South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
South Africans came in numbers to hear Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng speak on business and leadership at a breakfast meeting at Rivers Church in Sandton, Johannesburg last Friday. Looking at the diverse crowd who were clearly hungry for hope and direction in the midst of the current leadership crisis in […]
Africa’s first chapter of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN) was launched in Johannesburg yesterday by its founder Dr Laurie Cardoza-Moore. PJTN is a US-based organisation that educates, advocates, and activates Christians, Jews and all people of conscience in building a global community of action and prayer in support of […]
On May 25, as the nation celebrated the inauguration of South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, women gathered in Katlehong for the fourth Womb of the Nation Arise annual conference calling the nation to a season of divine fulfilment. Womb of the Nation Arise is a Change Bible Church ministry […]
It’s not every year that one gets to share a birthday with a sitting president, and this year I happen to be that person. I was born on the 17th November, the same day our current president Cyril Ramaphosa was born. I first became a big fan of President Ramaphosa […]
“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another” – These are some of the inaugural words that Nelson Mandela spoke as he took office in 1994. At that moment, the nation’s hope for a better life was […]
In search of hope, inspiration and leadership South Africans look to Obama – But is this misdirected? South Africans came out in their numbers on July 17 to attend the annual Mandela Lecture. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was indeed good to see about 15 000 South […]
I recently thought of a book I had read a while ago called Africa Arise – Thoughts for a way forward. The book is written by Pastor Zerubbabel Mengistu of Beza International, known as Pastor Zee. The church is based in Ethiopia and annually hosts the Africa Arise conference, at […]
Last year the Mail & Guardian hosted a number of dialogues with the ANC presidential hopefuls before the Nasrec conference. This to me was a rare opportunity to engage ANC leaders on policies that affect all of us as South Africans. I had observed, with concern (as we all have), […]
The history of our country is a complex one – and whenever we tell the story of South Africa, we often take out parts we don’t like. This makes us an interesting country where history lessons often depend on who is telling the story. I was confronted by this reality […]
Earlier this month I wrote an article asking if God still speaks to modern nations the way He did in the past? Little did I know that before the month ended I would be in a meeting in parliament where leaders in government, business and civil society movements would be […]