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National Church Leaders’ Consultation (NCLC) Statement on the student fee crisis:

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    National Church Leaders’ Consultation (NCLC) Statement on the student fee crisis:

    By EFSA | News, Press Release | Comments are Closed | 23 October, 2015 | 0

    National church leaders and other faith leaders gathering in Johannesburg from 21-22 October 2015 at OR Tambo, for their annual meeting, issued the following statement on the student fee crisis.

    We the Church leaders of South Africa lament the student fee crisis engulfing the country. We believe this a national crisis.

    We lament that we have not discerned the signs of the times. We have failed our students and not heard their voices.

    We lament and strongly condemn the unnecessary use of violence and police brutality against our students and children. We call for the immediate release of all detained under these circumstances.

    We further lament the exclusion of the poor from our spaces of higher education and learning because of unaffordability. We recognize that the majority of these students are black and this entrenches inequality in our nation and further disadvantages many students. Our sacred texts call us to identify with the poor and marginalised. The church and faith leaders therefore have an obligation to stand in solidarity with the students on campuses, their parents and university leadership in the country.

    Consequently church and faith leaders have resolved t to undertake a symbolic visit to the WITS campus to express our solidarity. We are committing ourselves to creating courageous spaces where South Africans are able to listen to one another and to the voice of God. We further encourage church and faith leaders to do the same on other campuses.

    We call on university authorities, government and students to avoid further violent behaviour that shuts down dialogue. Only through deep dialogue, listening and courageous action will we be able to find lasting long-term solutions.

    We especially call on the government to provide adequate resources immediately to stabilize the situation, to enable students to write their examinations, whilst lasting solutions are being explored with all stakeholders over the next 12 months.

    As Church and faith leaders we commit to engage and journey with all stakeholders on this issue.

    We also assure the students, their parents and university leadership and government in the country of our continued prayers in this time of crisis.

    Participants:

    1. Archbishop Dr. Thabo Makgoba – Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Chairperson of the NCLC

    2. Archbishop Dr. Zandisile Magxwalisa – Jerusalem Church in South Africa

    3. Archbishop Jabulani Nxumalo – Roman Catholic Church

    4. Rev. Mukondeleli Ramulondi – Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa

    5. The Most Revd Bishop Lunga ka Siboto – Ethiopian Episcopal Church

    6. Bishop Ziphozihle Siwa – Methodist Church of Southern Africa / President of SACC

    7. Bishop Nkosekhaya Dikana – Word of Life

    8. Bishop Sonwabo Dlula – Reformed Apostolic Mission of South Africa

    9. Prof. Jerry Pillay – World Communion of Reformed Churches

    10. Bishop Melumzi Norhushu – Ebenezer Christian Church

    11. Dr. Emmanuel Tshilenga – International Church of Pretoria

    12. Prof Mary-Anne Plaatjies Van Huffel – Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa

    13. Dr. David Phaladi Tswaedi – Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa

    14. Dr. Abraham Hanekom – Commission For Witness

    15. Dr. Kobus Gerber – Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa

    16. Rev. Lulama Sibeko – Reformed Apostolic Mission of South Africa

    17. Rev. Garrett Möller – Volkskerk van Afrika

    18. Dr. Frank Chikane – AFM International / SACC

    19. Dr. Renier Koegelenberg – NRASD

    20. Dr. Welile Mazamisa – NRASD

    21. Rev. Lungile Mpetsheni – Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa

    22. Rev. Bonisile Moses Ngcayisa – Presbyterian Church of Africa

    23. Dr. Gustav Claassen – Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa

    24. Dr. William Van Der Merwe – Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa

    25. Rev. Charmaine Morgan – Methodist Church of Southern Africa

    26. Rev. Moss Ntlha – The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa

    27. Rev. Canon Desmond Lambrechts – Anglican Church of Southern Africa

    28. Pastor. Hermy Damons – International Federation of Christian Churches

    29. Rev. Senamo Molisiwa – Council of African Instituted Churches

    30. Bishop. Horst Muller – Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (N-T)

    31. Bishop. Isaiah Canny Mpofu – Council of African Instituted Churches

    32. Pastor Xola Skosana – Way of Life

    33. Mr. Marcus Van Wyk – SACLI

    34. Mr. Miles Giljam – SACLI

    35. Mr. Henry Jeffreys – Journalist and analyst

    36. Rev. Loyiso Jonga – Baptist Church

    37. Rev. Edwin Arrison – Kairos Southern Africa

    38. Rev. Miranda Magxwalisa – Jerusalem Church in South Africa

    39. Rev. Cornelis Janse van Rensburg – Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa

    40. Rev. Cornelis Du Toit – Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa

    41. Dr. Sipho Mahokoto – NRASD

    42. Dr. Garth Japhet – Heartlines






    Reference: Mail & Guardian.

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