The parliamentary debate on 18 February, that was meant to reflect on the previous week’s State of the Nation Address, unravelled into a mudslinging match as ANC and EFF MPs accused each other of domestic abuse. The spectacle undermined the great efforts in the country to draw attention to and overcome gender-based violence. Stan Muyebe OP points out that the events in Parliament are symptomatic of a society in which everything can be exploited for its commercial, political and entertainment […]

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Crowds gathered to celebrate the launch of the new Pastoral Plan. Together with all the Bishops of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), the plan was launched after a procession to Regina Mundi in Soweto. Matthew Pyrc SJ and Matthew Charlesworth SJ were there and they reflect on the launch of the plan entitled “Evangelising Community: serving God, Humanity and Creation”. It was no ordinary Sunday Mass. The liturgy began with the people outside in a field, in the […]

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