IT HAS been prominently reported in the media that a group of senior religious leaders have warned President Jacob Zuma in no uncertain terms that if political leaders did not stop the moral decay in South Africa, the church would mobilise civil society “to bring about a more healthy democracy” (“Clerics get tough with Zuma”, Pretoria News, December 11).

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”.

Michelle Jones

A GROUP of prominent religious leaders have warned President Jacob Zuma that if leaders did not act to stop the moral decay in the country, the church movement would mobilise civil society to “bring about a more healthy democracy”.

INLSA Support: Bishop Joe Seoka at a memorial service for Lonmin miners. Faith leaders can bridge chasms of misunderstanding, says the writer. Picture: Phill Magakoe.

Anglican Bishop Jo Seoka

THE HIGH-level task team, comprising senior bishops and assembled by the highest body of the Anglican Church, has dismissed as unfounded allegations of the misuse of church funds for personal housing by Pretoria Diocese’s Bishop Jo Seoka.

By Thabiso Thakali

Johannesburg - The fate of Marikana peacemaker, Bishop Jo Seoka now lies in the hands of a committee of bishops asked to follow up recommendations of a task team that investigated his troubled Pretoria Diocese.