14 June 2022 – 39th Niwano Peace Prize
Acceptance speech (in English)
July 2021 – Looting and civic unrest in South Africa
Michael Lapsley, president of the Healing of Memories Global Network, gives his view
20May 2020 – Silencing the Guns
“Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19. The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly. Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world. That is why today, I am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world. It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives.” […]
28 April 2020 – 30 years after the attack on Michael Lapsley
“What can I say about this day? We all know that anniversaries are important, especially round-number anniversaries. Yesterday, we celebrated Freedom Day and many of us remembered what we felt on 27 April 1994 when we voted for the first time.” […]