On Wednesday 24 July 2013, the U/ 18 rugby touring teams from UK school, Hampton, donated various clothing items to Cape-Town based NGO, Little Angels. Each touring boy personally bought items along to donate. These donations, along with 5 000 pounds donated by the school last month, are making all the […]
Author: Mieneke van der Merwe
Gospel the anthem at Passion Cape Town
An estimated 20 000 people attended the Passion worship event at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium on Saturday night (October 6). Louis Giglio, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman and Christy Nockels were involved in facilitating the night. However, from the start of the conference the focus was on the heart of God, […]
Love bombs dropping in Cape Town
Love Bombs short films have been dropping and creating waves in Cape Town’s Labia theatre since last Thursday. Currently the Love Bombs comprise three different short films which highlight the message of God’s grace in a relevant and fresh way. The response has been overwhelming with most nights sold out. […]
New OM outreach to foreigners in Cape Town
Reaching unreached foreigners in Cape Town – a city bustling with people from all over the world – is the goal of a new OM ministry development called Diaspora Hope. Diaspora Hope team leader, Marcus Spronk outlined the ministry vision to partners and visitors at OM Cape Town’s annual partnership […]
My experience at the pro-life prayer vigil outside Parliament
[notice]Mieneke van der Merwe joined a group of pro-life supporters who gathered in Central Cape Town yesterday to mark the National Day of Repentance — the 15th anniversary of abortion on demand legislation in South Africa.[/notice] ABORTION ON DEMAND On February 1, 1997, against the will of most South Africans, […]
Walk The Talk movie bringing hope in Christ to prisoners
Walk The Talk, a short South African movie about an ex-prisoner who finds hope when he hears the message of the gospel on the radio, is bringing hope in Christ to real-life prisoners in Cape Town. During 27 screenings of the movie — 24 of which were in Pollsmoor Prison […]
iShine roadshow, music and movie launch
Integrity Media Africa introduced their iShine Southern Starz artists and a selection of new movies and music to South Africa during a 3-city roadshow that ended in Cape Town last week. Gateway News attended the uplifting Cape Town show that was preceded by similar events in Johannesburg and Durban. […]
Cape Town church’s anti trafficking movie to be showcased wordlwide
A short film about human trafficking made by an amateur team from a Cape Town church has made the official selection list in the Transforming Stories International Film Festival. The movie, Bound, was selected as one of the frontrunners among 180 film submissions from 19 different countries and will be […]
PE school testifies to power of prayer days for matrics
[notice]NMB Metro Prayer Day organisers encouraged by testimony of local school[/notice] A Port Elizabeth school’s matric pass rate improved from 57% to 73% after its Grade 12 learners participated in a community prayer day event in 2008. The school also enjoyed valuable educational and business spinoffs arising from the prayer […]