Author: Andre Viljoen

SA singer, songwriter Allan releases new single, ‘Your Presence’

By Cher Murphy — Keela Communications Internationally-recognised South African singer-songwriter, worship leader, and pastor Allan released a new single, Your Presence, today. Allan’s previous tracks, including I Belong To You, Face To Face, and Open The Heavens, continue to hold a strong presence in regular rotation on multiple radio stations, […]

NWU partially lifts suspension of student who protested against LGBT orientation presentation

North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom has partially lifted its controversial suspension of Shaun Christie, a final-year law student, for disrupting a LGBTQIA+ presentation to first year students at a university orientation event last Tuesday. NWU’s back-pedalling on its initial harsh response to Christie’s protest, which sparked a mass student walkout from […]

UPDATED: Senior NWU student suspended for disrupting LGBTQIA+ presentation to first years

Shaun Christie, a final year law student at North-West Univeristy, Potchefstroom, has been suspended by university authoriries for disrupting a LGBTQIA+ presentation during an orientation session for first year students on Tuesday. In a video clip [see below] of Shaun speaking in front of the university he says he had responded […]

SA doesn’t get it’s way at ICJ but ‘insulting’ ruling poses ‘dangerous’ public image problem for Israel

Last Friday the International Court of Justice rejected the South African government’s request to explicitly order a ceasefire in the Gaza war on the grounds of genocide — although the SA government apparently interprets the ruling as effectively ordering Israel to suspend its war. The ICJ did accept the possibility […]