North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom has partially lifted its controversial suspension of Shaun Christie, a final-year law student, for disrupting a LGBTQIA+ presentation to first year students at a university orientation event last Tuesday. NWU’s back-pedalling on its initial harsh response to Christie’s protest, which sparked a mass student walkout from […]
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Pretoria ‘Prayer Drive Thru’ team would like to pray for you!
If you are driving in Waverley, Pretoria you are invited to pop into the “Prayer Drive Thru” where faith-filled volunteers would love to pray for you. Co-founder of the roadside ministry, Danie Marx, said that “after eight months of being obedient to be there every Saturday from 9am to 1pm, […]
UPDATED: Senior NWU student suspended for disrupting LGBTQIA+ presentation to first years
Shaun Christie, a final year law student at North-West Univeristy, Potchefstroom, has been suspended by university authoriries for disrupting a LGBTQIA+ presentation during an orientation session for first year students on Tuesday. In a video clip [see below] of Shaun speaking in front of the university he says he had responded […]
Call to take prayer stand on Israel, national sins on February 25
Christian nation-building movement Time2RiseSA (T2R) has called on SA Christians to unite in a national day of prayer and fasting at 4pm on Sunday February 25 to separate from the government’s position on Israel and to repent of national sins. “As Christians in South Africa, we are distancing ourselves from […]
Call for public action on two urgent religious freedom threats
Freedom of Religion South Africa has called on SA Christians to take action on two urgent matters that pose serious threats to our religious freedom The first call is to participate in a DEAR MR PRESIDENT campaign that FOR SA has initiated “We are asking every individual or organisation to […]
Lebanese anti-Israeli judge elected new president of International Court of Justice
Originally published in allisraelnews The International Court of Justice in The Hague elected a new president with a worrying past of anti-Israeli comments, the court announced on Tuesday. Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam was elected by his 14 peers to preside over the “World Court” for the next three years. Salam became a […]
SA Jewish community slams Lamola’s denial of antisemitism in country
Originally published in SA Jewish Report The South African Jewish community is calling on South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola and the ANC government to stop dismissing antisemitism and to cease creating an environment that emboldens antisemites. On BBC HardTalk this week, Lamola denied that there was any antisemitism in South Africa […]
‘Stop killing babies’, says #Hope4SA on abortion law anniversary
The equivalent of 45.8 tanker trucks of the blood of unborn babies have been poured out in South Africa over the 27 years since abortion on demand was legalised in the nation, said new political party #Hope4SA in a media statement today. “The fateful decision to legalize abortion was cast […]
SA doesn’t get it’s way at ICJ but ‘insulting’ ruling poses ‘dangerous’ public image problem for Israel
Last Friday the International Court of Justice rejected the South African government’s request to explicitly order a ceasefire in the Gaza war on the grounds of genocide — although the SA government apparently interprets the ruling as effectively ordering Israel to suspend its war. The ICJ did accept the possibility […]
Dutch worshipers stand for Israel — and for SA Christians — at International Court of Justice
Why did a group of Dutch Christians worship Jesus and pray together on a wintry public square in front of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Sunday? They did it for Israel – and for Christians in South Africa, explained Wim Hoddenbagh, preacher and founder of Dutch outdoor worship […]