are you doing for us now?'"
Against the backdrop of the British Prime Minister's new Commission for Africa and the UK's preparations for chairmanship of the G8 and presidency of the EU next year, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, the Archbishop of Southern Africa, has been invited to attend high level discussions on AIDS in Africa.
