Michelle Jones
A GROUP of prominent clerics has warned President Jacob Zuma that if leaders do not act to stop the moral decay in the country, the churches will mobilise civil society to “bring about a more healthy democracy”.
The group, including Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Church Leaders’ Consultation, said in a letter to Zuma that South Africans yearned for new leadership to restore hope amid growing unhappiness about leaders who had lost their “moral compass”.
“During apartheid, some church leaders wrote to political leaders, but they often failed to listen to these voices,” they said. “Unfortunately we find a similar trend today, but it is our duty to speak to you even when we think you might not be listening. At this moment we believe that our democracy can be significantly improved.
