South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Gateway News recently interviewed Bishop Peter Sekhonyane, one of two men chosen to lead and guide a proposed national campaign of prayer walks and prayer drives aimed at countering violence in South Africa. The campaign is one of several action steps against violence in SA that came out of two […]
Experts in various fields of security who met in Pretoria on Tuesday committed themselves to work together and with other role-players to develop an integrated national safeguarding strategy that will be based on biblical values, said Dr Arno van Niekerk, one of the facilitators of the meeting. He said that […]
At 4am on Wednesday a group of six people prayed together and shared communion at Irene Mall, Pretoria before setting out on a 340km journey to Senekal on a mission to pray and display unity in the Eastern Free State town where tension has been running high after a protest […]
Tshego Motaung writes about Pentecostal elder statesman Apostle Dr Philip F Molefe who died at the age of 92 on Saturday August 1 I had the privilege of interviewing Dr PF Molefe at his home in Sharpeville just before his 90th birthday celebration two years ago. We had arranged to […]
By Nonkululeko Njilo — Originally published in Times Live Reyno de Beer has become a household name after the David vs Goliath victory on Tuesday that saw him challenge the government’s lockdown regulations and the High Court ruling that many were invalid and unconstitutional. The father-of-two, born in Edenvale, Johannesburg, […]
By Joseph Chirume — Originally published in GroundUp A domestic worker in Johannesburg has donated R3 000 of her R7 500-a-month salary to families in distress because of the Covid-19 lockdown. Zimbabwean national Judy Murambinda used the money to assist other Zimbabweans in trouble. She said immigrants should help each […]
South African chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng yesterday pleaded “from the depth of my heart” for “those who know just how powerful prayer can be” to pray for SA’s protection and blessing at this time when the nation is exposed to coronavirus infection. Briefing media in Midrand, Johannesburg on measures that will […]
The discovery of a major mineral deposit that “could solve the whole problem of the economy” and the emergence of Christian marketplace leaders who solve problems in different areas of society, feature in God’s plans to make South Africa an influential benefactor, said prophetic pioneer, author and TV host Shawn […]
More than 500 Dutch Reformed Church leaders flocked to the Moreletapark Congregation, a megachurch in Pretoria East, this week to discuss the impact of a liberal agenda that many feel is being pushed by the General Synod leadership. The summit on Tuesday and Wednesday was organised by the Moreletapark Congregation to […]
As Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) leaders concerned about a growing liberal influence in the denomination prepare to attend a national summit in Pretoria next week, the Goudland Synod (consisting of 150 congregations in North West and parts of Gauteng) have decided to withhold their financial contribution to the general synod, reports […]
