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Ship Democracy has passed
President Thabo Mbeki and his foreign minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, have gone to extraordinary lengths to assure parliament, the public, and perhaps even themselves, that Zimbabwe’s parliamentary elections in March will be substantially free and fair. Read more…
Sacrifice is giving of yourself
I was doing some research for an article on the subject of Marriage and the Eucharist, both relevant topics at this time. “Marriage, a commitment for life” is the family life theme for February, and of course this is the Year of the Eucharist. Read more…
War on crippling debt
Many South Africans will be familiar with the debilitating effects on the home budget of accumulated debt mortgage, car finance, credit card, hire purchase, bank loans. It is not unusual that much of a monthly income is spent on servicing the interest of loans, never mind actually repaying them. Read more…
Heritage of slavery survives in the US
The plight of black people is not limited to South Africa and Zimbabwe. Long after slavery was abolished in the United States, to where I moved to study at the end of last year, many Africans in the diaspora long for dignity. Read more…
Heritage of slavery survives in the US
The plight of black people is not limited to South Africa and Zimbabwe. Long after slavery was abolished in the United States, to where I moved to study at the end of last year, many Africans in the diaspora long for dignity. Read more…
AIDS: Doctrine and compassion
Recent letters in the secular press have criticised Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, for voicing opposition to the government’s promotion of condoms in the fight against Aids. Read more…
Priests need help, not control freaks
When I was an altar server more than half a century ago now, there were so many priests at my particular parish I could hardly remember all their names. Those were the days when parish priests were able to pop in every so often and have tea with parishioners, spend hours at sickbeds and generally have a pretty peaceful, unhurried life with oodles of time for prayer and contemplation. Read more…
Wider voice for the Church
News that a high-powered delegation of bishops has met with the director-general of the department of communication is giving new hope that Radio Veritas may one day broadcast to all Catholics throughout South Africa. Read more…
Time for a make-over
Among the abundance of contemporary reality TV shows, the sub-genre of make-over programmes evidently enjoy a particular popularity. Read more…
