SACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs

A Commission of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) published a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs. This came a few months after the SACC was constituted in 1968. By then the National Party had been governing the country for twenty years and the harsh realities of apartheid were beginning to make themselves felt amongst the vast majority of the people. Church denominations, individually or collectively, had made some representations to the government, and had embarked on programmes to assist the victims of apartheid during those years. Some individual church leaders like Fr Trevor Huddleston, Desmond Tutu, Beyers Naudé, Frank Chikane  and others had spoken out strongly against apartheid and suffered as a result. They were either recalled,  banned or silenced.