The statement below was released by ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe last week before the hearing of the South African government’s lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. We publish it now as Gateway News was on a seasonal publishing break when the statement was released. The African Christian […]
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Cricket SA and ICC complicit in ‘sinister discriminatory agenda’, says SAJBD
It was not “security threats” but “plain antisemitsm” that led Cricket SA (CSA) to “arbitrarily” strip David Teeger of his captaincy of the Under19 Protea squad, said the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) in a statement released after a meeting with CSA today. During the meeting CSA “categorically failed […]
New party, #Hope4SA, announces plans to contest elections
A new South African political party, #Hope4SA, announced last Wednesday that it will contest the 2024 elections around a vision of positive change and unity. The party’s core values centre around subscription to biblical values, good governance, transparency, accountability, and a commitment to addressing the evolving needs of SA society, […]
The ANC must leave Israel alone and fix the mess at home
The African National Congress government and their allies’ decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice has brought us to a place where, like the time of Queen Esther in the Bible, we cannot keep silent. We cannot keep silent when a government that has failed on its […]
‘God gives SA second chance to turn from wicked ways’
Laurette Mkati of the SA Prayer Movement for Change reports that God has opened a strategic royal door in the Eastern Cape that is a key to South Africa — and Africa — returning to the Lord and fulfilling its calling to take the Gospel to the ends of the […]
JCC confirms ‘grossly negligent’ conduct finding against Judge Desai over BDS involvement
The Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) has dismissed an appeal by Judge Siraj Desai against it ruling in June that he was guilty of “grossly negligent” conduct by involving himself in political controversy in support of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement. In a press statement welcoming the JSC’s finding, Rolene […]
Mossel Bay hosts successful first Mighty Men conference
Thousands of men of all ages and from all corners of South African descended on Mossel Bay from December 15 to17 for the town’s first Mighty Men Conference. Head organiser of MMCMB23 Lukas Swart acknowledged that the success of the event was chiefly due to the presence of the Spirit […]
Christians urged to comment on ‘Spy Bill’
The ‘Spy Bill’, or the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill as it is formally known, is now open for you to have your say before the deadline of January 31 2024, says Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA). In an alert released today FOR SA warns that the bill […]
‘Prayer event showed that many Cape Town Christians stand with Israel’
Just over 500 people participated in a “SA Stands With Israel” prayer rally at the AGS Church in Goodwood Cape Town last Sunday, said Vivienne Myburgh national director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) South Africa, one of the organisers of the event. Sunday’s rally was arranged after an […]
Thousands come to Christ in ‘dream crusade’ in Ethiopia
South African evangelism ministry In His Name Ministries ended 2023 with what was literally a “dream crusade” in the town of Metu in south western Ethiopia. The four-day evangelism outreach from November 30 to December 3, during which thousands of people turned to Jesus, came about after In His Name […]