International Community should “help Zimbabwe”: CEN 3.06.09 p 7. March 6, 2009
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Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
The Archbishop of Cape Town has urged the international community to come to the aid of Zimbabwe, arguing that although the coalition government of President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was not ideal, it represented a step forward in resolving the country’s humanitarian and economic crisis.
Speaking at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on Feb 25, Archbishop Makgoba stated that despite the “reservations” many held about the viability of the coalition government, “it is right now the only hope which the people of Zimbabwe have, and we must do all we can to make it work.’
“The injustice, the oppression, the hunger, the deprivation they have suffered is hard for us to grasp,” he told the Ash Wednesday congregation. Zimbabwe’s needs are “desperate: the most basic medication for clinics and hospitals; money to pay for the marking of last year’s exam papers, let alone civil servants’ salaries.”
He appealed to “all South Africans” and the international community “to give generously in response to the pleas for assistance of Prime Minister Tsvangirai.” Pray for the people of Zimbabwe, Archbishop Makgoba said, and pray especially as “new circumstances with the power-sharing government unfold.”
The archbishop’s call for prayer for Zimbabwe followed upon the pastoral letter of the Southern African House of Bishops’ Feb 16-19 meeting in Modderpoort.
“We must pray for the country and its new government; for the right treatment of Zimbabweans in neighbouring countries and for fair treatment at the hands of police and officials, especially in South Africa,” the bishops said.
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Yes this is true and well said.I still have abelief that some sense can be put into Kunongas head.All Bishops can put all their pressure on him through the Zimbabwe Government for him to leave church property.
Bishop Gandiya is going to have a torrid time again if ths power hungry Bishop is not removed from wherever he is staying.The Anglican Church has had too much bad publicity,and enough repression,enough is enough,please Bishopd of CCPA.
We havent seen your real power show it to us.