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| Kenneth Meshoe |
From The Times (South Africa): "The group of around 100 protesters which were led by head of the [center-right] African Christian Democratic Parties Reverend Kenneth Meshoe delivered a memorandum of understanding to [Home Affairs Minister Naledi] Pandor to oppose a motion by the Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities.
The commission was allegedly exploring the idea of requesting government to scrap Good Friday and Christmas from the national calendar.
They alleged that the celebrating of the two Christian holidays discriminated and excluded other religious denominations."
The article continues about today's protest in Johannesburg: "Reading the memorandum, Meshoe said they did not believe the two holidays discriminated against any religion. 'According to Statistics South Africa, Christians make up 79.5 percent of the country's population,' said Meshoe. He said the existence of these two holidays on the calendar showed the majority's standing."
