Lesedi Community Centre in Heidelberg, Gauteng is doing a remarkable job of uplifting destitute people and uniting citizens in becoming the answer to local challenges. Andre Viljoen spoke to the centre manager Jaco Kritzinger When Jaco Kritzinger suddenly lost his senior corporate management job during a company restructuring in 2018 […]
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Gospel giant Israel Mosehla remembered as true worshiper who practiced what he preached
Celebrated South African Gospel artist and Jesus lover Israel Mosehla died unexpectedly last Sunday at the age of 50. News of his death after a short illness sent shock waves throughout South Africa on Monday morning with many of his followers sending their condolences on social media. Mosehla was considered […]
ACDP condemns ‘indiscriminate shooting of Christians’ by police at Sebokeng church
The ACDP condemns the “indiscriminate shooting of Christians who were praying at a church in Sebokeng by SAPS members yesterday morning”, says party president Rev Kenneth Meshoe in a media statement released today. “It has been reported that an old lady was allegedly shot by police with a rubber bullet […]
Crosswalkers take time-out after 1 400km due to Covid
1 400km into their 2 000km walk from Cape Town to Musina a group of crosswalkers have had to pause their Gospel trek after two of them were struck by the Covid-19 virus. Team visionary Reini Coetzee and David Smith landed up in hospital in Midstream, Gauteng after they were […]
‘Miracle of multiplication’ unfolds as feeding strategy reaches more people with healthier food
By Donovan Reeve The Covid-19 pandemic keenly highlighted as never before the plight of poorer vulnerable communities in South Africa. As people struggled to earn a living and feed their families during the early lockdown levels of 4 and 5, God created a spiritual awareness in our church, Breakthru Life, […]
We find out more about a national prayer walking/driving campaign against violence
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 […]
Integrated safety strategy key to development of SA, says Van Niekerk
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 […]
Mission of prayer, unity to Senekal
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 […]
Tribute to a legend: Apostle Dr PF Molefe — Tshego Motaung
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 […]
‘We’ll keep fighting’: Meet the man who challenged SA’s lockdown regulations
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, […]