The Most Revd Dr. Thabo C Makgoba leaves today to participate in the Annual Meeting 2012 of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 25-29 January.
The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury in response to his Advent Letter to the Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches. In his letter, Dr Makgoba reflects on the Anglican Covenant as ‘necessary’ for Anglicans ‘in recalling us to ourselves’.
The Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has written the following open letter to President Jacob Zuma, calling for him to return the Protection of State Information Bill to Cabinet, for inclusion of an adequate public interest provision.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has urged South Africans to join world faith leaders, political leaders and pop stars at an “extraordinary” mass rally on November 27 at the King’s Park Stadium in Durban.
An historic meeting of Church leaders took place Tuesday, 15th November, at Bishopscourt in Cape Town. Its aim was to tackle divisions between historic and newer churches, where labels such as ‘ecumenical’ and ‘evangelical’ have undermined a broader shared Christian witness within society and nation
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town today announced the appointment of the Revd Canon Rachel Mash as Environmental Coordinator for the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, said today that the dispute within the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe was “a result not of schism but of thuggery.”
Following their meeting with President Robert Mugabe, the Archbishops of Canterbury, Central Africa, Southern Africa and Tanzania issued the following statement at their press conference.
Southern Africa’s Bishops have reaffirmed their support for Anglicans in Zimbabwe, as Archbishop Thabo Makgoba prepares to accompany the Archbishop of Canterbury on his pastoral visit there next month.
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa will next week officially join an international campaign to end violence against women and girls known as the White Ribbon Pledge campaign.
The Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of Southern Africa, who is a participant at the World Economic Forum in Africa, has written to the church that Climatic change issue must be regarded as a moral imperative for all and hopes that others at WEF will take heed of his call.
The Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba, reflects on his visit to the Tatane family in Ficksburg and sends a message of Easter Hope to all South Africans amidst this despairing situation.
The South African Council of Churches and its international ecumenical partners are shocked and outraged by the death threats against its President, Bishop Jo Seoka, and members of his family
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa voted on Friday October 1st to adopt "The Anglican Covenant", the document setting out a statement of common "affirmations and commitments" by churches of the worldwide Anglican Communion which has been drawn up in response to disagreements over issues around human sexuality.
Thousands of children in South Africa have been protected from human traffickers during the Football World Cup thanks to holiday clubs set up by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The Holiday Club programme, developed by HOPE Africa in co-operation with Scripture Union and The Ultimate Goal (TUG), has seen churches and schools using their facilities to provide children with a safe space to go and activities to keep them occupied.
We, the Bishops of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa call upon the Government of South Africa to seek the release of Stephen Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who were recently sentenced in Malawi to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour, after they shared in a traditional ceremony of engagement.
The Anglican Communion needs to be actively involved in helping the rebuilding and healing of Haiti, working with the Église Épiscopale d’Haïti (the Anglican/Episcopal Diocese of Haiti) and its bishop the Rt Revd Zaché Duracin. This was the message that Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa wanted to share with the wider Communion after a visit to Haiti 4-7 March 2010.
A regular meeting of the Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in Gauteng this week reviewed the ongoing mission, ministry and witness of the Church and some of the challenges of the context in which we live.
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town called on the Southern African Development Community to establish mechanisms in Zimbabwe to bring about an end to political violence. He also urged Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF to recognise the legitimacy of its political opponents.
The plight of the people of Zimbabwe is heart-breaking. Already bruised, broken and crushed by oppression and economic hardship before the elections, they are now even more divided, despondent and, in many cases, hopeless than they were before. At a time of growing global hunger
In a four-hour liturgy, amidst clouds of incense, sprinkling of baptismal water, anointing, seven processions and a colourful array of copes and mitres, the Most Revd Thabo Cecil Makgoba, 47, was installed as the 12th Archbishop of Cape Town on 30 March
Let us pray: Loving Lord, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and those who are near: grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you
No Easter, no faith. The apostle Paul puts it this way: "And if Christ has not been raised from the dead, our preaching is useless and so is your faith ... If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all people.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet you in the precious name of our Lord. It is a great joy to be with you this morning. Had King David lived today, there is no doubt that the popular press would have had a field day with his eventful life. Those who gave us the books of Samuel and Kings may not have had the same journalistic freedom as today's tabloids, but they still give us some pretty juicy material to work with.
I have been invited by Bishop Garth and members of Chapter to reflect on the state of affairs within the Anglican Communion. I shall start by addressing three points – the nature of the Anglican Communion, the Instruments of Unity, and the draft Covenant. Then we will have a time for questions and debate.
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has called for a global Anglican gathering that is 'much more representative than the Lambeth Conference' to explore the current challenges facing the Anglican Communion. 'The future of our Anglican family is far too important to be left just to Bishops, even meeting in the breadth of the Lambeth Conference,' said Archbishop Ndungane
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, met with national and international planning committee members last week to discuss an international Anglican conference to be held in Gauteng, South Africa from 7 - 14 March 2007. 'Towards Effective Anglican Mission (TEAM): An international conference on Prophetic Witness, Social Development and HIV and AIDS' will include 400 representatives from every province in the Anglican Communion
The Synod of Bishops of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, during its recent meeting, reflected on the position of the Anglican Communion and the present tensions within the Communion. In affirming their desire for the unity of the Anglican Communion to be maintained, the Bishops want to extend to the Communion a message of hope. St Paul in his first Letter to the Corinthians talks of faith, hope and love, with faith and love being either side of hope. The recent reflections by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the response to those reflections
The Archbishop of Cape Town has written to the Primates of the Anglican Communion issuing a strong call to uphold the 'broad rich heartlands of our Anglican heritage' He argues that this must be 'the territory on which we debate our future'.
Tony Blair announced last night that he has decided to convene a panel of world leaders from all sectors to ensure that aid and debt relief promises to Africa are being kept. This will be called the Africa Progress Panel. It will measure progress against the commitments made to and by Africa at the Gleneagles and other G8 and UN summits
