South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
South African record label Merchant Music were beaming after last weekend’s Crown Gospel Awards in Durban where their artists Retief Burger, Louis Brittz, Helmut Meijer and Neil Buchner, received the award for Best Afrikaans Gospel Album for their album. In Verwondering. Three other Merchant Music artists, Louis Brittz (Psalms 2), […]
South Africa’s rich Gospel music talent was on display at the 5th SABC Crown Gospel Awards at the Durban International Convention Centre on Sunday. Ntokozo Mbambo was the night’s biggest winner, walking away with the awards for the Best Female Artist and Best Gospel Artist, while new gospel music sensation […]
Top gospel musician Sivuyile “Vovee” Batala is over the moon after being nominated for the SABC Crown Gospel Awards taking place on the November 18 in KwaZulu Natal. Although this is Vovee’s first nomination for an award at national level, it is long overdue, says EC Talent in a media […]
PE FM 87.6 is hosting a bumper Gospel Jazz Festival on December 8 in Happy Valley, Port Elizabeth, says the Christian community radio station in a media release. The festival caters for music lovers over a wide spectrum and will provide an opportunity to approach the festive season, praising and […]
Cape Town Christian production company Media Village competed against 22 other teams who entered the recent Cape Town 48 Hour Film Project. “We were given one weekend, a prescribed genre, a given prop, a line of dialogue and character to include in a short film. Over one crazy weekend we […]
This week we enter week four in our four weeks of great Christian media giveways. So there is still time to win a prize, and this week’s giveaway is the highly rated book, The Resolution For Men. Born out of the movie Courageous, the book challenges men of all ages […]
Retief Burger se vierde album, Luidkeels Dieper, is sopas uitgereik en die album is beskikbaar by musiekwinkels landswyd sê Merchant Musiek in ‘n persvrystelling vandag. In September 2012 het honderde worshipleiers van regoor die land bymekaargekom tydens die Luidkeels Dieper Konferensie om meer te leer en dieper te groei in aanbidding. […]
Afrikaans Gospel artist Adriaan is sporting a new look for a good cause reports Brettian Productions in a Press Release. On November 4 he shaved his long curly locks and auctioned them off for a whopping R20 000. Proceeds were donated to Huis Talita, a satellite children’s home supported by […]
Urban Brew Studios is launching a new home-grown gospel channel called Dumisa TV. The channel, which is aimed at the traditional and indigenous South African church market will officially launch on November 13 on DStv Channel 340. Dumisa TV gives a unique insight into South African church culture and will air […]
This week — the third in our four weeks of great Christian media giveways — the prize is a copy of the novel, Courageous, which is based on the popular and inspiring movie of the same name. The movie about four tough cops who discover that it takes more courage […]