Suid Afrika Nuus word vandag gerig op ons onderhoud met Dr Convi Baloyi, leier van die African Covenant Party. Hy werp meer lig oor homself en wat die party voor staan.
Today the South Africa News section is dedicated to an interview with Dr Convi Baloyi, leader of the African Covenant Party. He sheds more light on himself and the party that he is leading.
DR. CONVY BALOYI, AFRICAN COVENANT IN GOEIE HANDE
Nuus Suid Afrika. Nuus.News het die wonderlike voorreg gehad om te gesels met Suid Afrika se eie Dr. Convi Baloyi en meer oor hom uit te vind. Geniet die onderhoud hieronder.
Met die energie van ‘n 25-jarige lat groet Dr. Convy Baloyi, leier van die African Covenant (ACO) my vir ons Zoom onderhoud gedurende die Covid-19 inperking. Hy antwoord my vrae met entosiasme, deursigtig en op die man af. Dit is duidelik dat hierdie man al diep gedink het oor wie hy is en waarheen hy oppad is.
Dr. Baloyi, alombekend as Dr. Convy, is uitverkoop aan Jesus Christus. Hy noem dat hy graag as’t ware toegeknoop wil wees in daardie identiteit. Hy is meer as 20 jaar gelede wedergebore, nadat hy vir ongeveer 10 jaar deel was van die Presbyterian kerk. Sy pad na sy redding het begin met sy ouma en een van sy ooms aan sy ma se kant. Hulle het ‘n deurslaggewende rol in sy geestelike vorming as jongeling gespeel.
Dr. Baloyi verorber leesstof al van kindsbeen af en het as ‘n seun reeds die Bybel begin lees. Hy het besef dat die dinge wat sy ouma en oom vir hom leer deel was van hierdie wonderlike Boek. Later in sy lewe het hy die werke van baie van die groot filosowe gelees en besef dat die Woord van God bo al hierdie werke uitstaan. Hy verduidelik dat die meeste filosowe tot dieselfde gevolgtrekkings kom as wat die Bybel leer, maar die Bybel is ‘n baie ouer en meer komplekse werk. Nadat hy wyd gelees het en sy eie besluit geneem het, was dit vir hom ‘n klein stappie om Jesus Christus aan te neem as Verlosser en Saligmaker en om met mening die werk van die Here te begin doen. Dr. Baloyi en sy vrou, Emily, fasilliteer tans The Kingdom Voice International Ministry in Montana, Stad van Tshwane.
Dr. Baloyi is ‘n geswore familieman en is oortuig dat die gesin die kern is waaruit die gemeenskap en ‘n nasie gebou word. Benewens dat die gesin die kern van die nasie is, word die welstand en vooruitgang van ‘n nasie begrondslag in die respek vir mens en planeet en die waardes wat by die huis geleer word. Hy is téén -ismes (sosialisme, kapitalisme, kommunisme, ens.) en glo dat God die Heerser oor huis én regering moet wees. Sy liefdevolle vrou is duidelik sy grootste ondersteuner en steunpilaar. Sy kinders was vrolik besig om hulleself besig te hou tydens ons onderhoud.
Dr. Baloyi is in Limpopo gebore en getoë. Sy oorlede vader (Mnr. Gilbert Makananisa) was Venda en sy moeder (Mev. Yimisa Mdaka), Tsonga. Hy is in ‘n klein hospitaaltjie met die pragtige naam “Elim” gebore waarna hy ‘n produktiewe primêre en sekondêre loopbaan in Limpopo gehad het voordat hy na Gauteng verhuis het om sy tersiêre studies te doen. Hy het ‘n doktoraal in Openbare Administrasie wat hy van die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika (UNISA) verwerf het.
Hy glimlag wanneer ek vir hom vra wat sy belangstelling in die politiek opgewek het en verduidelik dat sy studies hom daarop voorberei het en dat hy as persoon homself bemoei met die welstand en welvaart van alle mense. Dit is egter die Bybel wat sy loopbaan in die politiek gerig het. Om seker te wees dat hy nie die Bybel verkeerd aanhaal nie, maak hy die Woord oop en lees vir my Jesaja 9:5-6:
‘n Seun is aan ons gegee; en die heerskappy is op sy skouer, en hy word genoem: Wonderbaar, Raadsman, Sterke God, Ewige Vader, Vredevors—tot vermeerdering van die herskappy en tot vrede sonder einde, op die troon van Dawid en oor sy koninkryk, om dit te bevestig en dit te versterk deur reg en deur geregtigheid, van nou af tot in ewigheid. Die ywer van die Here van die leërskare sal dit doen.
Uit die bostaande verse wys Dr. Baloyi my dat die regering veronderstel is om op Jesus se skouers te wees en dat, wanneer Jesus die Here van ‘n land is deur die hoof van die regering, daardie land op alle vlakke voorspoedig sal wees. ‘n Regering onder Christus bring uitnemendheid, dit word as’t ware getrek deur die Goddelike krag van Jesus wat Wonderbaar is, die Raadsman, Ewige Vader, die Vredevors! Dit is Hy wat sal verseker dat die land vredig sal wees, en sonder einde. Dit is inderdaad Jesus wat die Ewige Vader is, die land sal nooit wees word nie! Só ‘n nasie sal noodgedwonge vredig en sterk wees en as ‘n rigtingwyser en baken dien vir ander lande. Dr. Baloyi is oortuig dat die regering van die land in die hande van Christene moet wees—ware gelowiges en volgelinge van Jesus Christus wat die Leidsman is.
Soos genoem is die party se naam die African Covenant (ACO). African, omdat dit gewortel is in Suid-Afrika wat deel vorm van die Afrika kontinent, maar meer belangrik is die woord covenant. Dit is die priesterlike taak van die regering om die nasie te bind aan God deur Jesus Christus. African Covenant is nie ‘n party met tierlantyntjies nie. Inteendeel, die party glo in politics unusual, eenvoudig, deursigtig en sonder bymotiewe.
Dr. Baloyi stel dat ‘n nasie se welsyn nie op selfsug gebaseer moet wees nie. Daarom is hy ‘n voorstaander van ‘n regverdige (Goddelike) regering in Suid-Afrika onder God. Hy glo dat ‘n nasie gelei moet word om in eenheid, met respek vir mekaar en ordelik te funksioneer. Die regeringsamptenare van ‘n Goddelike regering moet van orals af kom (van die Wes-Kaap tot Limpopo, Mpumalanga tot die Noord-Kaap) om die land te dien en lei met waarheid, liefde en selfloosheid as hulle riglyn, tot voordeel van die landsgenote.
Die woorde wat my bybly na ons gesprek is Dr. Baloyi se nadruk op die feit dat elke individu spesiaal is – maak nie saak wat sy ras, geloof, opvoeding of sosio-ekonomiese status is nie. Dit is hoe ek Dr. Convy Baloyi gaan onthou, hy is bemoei met die welstand en welvaart van alle mense!
DR. CONVY BALOYI, AFRICAN COVENANT IN GOOD HANDS
News South Africa. News.News had the wonderful privilege of talking to South Africa’s very own Dr. Convi Baloyi to get to know him better. Enjoy the interview below.
With the energy of a 25-year-old, Dr. Convy Baloyi, leader of the African Covenant (ACO) greeted me for a Zoom meeting during the Covid-19 lockdown. Enthusiastically he answered my questions, transparent and clear. It is apparent that this man has thought deeply about who he is and where he is going.
Dr. Baloyi, affectionately known as Dr. Convy, is sold out to the Lord Jesus Christ. He noted that he wanted to be “locked into that identification”. He was born again more than 20 years ago, after being part of the Presbyterian Church for 10 years. His road to being born again started with his grandmother and maternal uncle who played deciding roles in his spiritual formation as a youngster.
He is a voracious reader and started reading the Bible at a young age. He realized that what his grandmother and uncle had been teaching him were all contained in this wonderful Book. Later in life he read the works of many of the great philosophers and realized that the Word of God was supreme, explaining that most philosophers come to the conclusion that the Bible teaches, yet the Bible is a much older, more complex work. After having read widely and made up his own mind, it was a small step to dedicate himself to Jesus Christ with gusto. Dr. Baloyi and his wife, Emily, are currently facilitating The Kingdom Voice International ministry in Montana, City of Tshwane.
Dr. Baloyi is a dedicated family man and knows that the family is the nucleus from which the community and the nation is built. Beyond that, the respect for people and planet and the values you learn at home are also what will create wellbeing and prosperity for a nation. He put it strongly that he is not a supporter of -isms (socialism, capitalism, communism, etc.) but that God should be supreme in the home and government. His loving wife is quite obviously his biggest supporter and a guiding force in his life. His children were happily doing their own thing around the house at the time of our interview.
The Limpopo born and bred, Dr. Baloyi’s late father (Mr. Gilbert Makananisa) was Venda and his mother (Ms. Yimisa Mdaka) is Tsonga. He was born in a small hospital aptly called Elim and spent a productive primary and secondary school career there before coming to Gauteng for his tertiary education. He has a doctorate in Public Administration which he obtained at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
He smiled when I asked him how he got interested in politics and explained that his studies prepared him for politics and that he has a preoccupation with the welfare of all people. But it was the Bible that cemented his desire to go into politics. To be absolutely sure that he does not quote the Word incorrectly, he opened his Bible and read me Isaiah 9:6-7:
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
From these verses he showed me that government is supposed to be on Jesus’ shoulders and that, when Jesus is the Lord of a country through a head of Government, that country will prosper in every way. A government under Christ draws excellence from the divine package of Jesus being the “wonderful counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace” and it is Him who will ensure that you have a government of peace to which there will be no end. It is Jesus who will be your everlasting Father and your country will never be orphaned. The nation will of necessity be peaceful, strong and mighty and in this way be a guide and a beacon to other nations. Dr. Baloyi is convinced that the role of governing a nation cannot be relegated to the others, it must be the true believers and followers of Jesus Christ (Christians) who take the lead!
As mentioned, his party is called the African Covenant. African, because it is rooted in South Africa, which is part of the African continent, most importantly though it is a covenant. It is the priestly task of the government to connect the nation to God through Jesus Christ. African Covenant is not a party with fancy words and long stories, in fact, it is a party of “politics unusual”, simplified, transparent and without ulterior motives.
The fact is, Dr. Baloyi explained, a nation should have a livelihood that is not based on selfishness. For this reason, he is an advocate for a righteous (Godly) government in South Africa under God. He believes that a nation must be led to be united, have respect and to be orderly. Government officials of a Godly government should come from all walks of life (from the Cape to Limpopo, and Mpumalanga to Northern Cape) to serve and lead the nation with truth, love and selflessness as their guiding principles, and for the benefit of the citizens.
The words that remain with me after concluding our conversation is his emphasis that every individual is special – no matter the race, creed, education or socio-economic status. This is how I will remember Dr. Convy Baloyi, he is a fierce lover of Jesus Christ and the people created by God. Dr. Baloyi’s preoccupation with the welfare of all people shines through each word.
