The Diocesan Training
for Ministries (TfM) Committee meets once or twice a
year. The Archdeaconries are grouped into four Regions which each have their
own TfM Committee: Northern, King William’s Town/
Alice; East London and Grahamstown/
The Diocese is
committed to the social and economic upliftment and
empowerment of the disadvantaged and is responsible for promoting a number of
different programmes and projects in the
The staff
of two are concerned with issues related to the mal-administration of
pensions and disability grants, and with labour
relations issues in disadvantaged communities. Responsibilities include being
alongside those whose needs are being ignored by officials or employers, and
taking up specific concerns with government ministers.
The diocese owns an
estimated 800 hectares of land in disadvantaged communities which could be used
for producing food. The Land Programme involves a
Land Audit, in which all diocesan properties are being surveyed, and those with
larger areas of land are being evaluated for food security projects. Land
Reform is the second part of the programme in which
projects on church land are being undertaken in partnership with NGO’s or government departments to grow vegetables and
other crops. Diocesan land includes two former mission farms, the ownership of
which is currently being transferred to local people. The first church land to
be handed over to trained beneficiaries is at
Tshwaranang is a Sesotho word meaning “Holding one
another”. The Centre is situated on the premises of St Michael’s Church
Queenstown. Courses offered include basic computer skills, and home based care
skills for those who care for people living with HIV and AIDS. Mr Zolile Ntlale is the Director. · Click
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