Special Hearings — Faith Community Hearings — 1997-11-17

CHAIRPERSON: Thank you very much. We would have liked to go on. Some of my   colleagues are wanting to chew me up, because I have had to restrain themthank   you for your presentation.
Quite a number of churches, certainly the church to which I belong, complain   about how difficult it is to raise funds. Could you give us your secret? (Laughter)

EMMANUEL MOTOLLA: Chairperson, there is no secret at all. It is the basic teaching   of pride in our people, self-reliance to appreciate that their future lies in   their hands. That if we want to start a project, we are not as you said one   time, Archbishop Tutu, we are not going to have God dropping a Calvin Klein   from heaven to us on earth, we've got to stand up and work and I can tell you   Archbishop Tutu and the panel, or all these people who are listening here, the   Zion Christian Church raises funds from its own people and nothing else. If   there is any belief that we have a funder who is secretly giving us money, l   et us kill that myth today. These people you see here are responsible for the   funds that make this church run. This bursary fund we are talking about which   spends R2 million per annum to educate African children comes from these people   who sweep the floors, comes from these people who dig manholes, come from these   people who paint walls in the suburbs, they do not come from any other person,   but if I must say Bishop Tutu, anybody wants to give us funds you are welcome.

CHAIRPERSON: Thank you very, very much we are very deeply grateful.
Bishop Lekganyane and his entourage are about to leave. I was saying we are   sorry but also maybe half glad because we are going to have a few more seats   available. For those who are still here, we just want to apologise to our brothers   here from the Evangelical Alliance for being disturbed a little bit. I am sure   you will be able to take it in your stride. We are enormously grateful to you   and thank you for all your patience. People I asked last time whether you could   try to occupy the chairs up front. Don't become Anglican congregants and leave   the back just in case.and I can assure you I am sure that we are going   to be getting some more people coming in a little later for other attractions. 
Thank you very much. You will introduce your colleagues and then.shhhhh.   Yes, please will you

UNKNOWN: Thanks Mr Chairman. My name is Moss Nthla. I am the General Secretary   of the Evangelical Alliance. I have on my right, Reverend Colin Lavoy who is   on the National Executive of the Evangelical Alliance, but is also a national   leader of the Assemblies of God, and only left, Dr Derek Morphew, who is also   on the National Executive of the Evangelical Alliance, also heads up the Vineyard   Movement.

CHAIRPERSON: Thank you very much. Will you gentlemen please stand to take the   oath or make the affirmation. My colleague Bongani Finca will do that.
ADMINISTERS OATH.

CHAIRPERSON: Dear brothers, we are very grateful for your presence here with   us and we are aware of the contribution that you have been making in the lives   of various people in our country and we sit at your feet now. Thank you.

UNKNOWN: Thanks Mr Chairman. My name is Moss Nthla. I am the General Secretary   of the Evangelical Alliance. I have on my right, Reverend Colin Lavoy who is   on the National Executive of the Evangelical Alliance, but is also a national   leader of the Assemblies of God, and only left, Dr Derek Morphew, who is also   on the National Executive of the Evangelical Alliance, also heads up the Vineyard   Movement.

CHAIRPERSON: Thank you very much. Will you gentlemen please stand to take the   oath or make the affirmation. My colleague Bongani Finca will do that.
ADMINISTERS OATH.

CHAIRPERSON: Dear brothers, we are very grateful for your presence here with   us and we are aware of the contribution that you have been making in the lives   of various people in our country and we sit at your feet now. Thank you.