South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in WND All we hear of Nigeria in the news is about attacks on Christians by the terror group Boko Haram. But something different is happening in the country’s south, as reflected in a three and a half square mile pavilion a Pentecostal church is constructing to accommodate […]
By World Watch Monitor The UN Secretary General Ban-Ki moon said on Monday (November 18) that anarchy in the Central African Republic risks spiralling further out of control, and could need up to 9,000 peacekeepers. In a report Ki-moon commissioned, due to be debated at the UN on Nov. 25, […]
Originally published in Jerusalem Post Bishara Shlayan, a Christian Arab from Nazareth, is hoping to build a huge statue of Jesus on Mount Precipice, near his home city. Shlayan told The Jerusalem Post in an interview that he has already begun fund-raising for the project and that he is getting […]
Originally published in Urban Christian News An Idaho pastor who is being detained in a notorious prison in Iran has been allowed to visit members of his family, a development that human rights groups attribute to international pressure calling for his release. The American Center for Law & Justice said […]
Gateway News launching monthly column to celebrate ‘True Champions’ Men and women who the public have nominated because of their stand against corruption were honoured at a function at the Communitas Auditorium in Waterkloof Glenn, Pretoria, on Monday (November 18) evening. “The idea was not to have a competition, but rather […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen HEART OF THE COUNTRY by RENE GUTTERIDGE & JOHN WARD Heart of the Country is the story of two prodigals. Luke is from a wealthy background; Faith has come to the big city from the country, running from her father and sister on the death […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] Homegrown photography on the frontline I recently attended the ‘Together Let’s Stop the Traffick’ summit in Ottawa, […]
By World Watch Monitor The widow of one of the bombers on the London Tube in July 2005, 29-year-old Samantha Lewthwaite, has been named in connection with the murders of two Kenyan pastors. Lewthwaite is wanted for seven murders in Kenya altogether, including the recent execution of two radical Muslim […]
The Karoo Mighty Men Conference may still be five months away but it’s all-systems-go for the marketing team who have just printed 85 000 flyers and 1 500 posters promoting the event. The flyers and posters are ultimately destined to reach churches, schools and organisations in Port Elizabeth and East […]
Originally published in IOL Tonight The sixth annual SABC Crown Gospel Awards have come and gone in another year that was full of surprises. The ceremony, which was hosted by gospel singer Thabo Mdluli and singer and dancer Thembi Seete, was held at Durban’s International Conference Centre on Sunday. The […]