SACBC Youth, Young Adults, and Association of Catholic Tertiary Students (ACTS) Office

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Communication Office recently spoke with the SACBC Interdiocesan Youth and Association of Catholic Tertiary Students (ACTS) National Chaplain during the annual gathering of youth chaplains and coordinators underway at Lumko Institute and Conference Centre in Benoni. The four-day meeting, organised by the SACBC…

Youth chaplains and diocesan coordinators from across Southern Africa have gathered at the Lumko Institute and Conference Centre in Benoni for the annual four-day conference of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Youth Department. The 23 to 26 February meeting, which brings together around 40 participants from South Africa,…

By Kati Dijane  The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Youth and Young Adults’ Ministry made history this month by hosting its first-ever Young Adults’ Conference, bringing together 61 young adults from across the 29 dioceses in South Africa, Botswana  and Eswatini. Held from 2 to 5 October 2025 at…

June is a significant time across the African continent—marking both Youth Month in South Africa and the day of the African Child on June 16. It is a period of remembrance, hope, and responsibility. In South Africa, June 16 commemorates the courageous Soweto Uprising of 1976, when black students rose…

The Interdiocesan Youth and Association of Catholic Tertiary Students (ACTS) Chaplain of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) Fr. Motankane Mahlako met with the Provincial of the Southern Africa province of the Salesians of Don Bosco sdb) Fr Klement Vaclav and Fr Lazri Odise from the Salesians of Don…