S. Africa: 1/2 million pray
Amid protests and disquiet about the state
of South Africa, an unprecedented number
of people met together to pray for the nation
on 22 April.
Bloemfontein, capital of the Free State,
saw a reported half a million people arrive for
the event. People were parking up to 10km
away and walking from there to the farm
where the rally was held. Events such as these
in the past have often only attracted white
Afrikaner men, due mostly to the organisers
having links to the apartheid past. But this event saw more black people and whole families attending.