South African Archbishop criticises political attacks: CEN 12.03.08

South African Archbishop criticises political attacks: CEN 12.03.08 December 3, 2008

Posted by geoconger in Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Church of England Newspaper, Politics.
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The Archbishop of Cape Town has denounced leaders of the ruling African National Congress and the country’s opposition parties for their demeaning attacks on political rivals. Calling opponents “snakes”, “dogs” and “counter-revolutionaries” and using “militaristic metaphors” and “the vocabulary of violence” was unacceptable in a pluralistic democracy, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba said on Nov 7.

Delivering the Harold Wolpe Memorial Lecture in Cape Town, Archbishop Makgoba distanced the Anglican Church of Southern Africa from the government. “Political parties have to earn our vote,” he said, for “if politicians behave badly, they should expect supporters to withdraw their backing.”

Read it all in The Church of England Newspaper.