Today I
participated in a march organised by the South Eastern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA-SED) in cooperation with the
KwaZulu Natal Christian Council (KZNCC). There were approximately 200 Lutherans who
marched. Most of them were dressed in their uniforms. The march started at
Shoprite in Stanger and ended at the City Hall, where the deputy mayor received
a petition, signed by Bishop P P Buthelezi.
The
petition was quite long. It can be summarized in these sentences:
We are
deeply concerned with these countrywide increase of violence against women, the
girl child and lesbians. As Church we believe that we cannot sit back whilst
our young women are abducted, raped and murdered at pandemic rates.
While we
walked we sang church hymns and choruses. I was amazed that one of the hymns
was number 31 in Incwadi Yokuhlabelela yeBandla lamLuthere (the Zulu hymnbook).
This hymn is a translation of the old hymn ‘Te Deum’.
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| Many of the placards picked up the theme from the 500 Years of Reformationanniversary: Liberated By God's Grace. |
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| Bishop P P Buthelezi signs the petition. |
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| KwaDukuza deputy mayor Dolly Govender recieves the petition. |
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| It's easy to rekognise the Lutheran Prayer Women in their black and white uniform. |
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