The joy of the Wise Men is understandable. The Gift of Christ to our world is beyond our comprehension. Christmas is always a joyful time for Christians, a time to reflect, with thankfulness to God, upon the full richness of his gift to the world of the Word made Flesh.
16 December 1999
The South African Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, Thoko Msane-Didiza, lead a ceremony on 17 September to hand over the Ecumenical Centre in St Andrew's Street, Durban, to the Diakonia Council of Churches.
19 November 1999
The diocesan magazine of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth reports on another idea to mark the dawn of a new millennium: that for 24 hours no guns are fired anywhere on Earth, including on television.
19 November 1999
A comprehensive motion to tackle violence against women was passed unanimously by the Provincial Synod of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. The motion encouraged the church to improve awareness of the problems women face, to offer care and support to victims, and to implement stringent measures to deal with perpetrators.
09 November 1999
During these times of severe social distress - when the majority of South Africans earns less than twelve rands per day, when the rate of unemployment is almost 40 percent and when the Government repeatedly cites financial constraints
31 August 1999
The 29th Provincial Synod of the Anglican Church of the Province of Southern Africa passed the following urgent motion, moved by the Bishop of the Highveld, the Right Revd David Beetge.
19 July 1999
The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, presiding over the first Provincial Synod, delivered a thought-provoking and challenging charge to the 29th Session of Provincial Synod.
15 July 1999
The Anglican Bishop of Freetown, Sierra Leone, the Rt Revd Julius Lynch, has called on the British government to press the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to help secure the future of his country.
09 July 1999
The Archbishop of Cape Town the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane will undertake an ecumenical visitation to the churches in Germany at the invitation of the German Evangelical Church (EKD).
21 April 1999
This note is a tribute to the Right Reverend J Henry Okullu, whose death on March 13 was reported in an Ecumenical News International release this morning.
22 March 1999