‘From Witness to Action’
A Religious Leaders’ Anti-Corruption Summit
Rising to Meet a Moral and Material Challenge of our Time
Draft Programme
Wednesday 13th June 2012
Cape Town Society for the Blind, 45 Salt River Rd
I. PUBLIC HEARING ON CORRUPTION
08:30 Welcome tea/coffee
09:00 Moderator’s welcome and prayer 10 min
Rev Edwin Arrison, Kairos Southern Africa
09:10 Opening the hearing 20 min
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Church of Southern Africa
09:30 Public Protector: Corruption and Integrity 20 min
Adv Thuli Madonsela (Representative tbc)
09:50 Community witnesses testify on corruption
Hennie van Vuuren, Institute for
Security Studies 10 min
‘Legacy of corruption: apartheid foundations of the present struggle’
Lawson Naidoo, Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution 10 min
‘Impact of corruption on governance and socioeconomic rights’
Nkwame Cedile, Right2Know Campaign 10 min
‘Poverty-based corruption and violence in our communities’
Kate Lefko-Everett, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation 10 min
‘National Perspectives on service delivery corruption and inequality’
Representative of Social Justice Coalition (pending) 10 min
‘Impact of corruption on sanitation and criminality in Khayelitsha’
Representative of Equal Education (pending) 10 min
‘Impact of corruption on education inequities’
Testimonies from the floor 15 min
11:05 Tea/coffee break
11:20 Inter-faith religious leaders respond from faith perspectives
Imam Dr Rashied Omar, Claremont Main Road Mosque 10 min
Mr Mickey Glass, Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa 10 min
Pst Xola Skosana, Way of Life Church 10 min
Rev Alan Storey, Central Methodist Church 10 min
Rev Siyabulela Gidi, South African Council of Churches 10 min
Responses from the floor 10 min
12:20 Closing the hearing and prayer 10 min
Archbishop Stephen Brislin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cape Town
12:30 Community lunch
II. INTER-FAITH DELIBERATION AND WAY FORWARD
A moderated discussion of religious leaders and representatives from different faith communities concerning the state of corruption in South African society and the potential for a coordinated faith community response beginning in the Western Cape
Moderator: Dr Ruben Richards
13:00 Where are we in the fight against corruption?
Reflections on corruption in our communities and the nation
How communities of faith are responding to corruption
(Chris Lodewyk of Unashamedly Ethical and Exposed 2013; Edwin Arrison of Kairos Southern Africa; open discussion)
13:30 What do our faiths have in common in conceiving and responding to corruption?
Muslim perspectives on corruption and its response – Imam Dr Rashied Omar
Jewish perspectives on corruption and its response – Rabbi Eitan Ben David Christian perspectives on corruption and its response – (tbc)
Perspectives from other faiths – (tbc)
14:00 Shared goals and objectives of a coordinated inter-faith response to corruption
Core inter-faith principles and goals to guide our work
Specific opportunities to respond to corruption in our communities
Specific opportunities to influence the national debate on corruption
Arriving at shared objectives
(Moderated discussion)
14:30 Practical steps forward in responding to corruption
Translating shared objectives into practical actions for the short- and medium-term
(Some potential priorities: accountability and transparency within faith communities through trainings/codes of ethics; modelling values for citizens of integrity; enabling whistle-blowers; reforming party funding)
Taking stock of our capacities, strengths, and needs
Next steps and process for moving forward together
(Moderated discussion)
15:00 Statement of commitment/way forward and closing prayer
Rabbi Eitan Ben David (tbc)
