Anglican leaders pledged to take aggressive action against corruption, crime, terrorism, poverty and injustice in their communities throughout the world, in a consultation on 'Community Transformation' this week (31 October to 2 November)
Parliament’s public accounts committee deserves the highest praise and the nation’s gratitude for the seriousness with which it has approached the controversial arms deal issue. It is what transparent government is all about.
Archbishop Ndungane, as chairperson of the Electoral Code of Conduct Observer Commission (ECCOC), hosted a meeting between senior members of the ANC and UDM leadership in the Western Cape. The main purpose of the meeting was for the political leadership of the two parties to explore ways in which they could work together to ease tensions during the electioneering period. This mutual co-operation between the leadership of the two parties would go a long way in setting a good
The Rt Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, Archbishop of Capetown and Metropolitan of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, was awarded the Doctor in Divinity, Honoris Causa, today at the Annual Academic Convocation of the Virginia Theological Seminary in Virginia
Some 250 Anglican Church leaders from around the world will arrive in Cape Town at the end of the month (October) to consult on community transformation.
Statement by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, Chairperson of the Inter-Religious Commission on Crime and Violence in the Western Cape
In keeping with the earlier announcement (see below) Archbishop Njongonkulu has undergone an HIV test at the Langa Clinic in Washington Rd, Langa, Cape Town
All Anglican Bishops in Southern Africa will undergo a voluntary HIV/AIDS test in the near future and they hope to encourage other clergy and leaders in their congregations to follow suit.
As the Government continues to prevaricate on HIV/AIDS and the nation becomes more desperate, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane is calling on all religious leaders and organised society - including the unions - to take the initiative
The Bishop of Port Elizabeth, the Rt Revd Eric Pike, used the ancient rule of St Benedict in the Charge to his diocesan Synod. He drew parallels between the experiences of Benedict and the situation in Southern Africa today.
The following account of celebrations to mark the 60th birthday of the Rt Revd Itumeleng Moseki, Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman in the Province of Southern Africa, gives a good idea of the diversity, flexibility and local relevance of Anglican liturgical practice!
We as the Bishops of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa have been deeply shocked by the action taken by Archbishop Tay and others in consecrating two priests to minister in the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.
Canon Jim Rosenthal of the Anglican Communion News Service spoke to Bishop Dinis Sengulane on 29 February 2000 about the current flooding disaster in Mozambique.
I am very greatly honoured in being- asked to give the keynote ad-dress for this major international symposium: "Justice, Memory, and Reconciliation." Zachariah proclaimed on behalf of God about the restored Jerusalem: "Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and animals in it. For I will be a wall of fire all around it, says the Lord, and I will be the glory within it."
It is a joy to be with you all this morning. I would like to thank the Archbishop of Cape Town for inviting me to preach at this splendid consecration service, as it allows me to reflect a little on the office and work of a bishop in God's Church. And may I thank you
I am so pleased to be with you today in much warmer weather than in London, where I was just two days ago! But then, it is always good to come to Africa and experience not only nice weather but also the life and joy of the people of Africa often in the midst of terrible sufferings.
I would like to begin by thanking you for inviting me here to take part in this Healing Leaves Conference. It is a great honour and joy for me to be here with you all. I must confess, and perhaps some of you already know, that I am not a complete stranger to these shores
More than any other issue of our time homosexuality illustrates differences within the Anglican Church world-wide, according to Southern Africa's Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane. Addressing a conference in Berkeley California (20/1/200) on Anglicanism and the scriptures, he referred to a Lambeth Conference decision two years ago at which, after heated debate among bishops, it was decided not to ordain practising homosexuals or to bless same-sex unions.
A meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington was told this week that a framework should be designed for a global security network aimed at improving the quality of life of the world's people.
(APS) The Yaounde Faculty of Protestant Theology has conferred honorary doctorates to the former Archbishop of Cape Town and now chairman of the South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Most Revd Desmond Tutu and the Revd Jose Chipenda the former General Secretary of the All African Conference of Churches. The Church leaders were given the awards for their "highly appreciable and commendable work at the All African Conference of Churches". Archbishop Tutu is a former President of the Conference.
(CPSA) Consideration must be given to the creation of an Economic Union of African States to ensure growth and development for the greatest number of people on the continent.
(CPSA) The announcement by President Bill Clinton that he would raise the issue of the international debt of African countries at the meeting of the G7 group of countries to be held in England in May was welcome, according to the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane.
(CPSA) A delegation from the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (Anglican), has met the Minister of Education, Professor Sibusiso Bengu, to make representations regarding several issues relating to education.
(ENI)The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) wants Zimbabwe declared a Christian nation. The council will make a formal request to Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, in the next few days.
(CPSA) The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, emerged from his meeting with President Nelson Mandela on Thursday 5th March encouraged that the air had been cleared, following reports that the President had criticised him in front of two of his bishops and several other clergy.
(CPSA) The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, has expressed his strong opposition to cloning, and warned that people "must not play God".
(CPSA) A call has been made for a declaration of human environmental rights to ensure a sustainable environment for the future of humankind.
(ENI)Churches in Zimbabwe have appealed to the government to reconsider the economic policies which have caused huge rises in the prices of basic commodities, provoking three days of riots and looting.
I have just returned from London where I had a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury regarding the forthcoming Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops from all over the world. This conference, held every 10 years, will be held at the University of Kent in Canterbury in July this year.
(ENI/CPSA)The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town this week sharply criticised a South African deal which will supply military aircraft to Algeria.
