South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In April this year the Lofdal Gesinskerk in Middelburg, Mpumalanga hosted their first Bible Reading Marathon after accepting a challenge to SA Christians issued by Eastern Cape Bible Reading Marathon pioneer Illona de Wit. The Middleburg group read the Bible non-stop, from cover to cover in 90 hours and 35 […]
By Nkosazana Ngwadla — Originally published in UD Express Just a little over a month ago, Sikelelwa Nofemela and her husband, Mbulelo, opened the doors to their restaurant, Ribs Etc, in Despatch — and they are already making an impact in the area with their signature soups that cost only […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa reports that the CRL Rights Commission is providing the faith communities of South Africa with a rare and important opportunity to participate in a religious freedom survey. The survey is intended to gauge the health of religious freedom in South Africa and will result in […]
The Tembisa Self Help Association of the Disabled (T-SHAD) recently received a generous donation of food groceries contributed by Norkem Park-based retired Lieutenant-Colonel Ntombizakhe Mcaba to mark Women’s Month. “As a woman I want to make a difference in my community by helping the needy and supporting them to be […]
After two days of intense debate on matters which directly affect next year’s general election and go to the heart of South Africa’s democratic system, the Constitutional Court yesterday reserved judgment on two applications challenging the constitutionality of the Electoral Act. With the clock ticking into the limited time available […]
Arno van Niekerk, a leader of the Time2RiseSA movement says he was surprised to come across the Afrikaans word “praat” displayed on a pavement last Friday in “the last place I expected to see Afrikaans” — “in the middle of Soweto”. He made this “discovery” shortly after visiting the nearby […]
Time is running out for the public to comment on the controversial Marriage Bill which seeks to bring together into a single statute, the different laws that currently govern marriage in South Africa. Tomorrow is the last day for comment. Philip Rosenthal director of Christian View Network calls the Bill […]
Originally published in Christian Today Steve Osmond, a zoologist and scientist, has just moved with his family from South Africa to Scotland to take up a new role at the Solas Centre for Public Christianity as an apologist and evangelist. Solas’ assistant director Gavin Matthews has called Osmond an answer to prayer […]
Originally published in Church Times The Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba, one of the main speakers at the 40th-anniversary celebrations of the United Democratic Front (UDF), expressed pride in being “a child of the UDF”, and acknowledged the organisation’s contribution to the struggle against apartheid, and to his […]
Gary Millar, 54, of Broughshane, Northern Ireland is cycling 440km this month to raise funds for brain tumour research. Piperjames McGowan of Mighty Men Western Cape said Gary — a cancer survivor himself — is a keen supporter of the Mighty Men movement, especially in South Africa. An attorney in […]