What brings me hope
Women’s conference to
highlight South African hope tour
By Rosalind Tompkins
Special to the Outlook
As I prepare for my next trip to South Africa in August for another hope tour, I am excited to be going back. The last time that I and four others, including my husband, Kwame, went to South Africa for a hope tour was in 2016.
This trip will make a total of four times since 2013. I and another Hopeologist Rebecca Judd, Ph.D., will travel to Durban, Richards Bay, and Johannesburg during South Africa’s Women’s Month. I will speak to thousands at Women’s Conferences during the tour.
I interviewed our host, Jonathan Annipen, Ph.D., a delightful young man who is a local Council Member in Durban on my latest Think Hope Podcast. During our hope chat, he stated that South Africa is really in need of hope. People are going through tough times and are feeling the aftereffects of COVID-19, a failing economy, political upheaval, and many social ills that have resulted in an increase in violence.
In the midst of all of this there is still hope for the great nation of South Africa, which caught the world’s attention during apartheid and the anti-apartheid movement led by the late Nelson Mandela. His legacy continues and on behalf of Mothers In Crisis, we will be honoring 96-year-old Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, MP, with an International HOPEE (Helping Others Practice Enduring Empowerment) Award for his auspicious lifetime career and anti-apartheid work with Mandela. Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi was born into the Zulu Royal family as the son of Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime Minister.
We are honored to present the HOPEE award to Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi who serves as a member of Parliament, as the traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and Nation, and as the President Emeritus of the IFP (Inkatha Freedom Party). But first and foremost, he considers himself a servant of the people. Prince Buthelezi is a believer in Christ and a champion of freedom for all people. Together with his late wife, Princess Irene Thandekile Buthelezi, he had eight children, five of whom are sadly deceased.
To hear my hope chat with Jonathan Annipen, Ph.D., please listen to “Think Hope Podcast” at www.blogtalkradio.com/thinkhope, Apple Podcast, Audible, and Amazon Radio.
Rosalind Tompkins, Ph.D., is author of “As Long As There Is Breath In Your Body, There Is Still Hope,” and other inspirational books. Tompkins is also founder of Turning Point International Church, the Chapel of Mothers In Crisis. She’s also founder of Turning Point International Alliance with ministries and churches in Pakistan, Nepal, Eswatini, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, and St. Vincent in the West Indies.
