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Special Report Transcript Episode 75, Section 4, Time 38:58The movement for reconciliation is growing in our church on ground level. The church also continually and with empathy focused on the large numbers of people who were unjustly disadvantaged during the times of apartheid and to assist them in their poverty and suffering. A lack of understanding and willingness and disobedience among members and officials with regard to the need in the community… Notes: Freek Swanepoel (Moderator: NG Kerk) References select each tab to search for references TRC Final Report■ FAITH COMMUNITIES AS AGENTS OF OPPRESSION 29 In most cases, faith communities claimed to cut across divisions of race, gender, class and ethnicity. As such, they would seem by their very existence to have been in opposition to the policies of the apartheid state and, in pursuing their own ... Official statements and resolutions 86 The submissions spoke of numerous statements on apartheid that were issued by faith communities during the mandate period. Some of these demonstrate the variety of ways in which faith communities presented their opposition. The gradual radicalisation of ... |