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Anglican Church appeals for urgent completion of PPE corruption probe

Dean Michael Weeder of the Anglican St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town has called for the urgent completion of investigations into alleged corruption, especially with regard to the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was speaking ahead of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s 150th anniversary on today. Archbishop Thabo Makgoba will lead a service online at the St George’s Cathedral while Archbishop of Canterbury Justin […]

today20 September 2020

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“18 years is too long for justice”, says former priest who ends hunger strike

Former Anglican reverend June Dolley-Major has ended her week long hunger strike for now, but will not be deterred in her pursuit of justice. The ordained minister staged a hunger strike to draw attention to her alleged rape by a priest in Grahamstown in 2002, after accusing the church of covering up the alleged sexual abuse. Major staged a similar form of resistance in 2016, but pleas for the church […]

today7 July 2020

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Wealthy turning Woodstock residents into refugees, says church

The wealthy must stop turning poor people into ''refugees in their own town', said Cape Town's Anglican Church, as it threw its weight behind Woodstock's soon-to-be-evicted Bromwell Street residents. ''It is shocking that the poor have to resort to the courts to fight for their democratic right to a home close to their place of work, school, essential services and livelihood opportunities,'' said Bishop Garth Counsell in a statement on […]

today13 February 2017

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