Wessel Kotzee, one of the artists who created the Face of Jesus prophetic landscape artwork at Schoenmakerskop to the south of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth, made the video clip below in which he shows that a huge bushfire that swept through a large area of coastal bush stopped short of the […]
Eastern Cape
NMB Christians called to pray, fast for metro from January 26 to 28
Nelson Mandela Bay Christians (NMB) are urged to join in three days of prayer and fasting for the metro from Friday January 26 to Sunday January 28, said Bishop Zola Moses chairperson of the NMB Municipality Religious Desk. Prayer gatherings will be held at the new taxi rank opposite Njoli […]
‘God gives SA second chance to turn from wicked ways’
Laurette Mkati of the SA Prayer Movement for Change reports that God has opened a strategic royal door in the Eastern Cape that is a key to South Africa — and Africa — returning to the Lord and fulfilling its calling to take the Gospel to the ends of the […]
‘Logos Hope’ on mission to get Africa to tell world what God is doing in continent
God has given a theme for OM mission ship Logos Hope’s current African voyage, OM South Africa coordinator Francois Pienaar told church and ministry leaders in Gqeberha today. The theme is “Our Story, God’s Story”, he said, at a briefing on the ship’s South Africa visit early next year. Logos […]
Nelson Mandela Bay civil society ‘taking bull by horns’ on gang killings scourge
On Tuesday a multi-stakeholder violent crime task team in Nelson Mandela Bay held its third of a series of “imbizos” to hear from residents in different gang-shooting hotspots in the city’s sprawling, crime-ridden Northern Areas Pastor Timothy Hendricks, a member of the task team and representative of a city transformation […]
Fifty four Grade 7 learners from Gqeberha primary school baptised at beach event
When Amanda Ntsumpa started the Elufefeni Primary School in Motherwell township in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) eight years ago she invited her pastor. Mac Hayward, to minister regularly to the Grade 7 class – which he has done on a weekly basis ever since. Recently she and Mac – who […]
Testimonies: God moves powerfully at 3 Bible-reading marathons
God moved powerfully in the hearts of people who participated in three separate Bible-reading marathons in late October — in Kariega (Uitenhage), Middelburg, Mpumalanga and Kareedouw in the Eastern Cape. [See testimonies later on this page from some of the Bible readers] At Kariega, which held its sixth consecutive annual Bible-reading […]
Emergency response chaplain network born out of pledge following life-saving knock on door
South Africa’s emergency-response Chaplain on Board Initiative (COBI) owes its birth to a pledge he made in the 1990s after somebody knocked on his door and stopped him from committing suicide, said the ministry founder and CEO, Professor Willie du Toit. Speaking at the recent commissioning of eight COBI chaplains […]
Nelson Mandela Bay ‘imbizo’ targets longstanding gang shooting crisis
Two months ago local churches and the municipality in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) united to conduct a three-day campaign of prayer and fasting called One People, One Vision, Heal Our Bay. Currently One People, One Vision, Heal Our Bay – a movement that has grown out of the campaign – […]
City-Church coalition raise R20 000 reward to apprehend murderer(s)
Originally published In News 24 Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor Gary van Niekerk and partners under the banner of a city-Church coalition called One People, One Vision: Healing Our Bay raised a R20 000 reward for information leading to the successful prosecution of the murderer(s) of Sophie Erasmus (89). The […]