Gospel artists, including Zanele Mbokazi-Nkambule, the founder of the Crown Gospel Music Awards, are now embarking on a campaign to get people vaccinated.
They hope this will allow more people to attend concerts in the coming holidays.
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In addition to being in observing mode, some organizations are able to be COP actors by adding their work and ideas to the contributions spotlighted at COP to redress the climate crisis.
This afternoon, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) did exactly that at the SDG7 Clean Energy for All pavilion.
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“Let us come together in prayer, praying for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.”
The prayer hour will be led by Fr Proud Mukamba CMM, Managing Director of Mariannhill Mission Press.
15 November 2021 11:00 – 12:00
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet for the first time in two years, 12-17 November, focusing on preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022, and celebrating 75 years of ecumenical formation at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.
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There are now over a quarter of a million children who have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine since 20 October 2021.
According to the Department of Health, of the 136 550 vaccine doses that were distributed on Thursday, 10 363 were given to adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17.
This means there are now 252 934 children who are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Meanwhile, 23 684 440 vaccine shots have been administered since the start of the inoculation programme, while the country is home to 13 225 253 fully vaccinated adults.
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Eskom Chief Executive André de Ruyter says the power utility does not expect to implement any load shedding this weekend.
This after the country was subjected to load shedding for most of this week including the longer and more frequent Stage Four.
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The South African Council of Churches (SACC) joins the rest of South Africans in expressing our condolences to the De Klerk family on the passing away of Mr F.W. De Klerk. Mr De Klerk will be remembered for the decision he took to persuade his ruling National Party to abandon the injurious policies of apartheid that dehumanised millions of his fellow citizens for decades in what was described by the United Nations as a crime against humanity.
The SACC embraced the changes that Mr De Klerk brought about, beginning with the unbanning of liberation movements and the release of political prisoners – and notably Nelson Mandela who spent his first night of freedom at the home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former General Secretary of the SACC who defended the churches against the apartheid government’s attacks; in his famous statement to the Eloff Commission, titled “Divine Intention”.
We are heartened that Mr De Klerk departed in a spirit that was at one with the best instincts of justice, recognising and admitting the horrible injustices of apartheid. Of course there may be reason to also look at those aspects of apartheid dirty tricks that he may have been part of in government, but this is not the time.
The country remains dangerously splintered and variously wounded; and his passing should rather offer us all a moment to pluck up the courage to build a common South African identity beyond the apartheid legacy of racial and ethnic divisions that now define our politics.
We extend our pastoral hand to the De Klerk family and the De Klerk Foundation at this difficult time.
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Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa urges all eligible persons, especially those who are 50 years and older to go out in their numbers to get vaccinated during the #VoomaVaccination Weekend on 12-14 November 2021.
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“It is with the deepest sadness that the FW de Klerk Foundation must announce that former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle against mesothelioma cancer. Mr De Klerk was 85 years old,” the FW De Klerk Foundation said in a statement.
“He is survived by his wife Elita, his children Jan and Susan and his grandchildren. The family will, in due course, make an announcement regarding funeral arrangements.”
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Loadshedding has been downgraded from Stage 3 to Stage 2 at 12:00 on Thursday afternoon.
On Thursday, Eskom announced that Stage 2 would be implemented from midday and that power cuts would end on Friday at 5am.
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