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Statement from Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane On the collapse of World Trade talks

Statement from Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane  On the collapse of World Trade talks

Our catchphrase at African Monitor is 'African Voices for Africa's Development' and our chief goal is to hold the G8 countries (and African governments) to their promises and pledges to halve the number of people living in poverty by 2015.

26 July 2006

Media Release from the Archbishop of Cape Town

Media Release from the Archbishop of Cape Town

The Archbishop of Cape Town has written to the Primates of the Anglican Communion issuing a strong call to uphold the 'broad rich heartlands of our Anglican heritage' He argues that this must be 'the territory on which we debate our future'.

11 July 2006

Archbishop Ndungane Announces Retirement After Lambeth 2008

Archbishop Ndungane Announces Retirement After Lambeth 2008

This year is my tenth year as Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa...It is an extremely demanding position with many wide-ranging responsibilities and although, according to the canons of our church, I could continue to fill it until I am seventy, I have decided that the time is coming for me to step down. It is my intention therefore to retire in 2008

18 May 2006

Bishops Condemn Maltreatment of Southern African Women

Bishops Condemn Maltreatment of Southern African Women

Anglican bishops under the leadership of Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane have said that they continue to be deeply concerned about the treatment of women in our society. So much so that, in solidarity with all women in Southern Africa, they intend organising a series of special events on August 9 this year.

15 May 2006

Media Release from the Anglican Church in Southern Africa

Media Release from the Anglican Church in Southern Africa

Anglican Archbishop, Njongonkulu Ndungane, earlier today met with a delegation from Finland, led by Archbishop Jukka Paarma of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in that country.

27 April 2006

Launch of African Voice to ensure delivery of continent's poor

Launch of African Voice to ensure delivery of continent's poor

One of the strongest homegrown voices for African development, the African Monitor, will soon be lobbying the plight of the continent's people, the poor in particular, in the corridors of power all over the world.

27 April 2006

AIDS projects show 'hope in despair

Kempton Park, South Africa. - The working group Theological Education for the Anglican Communion (TEAC) took time out of its meeting in South Africa this week to visit local church-based HIV/AIDS projects, and to see some of the realities that theological education must address.

20 January 2006

TEAC meeting convenes in South Africa

TEAC meeting convenes in South Africa

Approximately 35 members of the Anglican Communion Working Group on Theological Education (TEAC) are currently gathering for a major meeting at Kempton Park Conference Centre near Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting will last from 14 - 21 January 2006

16 January 2006

Statement from Archbishop of Cape Town on World AIDS Day

Statement from Archbishop of Cape Town on World AIDS Day

More effective leadership to fight AIDS desperately needed as 'second wave' hits NGOs and faith-based organizations says Anglican Archbishop. According to the United Nations 2004 Global Report on the AIDS epidemic, Southern Africa remains the worst affected sub region in the world

01 December 2005

South African Department of Environmental Affairs Conference on Climate Change

South African Department of Environmental Affairs Conference on Climate Change

The South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism held a national conference on climate change, October 2005.

12 October 2005