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South Africa’s churches have attack ANC

December 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South Africa’s churches have attacked the African National Congress (ANC), accusing the ruling party of moral decay and of abandoning Nelson Mandela’s goal to build a non-racial democracy from the ashes of apartheid. Jacob Zuma  Photo: EVA-LOTTE JANSSON In a … read more »

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The Ten Commandments according to Jacob Zuma

September 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Gareth van Onselen on the ANC President’s strange conflation of church and party The Ten Commandments according to Jacob Zuma “I arrived from Jordan this morning just after 5 o’clock… I must say I took advantage of being in Jordan … read more »

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South Africa: In embracing Marikana, the SACC revitalises itself

September 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Khadija Patel, dailymaverick SA’s beleaguered government continues its security crackdown in Marikana, with the South African National Defence Force announcing that it deployed 1,000 soldiers to the restive mining town in the North West. But even as President Zuma attempted … read more »

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Zuma defiant in ‘heaven vote’ row

February 7, 2011 by benim

The DA has demanded an apology from President Jacob Zuma after he again employed “religious threats for political ends”. But an unrepentant Zuma on Sunday, through his spokesman, Zizi Kodwa, said he had been quoted out of context. “The statement … read more »

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Biography of Desmond Tutu

January 12, 2011 by benim

Desmond Tutu was born in Klerksdorp, in the South African state of Transvaal. The family moved to Johannesburg when he was 12, and he attended Johannesburg Bantu High School. Although he had planned to become a physician, his parents could … read more »

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‘Jesus had HIV’ sermon sparks South African fury

November 1, 2010 by benim

“Today I will start with a three-part sermon on: Jesus was HIV-positive,” South African Pastor Xola Skosana recently said in a Sunday church service. The words initially stunned his congregation in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township into silence, and then set … read more »

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