Colleagues and friends,
Thank you for participating and contributing to our conference in Franschhoek.
Please use the following link for our programme, participants list, papers already received and the statement. We are working on transcribing other papers and are also preparing a summary.
The report on the Global Health and Faith-Inspired Communities Ahimsa Round Table 201 5, in partnership with EFSA and WFDD is now available for download (65MB PDF).
Archbishop Dr Thabo Makgoba, Bishopscourt, 9 October 2015 Representatives of the faith communities here present, Leaders of the mining sector, representing both workers and management, Representatives of government, who were invited here, Members of civil society, Members of the Steering Committee: Thank you all for being here today. I want to thank particularly those involvedRead more
Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on Wednesday tested the HIV status of the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Dr Thabo Makgoba as well as that of the vice-president of the Moslem Judicial Council, Shaikh Achmat Sedick. The event formed part of the launch of the Religious HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) Programme, where moreRead more
This past weekend, a unique meeting between church and religious leaders, mining executives, trade unions and NGOs, was held at the headquarters of the Anglican Church in Bishopscourt. The goal? To address the challenges in and surrounding the mining industry in South Africa. Dr. Renier Koegelenberg, who attended the event, tells more. Dr ThaboRead more
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 weRead more
The NRASD and NACOSA are two of the current six Principal Recipients (PRs) in the Global Fund Phase II Grant. As part of the Global Fund Phase II Grant agreements signed with the PRs, a special condition requires an independent process evaluation of the OVC Programme to be completed by 16 June 2016. This willRead more
Archbishop Desmond Tutu called the HIV/AIDS pandemic a “new apartheid” on a global scale. The virus, he said, works in a close alliance with poverty, ignorance, complacency, discrimination, and inequity. Its devastating impact is felt in every country, in every community, in every corner of the globe–but its impact is greatest in areas where inequalityRead more
Consultations with senior church and political leaders in Germany 2 July 2015 Background Based on the cooperation between the EFSA Institute and the “Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland” (EKD), and its development agencies – now Bread for the World, and the formal partnership with the “Evangelische Akademie Tutzing”, there have been an exchange on public challengesRead more
Hosted by: EFSA Institute, AHIMSA Round Table and the World Faiths Development Dialogue Conference information: Programme (PDF) Speakers Participants List Venue: Arabella Hotel & Spa R44 Kleinmond, Hermanus, South Africa
