{"id":30668,"date":"2026-04-03T08:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30668"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:07:08","slug":"sa-parliament-extends-good-friday-wishes-to-christians","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-parliament-extends-good-friday-wishes-to-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Parliament extends Good Friday wishes to Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Presiding Officers of Parliament have extended warm wishes to South Africans (SA) of the Christian faith as they observe Good Friday and the Easter weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Parliament of SA said that while the period is sacred to Christians, its message of sacrifice, hope, renewal and compassion resonates across communities in the country\u2019s diverse constitutional democracy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Good Friday marks one of the most significant moments in the Christian calendar, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is observed as a solemn day of reflection on what Christians believe to be the ultimate sacrifice for the redemption of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The day also calls on believers to reflect on themes of love, grace and mercy, values Parliament says remain relevant in fostering unity and understanding across society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30669,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-30668","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA Parliament extends Good Friday wishes to Christians","published_date":"2026-04-03 07:13:46","news_description":"SA Parliament extends Good Friday wishes to Christians","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30670,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30668\/revisions\/30670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}