Tag Archives: Africa

YM 2018 Minutes available

Posted on 14 March 2018 by Admin

Please follow the link on the SAYM page to download the Minutes file. At present only the Minutes, with page references to the YM 2018 Handout/Agenda document are available. The Minutes will be integrated into the Handout/Agenda and the complete … Continue reading →

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Churches press for reforms to avoid a post-Mugabe Zimbabwe of dysfunction

Posted on 24 November 2017 by Admin

byANLI SERFONTEIN 22 NOVEMBER 2017 Last stand: Robert Mugabe addressing the nation on television on Sunday, when he initially refused to stand down AS ZIMBABWEANS woke up on Wed­nesday morning to a post-Mugabe era, the general secretary of the Zimbabwe … Continue reading →

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Press Statement from Friends Church in Kenya

Posted on 27 October 2017 by Admin

Holding Kenya in the Light. Click the link below to read it. PRESS STATEMENT FRIENDS CHURCH IN KENYA

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Book Review: An Unlikely Bunch of Anti-Apartheid Activists

Posted on 31 August 2017 by Admin

The Black Sash: Women for Justice and Peace by Burton, Mary Ingouville (2015),  Jacana, Johannesburg Book review by Janneke Weidema, Pretoria Monthly Meeting The Black Sash were an unlikely bunch of South African anti-apartheid activists. They were mostly English speaking … Continue reading →

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Friends of Monze update

Posted on 20 February 2017 by Admin

Deana went to Monze, a small town of 19,000, in Southern Zambia, where she lived within the local community doing much the same work as she did as a health visitor in Port Talbot. Seeing people in their own homes … Continue reading →

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