Dear People of God

A blessed and joyful Christmas to you all! May the love of God overflow in you and all those you love, this festive season, as you share in celebrating the greatest Christmas present of all, God’s gift of himself, Emmanuel – God with us, always and everywhere, no matter what we face in life.

From the office of the Archbishop of Cape Town

The Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has written the following open letter to President Jacob Zuma, calling for him to return the Protection of State Information Bill to Cabinet, for inclusion of an adequate public interest provision.

Archbishop Thabo Cecil Makgoba - Photo: David Ritchie

SOUTH Africa has a free press, thanks to the constitution that was thrashed out as the bedrock of the new South Africa 17 years ago. As with anything, this freedom is open to abuse and not always fully representative, but that’s the risk you take when building democratic principles and values in a transparent society.

Sermon for the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall - Righteousness like an Ever-Flowing Stream

May I speak in the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit – Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer of Life.

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has sent the following letter to His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, expressing his deep sadness and condolences to the people of Turkey following Sunday’s earthquake:

Your All Holiness

I am deeply shocked and saddened to learn of tragic deaths of hundreds of people and of the many more people injured or missing after the earthquake which hit eastern Turkey on Sunday 23 October.

Statement by the Archbishops of Canterbury, Central Africa, and Southern Africa and the President of the All Africa Conference of Churches the Archbishop of Tanzania

In our capacities as leaders of the Anglican Church in Africa and worldwide, we have just met President Robert Mugabe.