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President Vella: I would rather resign than sign abortion bill

by Phuti Makgabo | May 26, 2021 | News, Social Action

“Vella, who is a doctor by profession, has frequently spoken out against abortion and spoke at an anti-abortion rally last year, prompting criticism from the pro-choice Voice for Choice coalition.  Asked whether there were any exceptions where one might consider...

SACBC sponsored RDSP releases its Annual Summary Report of 2020

by Phuti Makgabo | May 19, 2021 | News, Social Action, Uncategorized

The Rural Development Support Program (RDSP) was established in 1992 by social activists Jane De Sousa and Rosanne Shields. RDSP supports the protection of human rights, with an emphasis on the rights of women, poverty alleviation equality and the prevention of Gender...

SACBC and Mzuzu Diocese confront human trafficking

by Phuti Makgabo | May 5, 2021 | Social Action

The CTIP (Counter Trafficking in Persons) of the SACBC conducted a workshop for the people of the Diocese of Mzuzu in the District of Mzimba, Malawi. The aim of the workshop was to train the people who could then go back home to train others in raising awareness about...

The argument for the opening of churches is not only about the “right to worship”

by Phuti Makgabo | Apr 1, 2021 | News, SACBC President, Social Action

By Bishop Sithembele Sipuka, the President of the SACBC. The Easter season, particularly the Triduum — the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday — is the most important period in the Christian calendar. This is because the Easter event is the...

Another overdue victory for human dignity

by Phuti Makgabo | Apr 1, 2021 | Marriage and Family, News, Social Action

Would-be parents have right to bury remains of dead foetus: high court Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi declared sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (BDRA) — which effectively deems a foetus less than 26 weeks to be “medical waste” that must be incinerated...

SACBC Justice and Peace statement on the senseless killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 15, 2021 | Bishop Statements, Justice and Peace, News, Social Action

Mthokozisi Ntumba The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference Justice and Peace Commission is deeply shocked by the tragic event and loss of life that took place in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, during the students demonstration at Wits...
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