Dear Bishops, Registrars, Chancellors, and interested clergy and laity – dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I greet you in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who has established God’s new Covenant in his blood. Thank you for gathering for this inaugural conference of the Canon Law Council.

Matthew 6:26, NIV

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

While the criminal justice sector has begun to move on big corruption cases, it is not nearly enough. There have also been significant strides made within the state institutions in cleaning out the rot, but more must be done. Until every public official lives in fear of being found out, capture networks will remain in different levels of the state.

Archbishop Thabo contributed a video message for social media, and a longer written message, in support of a rally held on the eve of President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address on Thursday February 13.

Archbishop Dr Thabo Makgoba
Social Cohesion Summit – Message
4 July 2012

Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, friends

First, may I offer my apologies for not being with you, in person, this afternoon.