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The Religious Forum Against COVID-19 in South Africa issued a statement with faith leaders standing in solidarity in response to COVID-19, and with a broader objective of collaborating in making for a safer South African environment.

In a message on 15 October, Rev. Dr David Tswaedi, executive director of the Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa, lamented that the voices of survivors and victims of gender-based violence have been muted, due to stigma and the perceived power of the perpetrators.

South African church leaders heard that corruption in their country kills when they organized for a campaign against the latest version of pillaging during the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.

On 15 September, the South African Council of Churches will stand in silent prayer in all nine provinces to declare that “Corruption is Not Our Heritage.”

Rev. Dr Lydia Mwaniki, director for Women, Gender and Youth at the All Africa Conference of Churches, has received the Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

An online memorial service for Rev. Prof. Dr Mary-Anne Plaatjies-van Huffel drew family members, friends, colleagues and students who mourned the passing of the World Council of Churches (WCC) president for Africa. Plaatjies van Huffel, known as a transformative church leader in sub-Saharan Africa, passed away on 19 May.

Un service commémoratif en ligne pour la pasteure Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel a réuni des membres de sa famille, des amis, des collègues et des étudiants qui ont pleuré le décès de la présidente du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) pour l’Afrique. Mme Plaatjies van Huffel, connue comme responsable d’Église à l’action transformatrice en Afrique subsaharienne, est décédée le 19 mai.

The South African Council of Churches is calling on the De Klerk Foundation to retract and apologize in the wake of a 14 February statement issued by the foundation amplifying the position that apartheid was not a crime against humanity, but a Soviet propaganda ploy.

Gender-based violence and attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa have left communities wondering where to turn. In a visit of solidarity, a World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team visited the nation from 7-12 December.

La violence sexiste et les attaques contre les personnes étrangères en Afrique du Sud ont laissé les communautés désemparées. Dans le cadre d’une visite de solidarité, l’équipe de pèlerins du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a rendu visite à la nation sud-africaine du 7 au 12 décembre.

On 9 December, a delegation led by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit met with the South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and cabinet ministers in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Le 9 décembre, une délégation menée par le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, a rencontré le président sud-africain, Cyril Ramaphos, et ses ministres à Johannesburg, en Afrique du Sud.

Members of the media are invited to attend a press briefing on Monday, 9 December 2019, by a high-level delegation of the World Council of Churches, which will be in the country on a social-justice mission to South Africa from 7-12 December 2019.

Churches across southern Africa are publicly saying #EnoughIsEnough,” with many denominations and congregations continuing to issue strong statements, arrange special prayer events, and speak out against rising levels of violence.

Both the Dutch Reformed Church and the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) have been discussing gender justice and how to keep the momentum going on the unprecedented public demand for change.

As South Africa grapples with a gender-based violence crisis, president Cyril Ramaphosa is convening, on 18 September, the entire parliament for a special session on how to create a society in which women feel not only safe, but enjoy human rights equal to men. With 52,420 sexual offences reported in the last financial year - and many unreported - hundreds of thousands of people in South Africa are publicly saying “#EnoughIsEnough.” Churches and faith communities are a vocal, visible part of this call for change. Will the momentum grow? Will we stand with the women of South Africa?

Tandis que l’Afrique du Sud se débat avec une crise provoquée par les violences sexistes, le président Cyril Ramaphosa a convoqué l’ensemble du Parlement le 18 septembre pour une session extraordinaire. Le thème: comment créer une société dans laquelle les femmes se sentent non seulement en sécurité, mais bénéficient aussi des mêmes droits fondamentaux que les hommes? Prenant acte des 52 420 infractions sexuelles déclarées au cours du dernier exercice (et beaucoup n’ont pas été signalées), des centaines de milliers de Sud-Africaines et de Sud-Africains affichent leur ras-le-bol. Les Églises et les communautés religieuses occupent une place visible et audible dans cet appel au changement. Le mouvement va-t-il prendre de l’ampleur? Prendrons-nous position aux côtés des Sud-Africaines?

After a visit to Israel and Palestine on 21 February through 1 March, a delegation of South African and African-American church leaders, released a Group Pilgrimage Statement on Israel and Palestine.