The Bishops of the Anglican Church in South Africa are calling on President Jacob Zuma and South African government to take measures to secure the release of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, a gay couple who were recently sentenced to 14 years’ hard labour after they staged a traditional engagement ceremony.
“We urge them to press for the swift release of these two individuals, who have committed no act of violence or harm against anyone; for the quashing of the sentence against them; and for the repeal of this repressive legislation,” the Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa said in a May 26 statement made available to Nyasa Times.
Monjeza and Chimbalanga were given the maximum sentence following a May 20 verdict from a Magistrates’ Court in Malawi, where same-sex relationships are illegal. The two men were arrested on December 28 after their engagement ceremony.
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