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ulti-denominational religious leaders have joined together to pray in commemoration of the Flower of Cape Town Prayer Monument’s first anniversary. Commissioned to celebrate and commemorate the role Mitchell’s Plain played in drought relief efforts, hosting a mass prayer for rain amid Cape Town’s worst recorded drought, the monument is made up of a pair of praying hands and a protea. The inscription says: “Lest we forget as a people, for in this place, Mitchell’s Plain, we called on the sovereign God of Heaven in the time of drought (24 March 2018) and he answered us by sending the rains in its season.” The monument was funded by local churches as a reminder of the Its Time mass prayer efforts conducted by Evangelist Angus Buchan during his visit to Cape Town in March 2018. At the event, hundreds of thousands of people from across Cape Town came together to pray for rain in the height of the drought. The monument was then built and dedicated on 6 October 2019 (“Monument of prayer”, People’s Post, 29 October 2019). The name was chosen from a prophecy made by Buchan in which he referred to Mitchell’s Plain as the “flower of Cape Town”. “Although this was funded by the Christian
The interfaith prayer monument commissioned to celebrate Mitchell’s Plain’s role in drought relief efforts is now one-year-old.
faith, this is not a religious monument. We want everyone to use it as a place for prayer and reflection in a tranquil space, surrounded by trees,” said Ashley Potts at the time. Potts is a local pastor and one of the pastors responsible for the establishment of the monument. On Tuesday 6 October, one year later, various pastors came together to pray and worship at the monument. “On 24 March 2018, we went to Swartklip Sports Field, where Angus Buchan brought nations together to pray – and we were around 250 000 people there – and the prayer was to ask for rain. Not too long ago, we were showering with buckets to catch the water to put in the toilet. There was no water. Today is a year since we unveiled the Flower of Cape Town, which was the name given to Mitchell’s Plain because of what happend that day in 2018. And what makes it so significant for us to celebrate a year after the unveiling is that the dams are 100% full. We have more water than we can ask for and we want to give God all glory and thanks. It was Him we had called on to give us rain and we thank Him for answering our prayers,” says Potts. The monument is now being used for its intended purpose, with members of all faiths seen praying at its platform. Many locations in Mitchell’s Plain were suggested by members of the committee and fraternity, however, Westridge Gardens was chosen as a neutral location where it would not be forgotten.
The ministers who joined the prayer dedication on Tuesday 6 October. PHOTOS: SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS