New South African Outlook

Volume 1, no. 1
(January 1999)

Relaunch of South African Outlook!

• Our first editorial

Globalization & Jubilee 2000

• How can we tackle unjust debt? Some strategies emerge.

G8 Countries Asked to Commit

• The Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, calls on G8 countries to make a commitment of intent on cancellation of debts.

Comment: Governance, Poverty

• Good Governance: The missing link

• Some global falsehoods about poverty (Michel Chussodovsky)

Ecumenical Earth: Eco-justice, Church & Local Communities

• Several prominent South African Christians attended a conference in New York—it might challenge our sense of church and development.

AIDS & Religion: Cul de Sac?

• An adequate response is more complex than putting on condoms.Also: a report from Namibia

The TRC—What Now?

• Charles Villa-Vicencio, Director of Research for the TRC and responsible for compiling its final report, raises some pertinent questions.

WCC in Crisis? Report from Harare

• Is the ecumenical movement in terminal crisis? John de Gruchy reports on the Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches.

“My Name is Ubuntu”

• ("Goddess of Africa") A provocative poem by an anonymous author.

Perspectives: “The New Pluralism”

• Religious leaders from various traditions state their positions in brief.

Valuable Websites

• Selected, annotated websites about matters in this issue.