Category Archives: Community Care

SA Quaker News — March 2024 — Issue 254

The new edition of SA Quaker News is now available for download. Is is available below and via the “Publications & Resources” page. SA Quaker News — March 2024 — Issue 254

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SA Quaker News — September 2023

The latest edition of the SA Quaker News is available on the Publications page, or it can be downloaded here: https://www.quakers.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SAQN-253-web.pdf

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Namibia Quaker Community Statement on Same-Sex Marriages

Media statement No embargo  Enquiries: email justin@nawa.co.na We, the Namibian Quaker Community, feel it is important to raise our stance on the rights of the LGBT+ community, in the wake of recent Supreme Court decisions, and statements in Parliament and … Continue reading

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Quakers urge government to implement a universal basic income or face ‘dire consequences’

This article by the YM Co-Clerks, Gregory Mthembu-Salter and Benonia Nyakuwanikwa, was published in the Daily Maverick at the following link: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-03-quakers-urge-government-to-implement-universal-basic-income/

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Yearly Meeting 2023

The upcoming YM 2023 of the Southern Africa Yearly Meeting will be taking place from 3-8 January 2023 at Good Shepherd Retreat Centre in Hartbeespoort. Please check the Events page for details and to download registration forms.

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