South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
After three days of virtual hearings in an application by four organisations challenging the government’s ban of religious gatherings the High Court in Johannesburg yesterday reserved judgment. Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA), the South African Christian Forum (SACF), Solidariteit Hulpende Hand and the Muslim Lawyers’ Assocation are seeking […]
Parties involved in a High Court application by the ACDP against the government’s rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to children between the ages of 12 and 17 have agreed to timelines for filing papers, says ACDP national executive committee member and attorney Bongani Luthuli in a media statement. He says the […]
A long-awaited case in which applications by several organisations challenging the government’s ban on religious gatherings in terms of Covid-19 regulations will be heard together by the Johannesburg High Court from Monday November 22 until Wednesday November 24. The case before Judge Vally will be heard virtually from 10am to […]
The Gauteng High Court today granted a request by the ACDP for a postponement in the hearing of its urgent application for an order to stop the rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to children between the ages of 12 and 17, ACDP national executive committee member and attorney Bongani Luthuli said […]
Originally published in Daily Maverick The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and a group of community organisations have filed papers at the Pretoria High Court to stop the roll-out of the one dose of the Pfizer vaccine to children between the ages of 12 and 17 According to papers before […]
Originally published in the algemeiner Pro-Israel advocates in South Africa this week launched a billboard campaign highlighting the fulsome support of the country’s late President, Nelson Mandela, for Israel’s right to exist as a sovereign, independent state. The billboard poster was unveiled on Monday on the M1 North highway in […]
With an increasing push both globally and locally for the introduction of mandatory Covid-19 vaccines various groups in South Africa are taking steps to oppose what they see as an onslaught against vital constitutional freedoms — and are calling on Christians to make their voices heard. In Johannesburg today the […]
The One South Africa Movement (OSA) and representatives of 12 independent organisations contesting the Local Government Elections on November 1 signed a “People’s Pledge” in Gauteng today. The pledge comprises a set of guiding principles that independents will champion and a promise of what independent organisations will do in government […]
Sunday October 3 is International Life Chain Sunday, a day which has previously seen as many as a million Christians in 1 800 locations worldwide participating in peaceful, prayer protest against abortion. In South Africa life chain events are planned in Cape Town on Sunday and in Kempton Park and […]
The Church is at last taking up its rightful civic role in the Ekurhuleni Municipality where 45 pastors will be contesting seats as members of the Independent Citizens Movement (ICM) in the upcoming local government elections, said Rev Chris Mathebula in an interview yesterday. A father of five, pastor of […]