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The advent of the COVID-19 has generated a profound sense of uncertainty and insecurity among societies all over the world, and South Africa (SA) has not been spared. Within a short period of time, COVID-19 has triggered an unprecedented pandemonium in the world: the global systems have crumbled; socioeconomic systems have been halted; and the geopolitical environment itself cannot contain it. The long-time established empires of power and control are also on the verge of collapse. The language and languaging have suddenly changed. The scenario shaped by the COVID-19 obliges to confirm that human beings have shortcomings. At the core of the advent of COVID-19 and its devastating impact to society, the following questions are being probed: What has happened? For some individuals, the advent of the COVID-19 has a biblical/theological elucidation. Does the COVID-19 have a divine cause, and that human sin has motivated the disease? Who are accountable for mesmerising it? Regardless of many questions that people might have regarding the emergence of COVID-19, the impact of the disease on humans does not permit a casual approach. What is critical at the moment is a robust approach towards combating the disease. The present study attempts to respond to the above questions from three angles, namely: (1) It is argued that the COVID-19 originated from China, and was transported to SA by the affluent, (2) The study is a liberation theological inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on the poor and the less-privileged communities of SA, and (3) The study is an invitation to the sacred institution to reinvigorate the theology of the Cross. The study proposes that the contemporary church should lend its voice to the voiceless. |
