{"id":891,"date":"2021-10-22T08:57:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T06:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=891"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T10:07:20","slug":"the-sacc-statement-government-officials-held-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/10\/22\/the-sacc-statement-government-officials-held-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"Government officials held hostage shocks the church community"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"891\" class=\"elementor elementor-891\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-651199d elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"651199d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8711f8c\" data-id=\"8711f8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7b7e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe7b7e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"ltr\"><p>\u201cThe act of holding any person hostage is a serious offense, however, holding government ministers against their will, starts to tip the scales beyond the abuse of human rights into potential action against the State. To see individuals with military training acting in such an unlawful and undisciplined way, begs the question \u2018What has caused this to happen?\u201d<br \/><br \/>\u201cWhile we cannot condone the actions of the military veterans as they are unlawful, we believe that something has gone terribly wrong in the way we relate with each other, that such extreme measures would be chosen as a means of communication,\u201d said Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, General Secretary of the SACC.\u00a0<\/p><p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/sacc.org.za\/sacc-statement-government-officials-held-hostage\/\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;South Africans were shocked by the holding hostage of Defence Minister, Thandi Modise, her deputy Thabang Makwetla and Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele at a hotel in Gauteng on 14 October 2021,&#8221; the South African Council of Churches (SACC) said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - 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