South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and Unashamedly Ethical (UE) founder Graham Power addressed DF Malan High School in Bellville, Cape Town this week at an event to mark the school’s public commitment to the UE campaign of values, ethics and clean living. DF Malan, which is the first school in […]
[notice]As Christians in Egypt reel from a wave of violent attacks by the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, many international news reports have portrayed the Islamists as victims in the drama that is playing out in Egypt, reports Dr PATRICK SOOKHEDO, International Director of Barnabas Fund, a ministry to persecuted Christian minorities. […]
Originally published in Aruts 7 An Iranian convert from Islam to Christianity has been sentenced to a decade in prison for proselytizing, the Christian news network Agenzia Fides reports. The man, Mohammed-Hadi “Mostafa” Bordbar, was officially charged with “crimes against state security.” Bordbar had previously faced criminal charges for converting […]
By World Watch Monitor The Muslim cleric suspected of framing Pakistani Christian girl Rimsha Masih has been acquitted. The district court found there was insufficient evidence to convict Imam Khalid Jadoon Chishti, who was suspected of planting the burnt pages of some Islamic texts into the teenager’s bag. Rimsha was […]
[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] A recent community engagement seminar hosted by UNISA’s Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa (IDRA) challenged academics […]
‘Child pornography bust prove sexual crimes against women and children are out of control’ The Family Policy Institute (FPI) today called on the Government to take urgent action to stop the free flow and and dissemination of adult pornography in South Africa, stating that it is spread via the same […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 4 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] …There is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, I cannot…— Jeremiah 20:9 Have you ever been ministered to by something completely unspiritual? […]
South Africa’s General Elections are just eight months away. Hundreds of men and women will be elected to the National Legislature and to several Provincial Legislatures across the country. The government elected by the people of SA will possess vast powers to make critical decisions that will affect and influence […]
Hettie Brittz, bekende ouerskapskrywer (Kweek kinders met Karakter / Kweek gesonde gesag / Kweek Dissipline met Deernis) en –spreker, tree tussen 1 en 8 September by pieknieks en praatjies in die Wes-Kaap, Vrystaat, Noord-Wes, Gauteng en Oos-Kaap op tydens haar landswye Immergroen Lentefees. Dié inisiatief roep gesinne op om ‘n […]
Kashfi and Jalaudin, two Christian brothers, were sentenced to three years in prison on August 2, 2013, after being convicted of “evangelizing Muslims,” Voice of the Martyrs reports. On March 20, 2013, their home was attacked by an angry mob of about 200 Muslims. Police stopped the attack on their […]