Nuptial headhunting
There is a Xhosa saying, “Intonga entle igawulwa”, which loosely translated means that if you want a stick of quality...
Mphuthumi Ntabeni
And where was my Church?
Hangberg in Hout Bay, Cape Town was in the news lately because of police brutality that was visited on that...
Let’s proclaim Africa’s saints
Last month, as I observed our parish making preparations for the visit of the relics of my favourite saint, St...
Jesus the man broke rules
If one looks at the proliferation of books about the historical Jesus of Nazareth, one might observe an apparently widespread...
Why we need a bit of melancholy
As someone raised in a tradition that comes very close to what in the Western culture would be termed stoic...
The misery of secular fundamentalism
Since the campaign to discredit Pope Benedict started, I’ve had messages, veiled and otherwise, asking whether I was still a...
Justice at the centre of evangelisation
No one living in the world today needs convincing as to how poverty crucifies its victims. It comes mostly in...
The Lord of dance
At the risk of coming across as terribly parochial, I’m sure anyone who has been around the city of Cape...
This Year, to be More Christ-like
The beginning of the year is the time when most people do their New Year resolutions, renewals and so on....
