2019 Cape Town Meeting

24 years after the Johannesburg meeting and following the meetings in Kenya (2008), Rwanda (2012) and Benin (2016) young people from Southern Africa and beyond came to celebrate and witness together their faith. They were welcomed by families and local Christian communities.

Echoes of the meeting

Young adults from Klerksdorp, Polokwane, Swaziland, Mauritius and beyond came to participate in the Taizé Community’s Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth in Cape Town, from 25-29 September, delighted in the atmosphere of the common prayer and sharing, Nearly two thousand young adults gathered from 17 African countries, 14 European countries, the USA and the islands of Madagascar and Mauritius.Jean (...)

4 October 2019

What is at stake in the meeting?

“Our moms have worked all their lives as housekeepers. We grew up in Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s largest black township, and we are now starting careers as executives... Deep down, we are a peaceful and happy people. We can make jokes even about the worst news. The leaders calling for revolt are demagogues driven by political calculations, we are not fooled by their game.” Chumani Bontsa, a (...)

13 May 2019

Taizé and South Africa

Every year dozens of South Africans stay in Taizé and participate in international meetings. Today it is several generations who have been able to experience the common prayer and fraternity lived with the community, a parable of communion. Brother Roger himself was always very attentive to their presence because of the long trial of apartheid that their country was going through, but more (...)

31 March 2018