In 1985, at the age of 32, was imprisoned by the South African government for his role as a church leader in the struggle against apartheid. For two weeks he was harshly treated and interrogated. Now the presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and president of the South African Council of Churches, Bishop Dandala spoke in Johannesburg with about how faith supported him at that time.
I prayed that the hearts of all the people engaged in the apartheid struggle would be softened and transformed.
We prayed without stopping. It was hell in there, I can tell you. But we proved how strong God is. We were allowed just one hour a day in the sunshine, for exercise. But no one looked forward to it because that was the hour during which the security police would pounce on one of us and take that person away for interrogation.
