Africa: Religious Leaders Pledge Support in Fight Against Domestic Violence

A new multi-faith initiative, Ubuntu in the Home, aims to harness the power and influence of South African religious leaders to tackle the problem of gender-based violence in the country. At the programme's launch on Tuesday, members of different faith communities lamented the silence that has previously prevailed among them on this topic.

Bigwigs from Cape Town's religious community gathered in the Banqueting Hall of the Civic Centre on Tuesday morning. They were there partly to mark the launch of the Ubuntu in the Home project, but a theme running alongside that was the commemoration of the 57th wedding anniversary of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah.

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