1. Christianity and the bible were used as a tool to brainwash and mould Africans into better slaves, to disconnect them from their authentic spiritual beliefs and to force them to believe their beliefs to be barbaric and uncivilized thereby paving way for the bible to be used as a tool to force our Africans to worship a foreign entity through slavery, character assassination and murder of authentic African prophets and their followers like Prophet Mgijima of Queenstown, Prophetess Alice Lenschina of Zambia, Prophet Makhanda Nxele of King Williams Town, Prophetess Nontetha Nkwenkwe and many others. So it beats me why we never decolonized Africa from this colonial religion - or rather why we still view it today - as the primary source of religion and spirituality in the land of our ancestors - when in fact our ancestors did worship God, Mwari, Qamata, Mvelinqangi, Mdalidipu, Mfihlakalo waaay before the arrival of missionaries - so in essence swearing on oath using the bible in courts, swearing in of presidents, ministers etc undermines the struggle and goes against the wishes of our fallen heroes and heroines of the struggle.

 2. The Constitution advocates for equal treatment of each religion/spirituality - we have Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Bhuddism, Satanism, Atheism (if it is a religion), African Religion/Spirituality - in our land - most of which come from other countries - but in any case we accept every right to worship in any chosen belief(s) - so it seems unconstitutional that a bible, from one religion - can be put as the primary source of truth when we have other books of wisdom and other teachings/revelations of wisdom from other religions that can also be used - it therefore, in my view, seeks to put Christianity above all other religions - which should never be the case – atleast not in Africa.

 3. If we wanted to politicize the matter - we would then advocate for the use of authentic African names that Qamata, Mfihlakalo, Mvelinqangi, Mdalidiphu revealed to our African authentic ancestors to take an oath of truth using those names - since this is after-all Africa. . . .if you go to other countries like the Arab nations - they are unshakeable and solid in what they believe in - and it is through that resilient nature that they are able to keep their connection with Allah (the Merciful) and maintain high ethical human values and high standards in relation to morals. . .but we are not doing that - at least not for now - what we are saying is - there should be a dialogue - maybe government, civil society, religious organizations, communities, Kings (iiNkosi Zendabuko guided by African Prophets), amaKhosi must start engaging each other to map a way forward and also tackle other issues surrounding maintaining a balance and removing indoctrination from oura people's minds by starting to dismantle the systems that colonised/enslaved/murdered our people in the first place.

 4. Maybe our next dialogue/petition will be around SA holidays, the naming of our streets/schools/buildings/statues using Christian icons , the use of Roman/Dutch law in our land and who they consult before they pass laws about things such as abortion, sex age, sentencing of offenders, abuse vs discipline and how these things are against African beliefs. . .etc - and we can see a way of recognizing our 101 belief systems in one calendar and one Africa - and not have one dominant religion seeking to overrule/bully others by being the preferred religion in a land that is not its origin.  Maybe our continued dialogue can also centre around free movement of Africans within the continent instead of having all these barriers – as Africa should be a country as it was before missionaries came in – but that is a dream far far away – let us get the small things right first.  Aluta continua.