Spiritual Bankruptcy of our World System
My friend Paul and I are amused by our respective political campaigns. In the interest of full disclosure, I am...
Mphuthumi Ntabeni
Are We ‘Of The World?’
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato believed that in a democratic political system, money and power dictates public policy. This is...
The Spirit of Ntsikana and Nxele
Reading the history of black liberation in Southern Africa one is confronted by two things: how the people, under heightened...
Church has Answers to South Africa’s Crisis
I liked most of the Lenten messages from Catholics this year. There seemed to be a healthy shift away from...
Show some Leadership, Mr Mbeki!
History, by its nature, is a contested terrain that is mostly written by the victors. But now and then the...
Catching the Past over a Fire
In December, just before Christmas, my friends and I came home to the Eastern Cape from different cities of our...
Pope Francis Set the Scene: Laudato Si
Pope Francis did nothing surprising when he wrote his encyclical Laudato Si. The Church has been speaking about the environment...
Why the Pope slams Big Business
Former President Thabo Mbeki drew great cheers when he ended a lecture by quoting Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’. Mr...
Evolution in the Garden of Eden
We have recently seen some exciting times as far as the South African scientific community and Catholic faith is concerned.
