South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In November last year Christian SRC candidate Arthur Vamva took Rhodes University to the Grahamstown High Court for expelling him in 2002 for expressing his views on homosexuality. Philip Rosenthal founder of ChristianView Network reports and comments on the court ruling this month. In 2022, Arthur Vamva, a leading SRC […]
In this report on an important religious-freedom trial in the Grahamstown Supreme Court tomorrow, ChristianView Network founder Philip Rosenthal challenges the arguments of Rhodes University in support of its decision to expel Arthur Vamva Expelled Christian SRC candidate Arthur Vamva is taking Rhodes University to court on Thursday November 20 […]
Philip Rosenthal of ChristianView Network comments on President Ramaphosa’s stance on Julius Malema and that controversial song President Ramaphosa has defended himself from Trump’s challenge on Malema’s “Kill the boer, kill the farmer” chant, saying that he can’t simply arrest Malema, and that as a minority party they have a […]
ANC leaders Henrietta Maseko-Jele and Deputy Minister of Justice John Jeffrey threatened to use the Hate Speech Bill to silence preachers’ controversial speech in Tuesday’s hate speech debate in Parliament. This provides evidence of the ill intent of the bill, which we have received legal advice will prove useful in […]
By Philip Rosenthal — ChristianView Network On Tuesday morning the ruling party voted for each of the seven worst possible options for the Hate Speech and Hate Crimes Bill- which threatens to shut down controversial free speech like mainland China did to Hong Kong. At the previous meeting, the Department […]
A call to prayer for SA by Philip Rosenthal of ChristianView Network This holiday season, please set aside some time to pray for South Africa. In 2023, we will be fighting back an attempt at moral and political woke revolution. This is as big a change as the 1994 transition. […]
ChristianView Network yesterday [see YouTube clip at bottom of page] asked the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education to fix problems in the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill that would grab power away from parents. The bill has drawn more public comment than any law since the Constitution. Parents’ backlash […]
Yesterday (November 2) Hugh Wetmore, 85, founder of the Evangelical Fellowship of South Africa (EFSA), the predecessor of the Evangelical Alliance (TEASA) and the Evangelical Seminary of South Africa (ESSA), went to heaven. Hugh grew up in Cape Town where he enjoyed mountain hiking and caving at Kalk Bay. On […]
TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read) Summary This week, we got good news, but a new concern. Good news that Parliament has listened to our concerns about the Anti-Money Laundering bill and plans to take out the requirement for all non-profits to register, that would have made most South African non-profits […]
On Tuesday morning the parliamentary committee on finance considered submissions from ChristianView Network and other organisations on an over-stringent anti-money laundering bill that threatens to financially and administratively strangle most of South Africa’s non-profits, who are unlikely to be able to comply. The good news is that this morning the […]