Category - Thabo Mbeki

Church leader honoured for work against racism and apartheid

staff writers — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:22:55 +0100

The Rev Philip Potter, a former general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has been honoured by the South African government for his determined commitment to combatting racism and apartheid in the 1970s and 1980s.

Zimbabwe Christians sceptical about South African brokered talks

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:47:33 +0000

The Zimbabwe Christian Alliance, a network of church and civic bodies, says it has no hope that inter-party peace talks brokered by South Africa's Thabo Mbeki will achieve results before Zimbabwean elections scheduled for 29 March.

Brown seeks European support on action over Zimbabwe

staff writers — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:54:09 +0100

Zimbabwe is seeking to put pressure on other European Union countries to back off Britain's tough stance on human rights there, as the diplomatic debate over Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposal to send an envoy to the country continues.

South African church leader says crime is a spiritual issue

staff writers — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:54:18 +0000

The leader of a large Reformed denomination in South Africa says a crime wave gripping the country is a moral issue that cannot be solved only by having more police officers and state-of-the-art forensic equipment - writes David Wanless from Cape Town for Ecumenical News International (ENI).