TOPIC 214a
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Straighten up your shoulders! |
Speech to marchers gathered in St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, September 2, 1989, where about 170 women protested against death sentences and detention. |
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Mkhatshwa ends term as SACBC Secretary-general |
Speech delivered by Smangaliso Mkhatshwa on his resignation as SACBC Secretary-general and the three recent events that have shaken South African Churches. |
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A call to conscience addressed to Catholics by their Bishops |
Address by Bishops to Catholics on social and interracial justice, moral courage and dignity in human relationships within the South African context of racial discrimination. |
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Apartheid: a crisis of the Christian conscience |
The Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture, 1964, delivered by Denis Hurley under the auspices of the South African Institute of Race Relations examines the Christian ethic and the South African situation |
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Statement of the administrative board of Bishops of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference |
Statement from the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference in response to many requests for clarification about the Catholic Church's attitude to the Republic Day festivites. |
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Statement on detentions by General Secretariate of the SA Catholic Bishops' Conference |
Report issued by the General Secretariate of the SA Catholic Bishops about the detention of two Catholic priests, Smangaliso Mkhatshwa and Clement Okoka. |
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Fattis and Monis strike |
Pamphlet issued by the Catholic Students Society at Witwatersrand University in July 1979 supporting workers from Fattis nd Monis, on strike for higher wages and better working conditions. |
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Background to the 20th anniversary of Republic Day, 31st May 1981 |
Pamphlet issued by the Commission for Justice and Reconciliation about the background to the 20th anniversary of the Republic Day on 31st May 1981. The meaning of Republic is also discussed, followed by the brief survey of significant events since 1961. |
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The declaration to end conscription |
Pamphlet of the SA Catholic Bishops Conference explaining its call for an end to conscription. |
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An initial response to the Kairos Document |
This is a pamphlet about publicising the Kairos document on November 1985. |
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Commission for Justice and Reconciliation: economic measures against apartheid and the challenge to the church |
Pamphlet of the Commission for Justice and Reconciliation regarding economic measures such as sanctions, trade embargoes and disinvestment against apartheid and the challenge to the church |
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Statements on Black Consciousness and human rights |
The Southern African Catholic Bishops, in their Plenary Session of 4 February 1974, recommended that these pamphlets be studied as part of a pledge of reconciliation, between God and man and between all men, The other two pamphlets, attached to the above pamphlet, were entitled "A call to workers |
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Interview with Lebamang John Sebidi |
Oral interview, in Johannesburg, with Lebamang John Sebidi, the first Black rector at St Peters Seminary at Hammanskraal, South Africa. |
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Christian institute memorandum on alternative policies |
This is the Christian Institute memorandum on alternative policies in South Africa, April 1977. |
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Pastoral letter of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference : the municipal elections of October 26, 1988 |
Letter of the President and members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference regarding the municipal elections of October 26, 1988. |
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Open letter to all detainees |
An open letter, issued by the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference and published in the New Nation 2-8 April 1987, to all detainees accusing the South African President of abusing of human rights. |
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To his Lordship Bishop P J Buthelezi: Open letter on day of Consecration, October 22nd, 1972 |
Open letter of congratulation to Bishop P J Buthelezi on his appointment as Black Auxillary Bishop in the Catholic Church, Johannesburg. His appointment is seen by Black Catholics as a breakthrough in non-racialsim in the white dominated clergy |
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Open letter to Archbishop Hurley, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference |
Journal article containing an open letter to Archbishop Hurley, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference from five priests with response from Father Buti Tlhagle June 26, 1984. |
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Africanisation of the Church |
The article discusses the urgent need for Africanisation (or indigenisation) of the Church in South Africa and calls for the building on the work of the missionaries and more black clergy. Letters in response to the article are included. |
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Priests, protests and politics |
This article discusses the role of clergy in the church in South Africa and the application of Christian principles to the political and social spheres within a context of apartheid in South Africa |