The All African Federation Churches went on a rampage to hand a memorandum at the Gauteng Province of Planning Division and the office of the Premier on Wednesday.
Based in Gauteng the federation represents Zion, Catholic and Apolostic churches and they demand land and houses provided to the priests. They also demand a monthly compensation paid to priests because the role they play is compared to that of social workers as they contribute to social development.
Gauteng News spoke to the President of All African Federation Churches, Archbishop Ntjhime Tsekedi. Tsekedi called on the government to support them because they have been disadvantaged during apartheid.
“During apartheid our churches were sidelined by the white government and churches at that time were given land, however, even today our government doesn’t support us and we are not given land or financial support from government. We define ourselves as community ministers and we support and assist the community where we can”.
The memorandum was accepted by the Director of Service delivery in the premier’s office, Margret Tliyane and she said, “The premier would have love to come here in person but he sent me to accept the memorandum on his behalf.
This memorandum will be handed over to the premier who will also go through your demands and we will get back to you as soon as there are solutions to meet your demands. We will sign the memorandum and invite the leaders to meet them after a few days. We also need to confirm with the City of Tshwane and be able to provide solutions for the people of Tshwane”.
Meanwhile Premier David Makhura agreed with the North West local government to provide title deeds to the people of North West and Tshwane. However, to date premier Makhura, Mr. Eric Gayiya from the premiers office and Miss Jay Motshegwa from North West Housing Cooperation returned only handful of endorsed title deeds.
The All African Federation Churches commends the South African Police for raiding the streets of Joburg CBD and they claim foreigners are occupying the buildings around Johannesburg and South African citizens are denied land.
