Compiled from reports by African Enterprise Team The opening night of the Fired UP! Mission to the University of Pretoria went off with a “big bang” with over 2000 students and members of the public attending an event headed up by Christian R & B singer Loyiso Bala and the […]
South Africa
Pro-Israel campaign succeeds; full page ad booked for Sunday
The campaign to raise funds for a full page advertisement in the Sunday Times to “bring the truth about Israel” has had “tremendous support” and the advertisement will be placed this Sunday (August 31), said the project visionary, Vivienne Myburgh. The project which she initated because of “a lot of […]
Vanessa Goosen, Esther Meshoe, speaking at ARISE Women’s Conference
At the dawn of Spring women young and old, will gather for the “I am an Overcomer” ARISE Women’s Conference which takes place from September 4 to 6 at the Word of Faith Christian Centre in Port Elizabeth. The conference entails daily seminars with key note speakers who include former […]
Trusting the God of the miraculous in everything!
Jenny Langereis has learned to trust the God of the miraculous in difficulties and in grave danger. But she says it was not always so. There was a time when she lost her faith and she did not believe it 11 years ago when three different people prophesied that God […]
Global Leadership Summit 2014 — Weekly Update: August, 29
The Willow Creek Association 2014 Global Leadership Summit will run in South Africa at 11 venues from October 10. The consistently inspiring two-day leadership training event which is held in 105 countries celebrates its 20th anniversary this year — and its 10th anniversary in South Africa! NOTE: Early Bird Rate […]
Funds sought for full page Sunday Times ad to ‘tell truth’ about Israel
A prominent Stellenbosch pro-Israeli Christian activist, Vivienne Myburgh, is raising funds to run a full page advertisement in the Sunday Times “to bring the truth regarding Israel, her history and her absolute legitimate right to exist and to defend herself”. In an email appeal to “friends of Israel” she says […]
EC Matric exam prayer meeting committee trusting God for breakthrough
A Student Christian Organisation at a private school in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape, has taken the initiative to organise and host a prayer meeting for Grade 12s to cry out to God for better results in the upcoming matric exams. SCO educator in charge and co-ordinator of the event, […]
ANC complacency on Islamist terror a threat to religious freedom — Dudley
The African National Congress’s complacency on Islamic extremist terrorism around the world poses a threat to the future of religious freedom in South Africa, African Christian Democratic Party MP and Whip, Cheryllyn Dudley told Parliament yesterday (Wednesday, August 20, 2014). Speaking in the Debate on National Women’s Day, she called […]
Time fixed for Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2015
The dates have been set for the fifth Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC), which will take place from April 24 to 26, 2015 on the outskirts of Middelburg in the Eastern Cape on Rusoord Farm. If past years are anything to go by the event will be marked by the […]
Pastor goes free after telling mediator that he ‘will go to jail’ for preaching the Gospel
In August 2013, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) sued Rev. Peter Bougardt, a senior pastor from Mitchell’s Plain, for R1 million in damages in the Equality Court (Cape High Court). His ‘crime’? Sharing his personal convictions, beliefs and concerns regarding the practice of homosexuality on his Facebook page […]