Water Insecurity and Climate Change

by Sheila Pires | Sep 16, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Justice and Peace

In this week’s reflection for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Series on the Season of Creation, Fr. Peter Knox SJ reflects on the theme of water insecurity and climate change. Drawing on his recent experiences in the...

Women and Men Are Equally Responsible for Our Common Home

by Sheila Pires | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized, Justice and Peace

It is easy to adopt popular stereotypes about the roles of women and men in society, in the family, the workplace, and in politics. If we don’t reflect on what these are saying about both women and men, we tend to repeat what we have been taught from our childhood....

Co-operatives in the Development of Africa

by Sheila Pires | Sep 1, 2025 | Uncategorized, Justice and Peace

In his novel The Power of One, Australian Bryce Courtenay fantasised about how one motivated, visionary person was able to change the social dynamics of a mining village in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) in the 1940’s. A young white man with determination was able to...

Cape Town Declaration on Global Justice and Solidarity Calls for Systemic Reform

by Sheila Pires | Jul 1, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Justice and Peace

At the conclusion of the G20 International Symposium on Global Justice and Solidarity held at the University of Cape Town, participants from across Africa and the world endorsed the Cape Town Declaration on Global Justice and Solidarity, a policy-focused statement...

Bishop David OMI at G20 Symposium: “We are not here just to discuss – we are here to do justice”

by Sheila Pires | Jun 24, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Justice and Peace

In a reflective address, Bishop Sylvester David, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cape Town, officially welcomed delegates to the International Symposium on Global Justice and Solidarity, underway at the University of Cape Town. Representing the Apostolic...

G20 Symposium a “Kairos moment” for moral leadership and planetary solidarity, says Bishop Mbuyisa

by Sheila Pires | Jun 24, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Justice and Peace

At a time when global systems are faltering under the weight of deepening inequality, ecological collapse, and spiritual fatigue, the International Symposium on Global Justice and Solidarity gathered voices of conscience from across the world at the University of Cape...