Cape Town, Wednesday 21 February 2018 Anything but a “Robin Hood” budget ____________________________________________________________________________ For immediate release Today’s budget is an example of robbing the poor to buttress the rich and is anything but a “Robin Hood” budget, according to Archbishop Emeritus Njongonkulu Ndungane. The Archbishop said that far from taxing those who can afford to[…]
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BUDGET SPEECH 2018 – STATEMENT BY ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS NJONGONKULU NGUNGANE
Press Releases Feb 23, 2018
Civil Society in Zambia Under Threat: African Monitor and the Africa Working Group Strongly Condemn the Arrest of Lewis Mwape
News Oct 26, 2017
Solidarity Statement Civil Society in Zambia Under Threat: African Monitor and the Africa Working Group Strongly Condemn the Arrest of Lewis Mwape The harassment and arrest of civil society leaders and citizens for exercising their right to protest is a strong indicator that a government is willing to trample on civil liberties. In Zambia’s case,[…]
‘Explosive’ poverty figures a result of government neglect, says Archbishop Emeritus Njongonkulu Ndungane
News Aug 24, 2017
The explosive revelation that more than half of South Africa’s population is poverty stricken is the direct result of government’s failure to heed the warnings during the past 20 years by civil society organisations on escalating rates of poverty. On Tuesday, 22 August 2017, Stats SA announced that more than a quarter of the country’s[…]