Following Archbishop Thabo Makgoba’s recent Christmas message, one can expect the volume to be cranked up against a government that is seen to be failing its people. Makgoba, head of the Anglican Church, was responding to a statement from President Jacob Zuma that churches should stay out of politics. “No, Mr President, we cannot and will not stop commenting or acting on what we see and what, in our opinion, is unjust, corrupt and unacceptable to God’s high standards.” One can expect the debate to only intensify as the year goes by. Below is Archbishop Makgoba’s dream for South Africa in 2017. – Stuart Lowman
By Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
“I have a dream that labour and business, together with civil society, traditional leaders and religious leaders will all sit together at the table of brother and sisterhood where the menu answers the question, “what is in the best interests of the majority of our people in South African society?” And that all children, yours and mine, will one day as a result of a “New Struggle” all live in a South Africa that has an abundance of unlimited and equal educational, health care, service delivery and economic opportunities.”
- Archbishop Thabo Makgoba is head of the Anglican Church in South Africa
