Armenian genocide commemorated 99 years later “Do you live by fact or truth?” That was one of the challenges posted in the drama “Blood Speaks”, performed in Bloemfontein just before Easter. Pastor Cornelis van Heyningen from Our Father’s Home started a project 14 years ago, creating a drama about the […]
Author: Lyzette Hoffman
Reflections on SA democracy at UFS ‘theologial day’
This year our South African democracy is 20 years old. How free and democratic is our society? Reflecting theologically on democracy and freedom, different views were expressed at the UFS Faculty of Theology’s theological day on the topic. On the one hand Dr Willem Fourie, University of Pretoria, stated Malema […]
Buchan in Bloem to pray for rain, Korkie
Angus Buchan is leading a prayer meeting in Bloemfontein today (January 31) for rain and for Bloemfontein teacher, Pierre Korkie, who is being held hostage by Al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen. The meeting was arranged after Buchan’s national representative contacted committee members in Bloemfontein last week on the farmer evangelist’s earnest […]
True Champions: ‘No!’ to bribes
[notice]A new monthly column in which we share testimonies of some of South Africa’s ‘True Champions’ who bring glory to God and bless their fellow-citizens, by opposing the tide of corruption in their spheres of influence. You are warmly invited to suggest anybody you think deserves recognition as a ‘True […]
Talented teens shine at All Africa Student Convention in Bloemfontein
1 400 Christian high school students from various African countries and from Denmark competed in the annual All Africa Student Convention in Bloemfontein last week in events ranging from athletics to preaching. More than 200 competitors who achieved more that 80% in their events were nominated to represent their country […]
False promises of work end in slavery, say anti-trafficking activists
Bryan Nix, the assistant director of the Beautiful Dream Society in Lesotho, and Palesa Mafisa, a third year law student at the University of the Free State (UFS) are both involved in curbing the modern slavery of human trafficking. While they are engaged in different facets of the struggle against […]