A practical theological approach to the challenge of poverty in post-1994 South Africa: Apostolic Faith Mission as a case study

Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon

doi:10.4102/hts.v73i3.4549

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“…In our analysis we drew on aspects of grounded theory to construct “an image of reality” (Khan, 2014: 227) based on the collected data. One member of our research group (Hankela) had already done an initial round of open coding on all interviews and field notes, and for the purposes of this article, we re-coded the transcribed interviews and sermon summaries, focusing in particular on the social practices at the churches.…”

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African Pentecostal Churches and Racialized Xenophobia: International Migrants as Agents of Transformational Development?

2022

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Scholarship on Pentecostal potential and practice forms a significant part of the debate on religion and development, not least when the focus is on sub-Saharan Africa. Yet in this debate African Pentecostal migrant communities have scarcely been represented. The article focuses on two such communities in South Africa, arguing that they may be regarded as developmental agents in the context of racialized xenophobia, even if they do not portray themselves as such. The argument is based on ethnographic fieldwork and shaped through employing the concept of transformational development that centers on restoring relationships. The article concludes that the two communities – living in a context affected by racialized xenophobia – contribute meaningfully towards restoring relationships between people and God, one's relationship with oneself, relationships within the church community as well as relationships between the church community and the neighborhood.

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African Pentecostal Churches and Racialized Xenophobia: International Migrants as Agents of Transformational Development?

2022

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“…This is because there are evidences that their processes of land are often frustrated by lack of proper consultation with all the interested parties, from both black and white people of this country. Kgatle [66] indicated in his research entitled…. that racial comments keep on being posted even in our social media, which play a role in frustrating the process since unfounded general labelling can cause resistance from those who can meaningfully contribute to the discussion and process.…”

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Land Redistribution: A Thorny Issue towards Reconciliation in a Post Apartheid South Africa: A Practical Theological Perspective

Elijah¹

2023

Ecotheology - Sustainability and Religions of the World

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South Africa is a country with a history of racial divides and those divides are still visible today. One of the many issues that characterise such divisions is inequality with regard to land ownership. The bigger part of the land is still owned by the minority white people while the blacks, who are the majority; or previously disadvantaged people, are still landless. This is evident from the escalation of informal settlements in areas surrounding the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, which have millions of black people cramped into small areas in shacks while most whites are enjoying large portions of land with few people to live on it. Many black people even lack land for shelter. On the other hand, the message of reconciling the country is being made loud to both who has the land and those who do not have it. Therefore, it becomes a serious challenge to imagine and look for reconciling strategies while these two camps still have this unresolved issue. The dilemma that is faced with is how will the different camps embrace the same message while they remain in these different situations. It is argued in this article that justice on the land issue should be first attended to so that it serves as a door to reconciliation.

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The African National Congress and South Africa’s Public Service: A Crisis of Dominance and Accountability

Thusi,

Mashamaite

2023

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This article explores the impact of African National Congress-led government’s dominance on South Africa’s public service. On onehand, the African National Congress since the 1994 democratic elections had many achievements in advancing South Africa’s democracy and responding to the citizens’ needs through countless development and policy initiatives that were designed to cater to the basic needs of the citizens. On the other hand, it has become less responsive to citizen needs and this is evident as citizens have taken to the streets to protest for service provisions throughout the country. Citizens’ discontent can be seen in the rapid decline of the African National Congress’ political dominance and the formation of political coalitions. South African public service delivery has been marked by a lack of public accountability, corruption, cadre deployment, state capture, and procurement system manipulation as a result of the African National Congress’s dominance since the country’s first democratic elections. It is important to note that most South African citizens depend on the public sector and the African National Congress’s dominance in the public sector has damaged its ability to be responsive to citizens’ needs. This article relied on secondary sources, by reviewing current literature on the ramifications of having one political party dominating the country’s political space for decades.

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A practical theological approach to the challenge of poverty in post-1994 South Africa: Apostolic Faith Mission as a case study

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

African Pentecostal Churches and Racialized Xenophobia: International Migrants as Agents of Transformational Development?

African Pentecostal Churches and Racialized Xenophobia: International Migrants as Agents of Transformational Development?

Land Redistribution: A Thorny Issue towards Reconciliation in a Post Apartheid South Africa: A Practical Theological Perspective

The African National Congress and South Africa’s Public Service: A Crisis of Dominance and Accountability

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