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Interview with Youth Delegate Khazi Guwa – The Christian Recorder

By Mrs. Maggie Grootboom de Bruyn, 15th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative Ms. Khazi Guwa is a Youth Delegate from the Eastern Cape Conference. Thank [...]

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