South Africa

Salvation Army puts ‘black and blue’ female in #thedress to spotlight abuse of women

Originally published in The Christian Post The Salvation Army’s South Africa branch has used the viral frenzy over the picture associated with the hashtag #thedress to spread awareness of violence against women on Twitter. In a tweet, the Christian ministry featured a bruised woman wearing a white and gold dress, […]

Parliament seeks more time on sexual offences law

With more than 400 submissions on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act to weigh up, the chief justice and Correctional Services parliamentary portfolio committee said yesterday it will be asking the Constitutional Court for an extension of time, reports The Citizen. In October 2013 – in […]

Helping world’s traumatised kids is “child’s play” for SA ministry

South African ministry couple Dirk and Taleta Coetsee recently visited Singapore and Ukraine to present courses on how to help traumatised children through the medium of play. It is not the first time that the couple, from Petra Institute near White River, Mpumalanga, have been invited abroad to share the […]

Jamaican government, business and church leaders join Unashamedly Ethical campaign

Five hundred Unashamedly Ethical (UE) commitment forms were signed and many more sign-ups were made online during an exciting 5-day visit to Jamaica by South African businesman and UE campaign founder Graham Power. What began simply a little over a year when John Roomes, CEO of Wycliffe Bible Translators Caribbean […]