Call to Commit Ourselves to a Better Education for All

Despite improvements in the matric pass rates, the deficiencies in South Africa's educational system still “sentence many a pupil to a life of utter poverty, hopelessness and inequity,” says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town.

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Archbishop Thabo Makgoba recalls the time he spent with Nelson Mandela as neighbours during a memorial service at the UCT Graduation School of Business at the V&A Waterfront the time he spent with Nelson Mandela as neighbours. Photo: Courtney Africa.

Johannesburg

Cape Town Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has released a prayer for former president Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa said.

Cobus Coetzee - Political Writer

PORTA POTTI toilets are an improvement – but not a final solution for the sanitation problems in Cape Town’s informal settlements, says Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba.

From The Mail & Guardian

A small miracle has happened in Cape Town. Instead of violent protests, religious leaders including Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, civil society and a forum representing protesters on Thursday explored the root of
the discontent and staged a "Walk of Witness" in Khayelitsha.

Xolani Koyana and Cobus Coetzee

RELIGIOUS leaders and the so-called “poo protesters” are to come together to lead a march in the city centre in a few weeks’ time to support informal settlement residents’ demands for better living conditions.