A South African pastor, Angus Buchan, has cancelled a meeting that was planned to take place at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria in February 2020.
Buchan made headlines following his remarks, captured in an audio recording, that only Jewish and Afrikaans people shared a covenant with God. Following an angry backlash over the statement, Buchan issued an apology. He said:
Being a farmer myself and experiencing one of the worst droughts in sub-Saharan Africa and the damage it caused has broken me. My sole intention was to alleviate their suffering.
My utterances are truly regrettable I am sorry, I am asking for forgiveness and I hereby repent.
EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu shared the audio on his Twitter page of Buchan convening a prayer meeting called “Staan op vir Jesus” (stand up for Jesus).
Shivambu condemned Buchan for his statement, calling him a racist Boer who believes that only the Boers and Jews have a covenant with God.