South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
South Africa is burning at the hands of strong men. As strikes and protests persist around the country, violence and destruction is on the increase. Reports are flooding in of people being intimidated, assaulted and even killed. In the process property is being destroyed and the expenses to clean […]
The repeated use of human excrement in recent protest actions in the Western Cape shows that people have lost their respect for humanity or their elders. Years ago during consumer boycott campaigns during the years of apartheid young men and women – in fact teenagers – would confront women and […]
Unashamedly Ethical health professionals community launched Helen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape, came face to face with the taxi leaders she once clashed with. She reminisced about the last time she and the taxi leaders met. “Do you remember when I came to Nyanga how I had […]
Hundreds of Western Cape taxi leaders and church leaders trekked 500km to a high-accident stretch of road in the Central Karoo on March 21 to pray for an end to road accidents on the route between Worcester and Aberdeen, and for road safety over the Easter holidays. Showing remarkable resolve […]
Something is missing. It is missing in the speeches of the political leaders, it is missing on the celebrity tweets on Twitter and their Facebook status updates and it is definitely missing in the commentary and reports of journalists in the press. This something was certainly missing in the State […]
While the series of strikes, stone-throwing and general chaos continues in South African townships, farms and mines, the people are looking for direction. Standing at the valley of indecision are the hordes of the poor, homeless, unemployed, youth, masses, middle class and investors alike. In Matthew 9: 36, Jesus saw […]
This week I am visiting our church at Eluhewini in Ncora village. I am also here to do some missionary work in the area. Ncora is situated in the centre of a triangle between the popular Eastern Cape towns of Cofimvaba, Ngcobo and Cala. Ncora needs revival. I think we […]
In the blockbuster film The Chronicles of Riddick, Richard B. Riddick (played by Vin Diesel), says this on prayer, “Prayer is for those who think they can change the world on their knees.” Though intended to mock, Riddick’s statement couldn’t be more accurate. From 1977 to 1998, Cali, a city […]
At the beginning of the year a group of Christian leaders and intercessors facilitated a prayer for the Western Cape taxi industry. Taxi leaders had approached the Church to host this prayer after two of the senior leaders from the two biggest taxi associations were invited to a day of […]
[notice]Pastor Bongani Mgayi reflects on the recurring pattern of bad stewardship of South Africa — and on God’s response to successive governments that try to own His land rather than manage it for Him. [/notice] Humans are called to be stewards. They have a mandate from the Father to be […]