By RFIPissed 17-04-2019Modified 17-04-2019 at 01:07
South Africa is a predominantly Protestant country, where Catholics make up about 5% of the population. But whatever their faith, South Africans have been affected by the loss of this world heritage, this historical heritage. Reportage in the streets of Johannesburg.
Near the Regina Mundi Cathedral in the Soweto township, very few people, like Jeremiah, were aware of the previous day's fire. " Yes I was shocked, but I did not even see what was the reason. And no, I did not know the cathedral. "
Norbert Munekani, the brother, said: " I was shocked and depressed. It's very sad, it's something you do not really expect. It represents a great loss for the Church as a whole. "
Jennifer had visited Notre Dame, and confessed to having cried in front of her television last night, " especially when the arrow fell. At that moment, it's as if there is no hope. I sympathize with the French. I see myself standing on a bridge of the Seine admiring the cathedral. So I think it's a loss for the world, not just for the French. "
South Africa is also the African diasporas. " We have cathedrals," says Freddy, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo. But Notre-Dame dates from the Middle Ages ... "
Most express their desire to visit Notre-Dame as soon as it is rebuilt.
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