South African Church leaders confront the Sstate

Keywords: 
TOPIC 214, UNITY, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE, CHURCH AND STATE, DEMONSTRATIONS, PETITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS
Date: 
1988-02-25
Resource type: 
Journal articles
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
SOUTH AFRICA
Extent: 
2 pages
Digital rights: 

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On Monday 29 February 1988, 125 clergy assembled at Cape Town's Anglican Cathedral and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present a petition of protest. Within minutes the leading clergy were bundled into police vehicles and the march was broken up with water cannon. The petition was later delivered by Archbishop Tutu to State President P W Botha. This is the text of the petition.