Strengthening South-South Dialogue on Global Migration

by Phuti Makgabo | May 31, 2022 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), Migrants and Refugees Office, News

By: Sheila Pires Religious Sisters, Representatives from Catholic Charity Organisations, Professors from different countries in Africa, Europe and Latin America, Social workers and students from the German University of Wurzburg gathered at Padre Pio Conference Centre...

Viljoen to Cardinal Dolan: since 2019 more than 36000 people have been killed

by Phuti Makgabo | May 12, 2022 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), News

“This to me is do unto others what you want them do to you,” said Cardinal Timothy Dolan after interviewing Johan Viljoen, the Director of DHPI, on the work done by the Denis Hurley Peace Institute regarding the unrest and persecutions in Nigeria. The interview took...

Catholic Leaders in Uganda Reveal Chilling Human Rights Violations in COVID-19 Report

by Phuti Makgabo | Apr 21, 2021 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), News

Past demonstrations on the streets in Uganda/ Credit: Public domain Sharing the new report with ACI Africa, Johan Viljoen, the DHPI Director said that when COVID-19 lockdowns were imposed between March and April last year, the institute of the Southern African...

Southern African Catholic Church Commends the Church in Zimbabwe for its prophetic voice

by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 20, 2020 | Bishop Statements, Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), Ikhanya News, Uncategorized

19th August 2020 SOLIDARITY STATEMENT TO THE BISHOPS AND THE CHURCH IN ZIMBABWE We, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) greet you in the name of our risen Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We continue to note with increasing concern the unabated...

An exhibition to give voice to sick ex-miners

by Phuti Makgabo | Jun 4, 2019 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), Ikhanya News, Justice and Peace, News, Social Action

AN EXHIBITION TO GIVE A VOICE TO SICK MINERS WHO WILL BE INVOLVED IN A COURT CASE AGAINST SASOLTwenty-two former underground miners are claiming more than R80m in damages from Sasol Coal after they contracted serious lung and other diseases as a result of years of...