Eastern Cape

Civil society group urges president to intervene in Nelson Mandela Bay service delivery crisis

A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Nelson Mandela Bay has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently intervene in what it describes as a deepening service delivery crisis in the metro. In a letter addressed to the President, the Nelson Mandela Bay Civil Society Coalition warns that the […]

Call to action for churches in Nelson Mandela Bay

By Nelson Mandela Bay Church Leader Network — Originally published in Eastern Province Herald The citizens of Nelson Mandela Bay are facing a myriad of challenges due to a toxic combination of a lack of clear political leadership, municipal dysfunction/collapse of service delivery,  global geo-political shifts, climate change, and the […]

Bible Reading Marathon gets ‘Fresh’ impetus as movement spreads to Namibia

Fresh Church in Windhoek, Namibia recently hosted a Bible Reading Marathon in which 102 people teamed up to read the whole Bible out aloud over approximately 91 hours. Exhausted but elated Fresh Church pastors Jaco Pretorius and Elsabe Horn said in an interview afterwards that they will definitely do another […]