HIV/AIDS still a serious threat in South Africa

by Phuti Makgabo | Oct 31, 2019 | Caritas, Caritas South Africa, Ikhanya News

FOCUS (Faith Based Organizational Capacity Strengthening Universal HIV Treatment Program) Funded by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) South Africa has an estimated 7.1 million people living with HIV (PLHIV), with a projected increase to 7.5 million by 2020. In 2017,...

Archbishop Buti Tlhagale urges South Africans to be hospitable towards Migrants and Refugees, and not allow history repeat itself

by Phuti Makgabo | Oct 22, 2019 | Caritas, Caritas South Africa, CPLO, Ikhanya News, Migrants and Refugees Office, News, Uncategorized

THE VIRTUE OF HOSPITALITY IN THE BIBLICAL TRADITION One way of combatting xenophobia is to treat other people the same way as we would like them to treat us. But this is a theoretical statement. It expresses a wish. It may however find meaning within the efforts of...

Watch Newsroom Africa today 17:00, DSTV Channel 405, is Hosting Catholic Church Bishop Victor Phalana on the Court Case to secure Justice for Sick Miners working for Sasol

by Phuti Makgabo | Oct 3, 2019 | Caritas, Caritas South Africa, Ikhanya News, Uncategorized

Directly or indirectly we are affected by the sickness of, either our parents or our brothers, who have been working in the mining industry and because of their exposure to the hazardous environment of their work, have contracted diseases that are not curable. Some of...

Catholic Church brings solace to orphaned and vulnerable children families

by Phuti Makgabo | Oct 3, 2019 | Caritas, Ikhanya News, News, Social Action, Uncategorized

Despite South Africa being a middle income country it has huge disparities between the rich and the poor, the reality which is evident in both rural and urban areas. Many poor people from rural areas migrate to the cities in search of job opportunities. Their dreams...

“FEMICIDE IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY”, Said the Catholic Church in South Africa

by Phuti Makgabo | Sep 20, 2019 | Caritas, Ikhanya News, Justice and Peace

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Commission is outraged by the high levels of intentional killings of women and girls reported nationwide. Over the past few weeks, the country has witnessed unapparelled incidences of mindless...

Follow the updates: SACBC Justice and Peace and UN Women to lead discussion of National AIDS Conference in Durban on Wednesday and Thursday, 12-13 June.

by Phuti Makgabo | Jun 11, 2019 | Caritas, Ikhanya News, News, Uncategorized

The spread of HIV/AIDS is still a great concern in South Africa: For many years different intensive measures have been undertaken to control the spread of HIV/AIDS across the world. Some of these measures have succeeded and the rate in which AIDS had been spreading...