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File: Image of Archbishop Thabo Makgoba addressing the masses at the annual Christmas midnight mass at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has extended well wishes to all who celebrate Christmas. He conducted the midnight mass at the St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town.
This is the 18th year that Makgoba delivered the Christmas message as Bishop and Archbishop at the cathedral.
“May we too go home this Christmas a different people because we too have stayed a moment at the manger. God bless each one of you, and again, a happy, a blessed and a peaceful Christmas to you all. Amen”
Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba delivered his midnight mass sermon at the St George’s Cathedral last night, calling on the politically and economically powerful, to think about the true meaning of Christmas#MorningLive #SABCNews
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Makgoba, has also called on South Africans to drive the change that the country needs. He reminded congregants that change has often come from so called ordinary people who realise the power they have.
“The Christmas story asserts that change comes from the margins, from the testimony of the poor and from within their struggles for justice, from people on the ground. Across the globe today, this is borne out powerfully. On the ground, people on the streets and in grassroots organisations are those whose voices and energy keep critical issues in the public domain. Throughout history that is so often what has made the difference, and if we take it to heart, it can make the difference we need in South Africa today.”
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He again used the opportunity to comment on the politics of the day.
“Unsurprisingly, we see unemployment as our biggest problem, followed by crime, insecurity, a lack of reliable running water, failing infrastructure and corruption. The result is that, as the academic and commentator Imraan Buccus points out, “despair now defines much of South African life”.
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