Originally published in Independent Online Ethekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda will plead with President Cyril Ramaphosa this weekend to relax Covid-19 restrictions on religious gatherings, to enable a spiritual injection for “a highly stressed” South African society. Since the advent of the pandemic, which led to restrictions on economic activity, many […]
Kwazulu-Natal
‘Gospel walker’ gets two wheels
Edward Pozyn is back on the long road again but this time he is on a mountain bike that was given to him on the West Coast where he was resting after a 1 400km walk from Howick, Kwa-Zulu Natal to the Western Cape where he delivered a prophetic scroll […]
Word Riders grab window of opportunity to take Bibles to remote schools
Covid-19 has certainly tested the Word Riders motor cycle team’s resolve to take Bibles to Grade 7 children at some of South Africa’s most remote rural schools. Last November, against all odds, the team completed their historic 10th annual mission during the week of the 200th anniversary of their parent […]
Gold bracelet ‘treasure’ dug up by boys is ‘sign of God’s love for SA’
Last Thursday, as intercessory leader Candice Reardon was hanging out washing at her home in Hillcrest, Durban, her sons Ezra, 7 and Denver 4 came rushing over to her shouting excitedly that they had dug up treasure in the garden. She saw that Ezra was clutching a dirty, soil-covered round […]
Tribute to Zulu king who was hungry for deeper relationship with God — Pearl Kupe
In the early hours of Friday March 12 the nation received the shock news of the passing of His Royal Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini KaBhekuzulu the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of KwaZulu Natal. The announcement was made by the Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and Nation, Prince […]
Passionate cross walker preparing for another Gospel trek
I recently spoke to Edward Pozyn, a man with a plan to walk 536km from Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands to Bloemfontein in the Free State, while carrying the cross of Jesus and spreading His hope. In March last year Gateway News reported on his 324km cross walk to the […]
Meshoe condemns latest KZN farm murders, calls for return of commandos
South Africa will edge further to a food insecurity crisis if government continues to allow farmers to be killed, ACDP president Kenneth Meshoe said yesterday in a media statement condemning the murder of Glen and Vida Rafferty, a KwaZulu-Natal couple who were shot dead on their farm in Normadien, along […]
Food for foreigners helps advance the Gospel in Maritzburg
Covid-19 lockdown measures affect everyone in South Africa but for foreigners and refugees without citizenship life under lockdown has become a desperate struggle for survival as they are not permitted to receive social grants or food from the government. Macedonian Ministries in Pietermaritzburg has responded to the plight of 47 […]
LISTEN: Jesus speaks to KZN man about revival in dramatic, life-changing encounter
Chris van der Burgh, a 32-year-old Christian filmmaker from Salt Rock on the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphin coast had a 45-minute encounter with Jesus in the early hours of the morning of Monday May 11 that left him literally shaking, drenched in perspiration and with the responsibility to share a message from […]
Wheelbarrows of love and good food reach vulnerable Howick families
The timing of the start of the national lockdown was terrible for Howick NPO African Spirit — their 12-months Lotto funding lifeline had just expired and now they could not complete their application for ongoing funding. Their craft shop, charity shop and other activities also had to close down leaving […]