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A vision for peace in the City of Tshwane: Insights from the homeless community

Lukwikilu Mangayi, Themba Ngcobo
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 71, No 3 | a3097 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v71i3.3097 | © 2015 Lukwikilu Mangayi, Themba Ngcobo | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 26 June 2015 | Published: 13 November 2015

About the author(s)

Lukwikilu Mangayi, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa, South Africa
Themba Ngcobo, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa, South Africa

Abstract

Communities living on the margins of society, such as the homeless, are overlooked in the process of building a vision for peace in the City of Tshwane. This article, therefore, seeks to explore the issue of a vision for peace from the perspective of the homeless in the City of Tshwane. Isaiah 65:17–25 was used as a hermeneutic key, within a community engaged action research framework, to stimulate reflection and application in the context of homelessness where meaningful peace is non-existent. Emerging voices of ordinary readers (participants)of the text, as represented by the homeless in the City of Tshwane (CoT), suggest institutions (of education, business, government, churches as well as other individuals) need to work together in synergy towards the realisation of this peace in the city. In relation to peace in the CoT, this research has unearthed some insights from a local homeless community which could contribute towards the development of an integrated praxis needed for transformative urban missiology. The recommendations derived from the research are: the homeless people must be partisans to such a holistic and integrated vision for peace and should be seen as active responsible citizens of the city willing to undertake actions that are in support of this vision.

Keywords

Vision, peace; City of Tshwane; homelessness

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