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Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito. Credit: SACBC

Launched Strategic Plan Roadmap to Guide Dioceses on Migration, Human Trafficking in Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa

Aug 29, 2025

Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) have unveiled a five-year strategic plan to help Episcopal Sees in the three-nation forum to address the challenges around migration and the human trafficking menace.

Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito, iaison Bishop for Migrants, Refugees, and Human Trafficking at the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC). Credit: Courtesy Photo

South Africa “a hotspot for traffickers”, Catholic Bishop Laments, Calls for Vigilance

Feb 2, 2023

South Africa “is a hotspot for traffickers”, the Liaison Bishop for Migrants, Refugees, and Human Trafficking at the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has said, and called upon South Africans, especially the youth, to exercise vigilance.  

Officials of Caritas Aliwal in South Africa led by Bishop Joseph Kizito pose for a photo with some immigrant children in the Catholic Diocese/Credit: Bishop Joseph Kizito/ Caritas Aliwal North / Bishop Joseph Kizito/ Caritas Aliwal North

Relief as Diocese’s Five-Year Commitment to Stateless Children in South Africa Bears Fruit

Jul 8, 2021

The journey of South Africa’s Aliwal Diocese with child immigrants from neighboring Kingdom of Lesotho has been one of blood, sweat and tears.

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South African Catholic Bishop Known for Liturgical Reform at Conference Dies at 76

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Mozambique’s National Youth Celebrations Open with Call for Young People to Lead Healing, Renewal of the Country

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Neglecting Education is Creating a “dysfunctional future” for Nigeria: Catholic Bishop

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Catholic Lawyers in Nigeria Urged to Reject Bribery, Champion Integrity in Country’s Troubled Judicial System

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African Centre of Theology and Canon Law Conference in Kenya Lauded as “truly an important moment”

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Last of Six Abducted Catholic Priests in Cameroon’s Bamenda Archdiocese Regains Freedom

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DR Congo’s Catholic Bishops Launch Construction of National Shrine Honoring Blessed Anuarite

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New Coadjutor Bishop of Nkayi Diocese in Congo Brazzaville Acknowledges Fears, Appeals for Prayers

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Powerful Moments from Pope Leo XIV’s Trip to Turkey and Lebanon

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Christian Entity Calls for Justice for Employee Assaulted by Police in UK while Protesting Atrocities in Sudan

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Appeal for Prayers as Catholic Priest Kidnapped from Residence in Nigeria Remains Missing

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Nigerian, Iraqi Priests Tell of Aiding Persecuted Christians Seen in Photo Exhibit

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Catholic Lawyers in Nigeria Urged to Reject Bribery, Champion Integrity in Country’s Troubled Judicial System

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“Bring laughter back into our homes,” Kenyan Archbishop Urges Women to Restore Joy in Families

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