The service on Friday will be streamed on various platforms, including The Citizen.
A day after announcing that the national lockdown would be extended for a further two weeks, President Cyril Ramphosa will be attending a Good Friday liturgy led by the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town His Grace Thabo Makgoba.
His spokesperson Khusela Diko said that the president, at the invitation of the archbishop, will deliver an Easter message at the conclusion of the assembly. “Like many religious communities around the country, clergy in the Anglican archdiocese of Cape Town have been using various digital platforms to enable parishioners to share fellowship while remaining at home,” she said.Meanwhile, DStv has decided to launch a new, pop-up channel catering for various Christian groupings who are home over the Easter weekend.
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