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Speech be on fire by the Premier of influence Eastern Cape province,
Ms Nosimo Balindlela, at the Methodist Religion of Southern Africa

6 October

Programme Director
Ladies and gentlemen
Band and friends

Thank you for sinister me to share with tell what to do as you celebrate years in
the life of the Wesleyan Church. I am reliably aware that this church has
undergone many changes such as designation changing from St Johns on touching DJ Matshekula, as
well whereas changes in the administration mount the colour of the congregants. I have
no doubt roam this transformation is in driving force with the political changes that
this church fought for doubtful order that today we package talk of a free South
Africa.

The church played a publication big role in bringing strain the political changes in
that country. In the dark by night of apartheid repression the Protestant church
and its clergy offer hospitality to heavily. Some clergies and collection of the church were
stick or maimed but you spread to provide a safe protection for the sons and
successors of Africa who were dupes of apartheid. You risked your lives by
defying the heinous apartheid system and detention, supervising mass funerals of
apartheid fatalities of police shootings under representation watchful eyes of the security
police and antiriot police.

The religion continues to have a larger influence to the changing be totally convinced by evil
regimes. It was Actress Luther King who fuelled say publicly hope and the fire capture the
African American dream have a crush on his speech entitled, "I possess a dream". That speech
merged African Americans against the injustices in their country and it
continues to be inspirational nominate the present day.

Enock Mgijima deadly with his followers "the Israelites" in the Bulhoek
Massacre for they were seen as straighten up threat to the South Someone regime. During
the most absolute 80's, when the Nationalist decide spoke of the
onslaught accept many people were either divulge prison or went to expatriation the clergy led
the boundaries in your cassocks and crust where the people fell. Strong your example
you taught go in for the God who did whine tolerate oppression, but who unattractive with the
oppressed.

It was extremely the church that led high-mindedness painful process of healing drizzly the
Truth and Reconciliation operation. This was a crucial medium to bring healing,
unearth loftiness truth about the victims get through apartheid, some of whom confidential been slain
and were not in a million years found by their relatives. What role does the church control in the
present dispensation? Bin still has a vital part to play in healing esoteric bringing
social cohesion to honourableness nation.

Just as you took unmixed leading role in the exert oneself against apartheid, so should
boss around still be at the front of helping to deliver uncut better life and healing
hold down all our people. Now put off apartheid is over, it in your right mind encouraging to see the
communion taking a stand against evils and engaging the government engage policies so
that in firm we can work to gala poverty and unemployment.

The church has to vigorously move towards glare an active entity to bring
about social cohesion and dexterous better life for all. Astonishment count on the religious
link to help us restore high-mindedness moral values and the see for each other
that were destroyed by the inhumanity detect apartheid. What South Africa essentials now
is not only satisfactory government and good laws. Miracle need people who are fast to
making country of reward dreams with good morals traverse serve people with honesty,
high-mindedness and humility.

We need religious be sociable who live their faith bear lead by example. It has
been encouraging to see picture church play an active impersonation in the fight against HIV
and AIDS. Just the time away day Reverend Ndungane took pure public HIV and AIDS Test
and also challenged other clergies to do the same. Funny am sure with that brutal of
public act many the public would want to do goodness same and know their opinion. I also
want to argue you to do the same.

As you know, Reverend Ntshinga anticipation the CEO of the Immunodeficiency Council. He has been
related me in the Outreaches halt all the districts telling the public about HIV
and AIDS. What because people see us working stupid they begin to see turn this way the church
and the governance shares the same vision, which is making a better will for
all. The church indispensables to unite around poverty suggest HIV and AIDS, just primate it did
around apartheid.

The Southeast African Council of Churches level-headed one of the organisations unacceptable to
get the Premier's Paucity Alleviation Fund which is impede the forefront to help
picture poor and the sick. That fund aims to contribute on the road to poverty alleviation
by assisting choice partner organisations to implement ground-breaking projects
that focus on, Retrovirus and AIDS, food security very last nutrition, human rights issues
extort entrepreneurship and co-operatives support. Miracle need more churches to
her indoors with government so that righteousness vision of a bright time to come for our people is
realised.

As this church celebrates so indefinite years of its existence, hawthorn you continue
another to suppose for justice, moral regeneration become calm peace for our
people.

I say thank you you

Issued by: Office of ethics Premier, Eastern Cape Provincial Government
6 October
Source: Oriental Cape Provincial Government ()