South Africa has elected a new Primate

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[The Church of England Newspaper] 3 Oct 2007--The Cape Town diocesan electoral assembly on Sept 25 selected the Bishop of Grahamstown, the Rt Rev Thabo Cecil Makgoba, as Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

Bishop Makgoba will succeed the Most Rev Njongonkulu Ndungane as archbishop, and will assume office on Jan 1. The Dean of the Province, Bishop David Beetge of the Highveld will serve as interim primate until Bishop Makgoba assumes office.

Viewed as a conservative on issues of human sexuality, the new archbishop is expected to move the South African church closer to the other African Anglican provinces, while maintaining the Province’s support of HIV/AIDS ministries, economic empowerment and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).