Originally published in CBN News In 2010, Erik Hansen decided to give up a lucrative medical career in America to pursue a dream of serving the less fortunate. He packed up his bags and moved his wife and four children 8 000 miles from his home in south Texas to […]
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Nigerian pastor acquitted of hate speech in UK
Originally published in Christian Concern A Christian street preacher has been acquitted of using ‘threatening and abusive language’ whilst preaching in Wood Green, London. Pastor Oluwole Ilesanmi, aged 62, had been charged concerning a sermon that he preached on June 24 2017, when a Muslim and two political activists pressed […]
Healing crossroads in South Africa in 2017 — Rachel Simpson
Rachel Simpson reflects on two key, defining moments in South Africa during 2017 South Africa’s wounds of division have been temporarily bound by two decades of political correctness. But beneath the well-intended rainbow bandage is a festering sore that will only grow worse unless South Africa as a nation seeks […]
Open Doors calls for prayer ahead of presenting One Million Voices of Hope petition to UN
On Saturday December 9 Open Doors is hosting a prayer event in New York, ahead of its One Million Voices of Hope petition presentation to the United Nations in support of securing protection for the people of Syria and Iraq. “Although this event is in New York, we are calling […]
FOR SA raising R1m to appeal spanking ruling
Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) says it will need to raise in the region of R1-million for legal costs for its appeal against the High Court judgment which removed “moderate and reasonable chastisement” as a common law defence that parents could use against a charge of assault. “Appealing this […]
Call for asset-based approach to tackling poverty in Nelson Mandela Bay
By Ed Richardson The creation of much-needed jobs in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro can be fast-tracked by taking an “asset-based” approach to poverty alleviation rather than focusing on the negatives, says Bernie Dolley, director of the Ikahla Trust. She was speaking at the metro’s first poverty and unemployment summit […]
African states say they will follow Trump in moving their embassies to Jerusalem
Originally published in Geller Report While the Trump administration was hit with a barrage of warnings that is stands to throw the Middle East into chaos if it recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — which President Trump did in a historic announcement yesterday — the move has garnered support among […]
Top chef inspires cullinary school graduates at LIV Village
Stay passionate about food and be grateful for humble beginnings, chef Luke Nair, head chef at the renowned Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, told graduates at the LIV Village Cullinary School graduation on Tuesday, Nair continued to share his own story of growing up in a township and how […]
Fathers express thanks for historic ACDP paternity bill
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) Member of Parliament, Cheryllyn Dudley, has made history in South Africa where for the first time a private member’s bill brought by an opposition party has been passed. Not only is the bill on parental leave an historic event, but the passing of the bill […]
WATCH: President Trump recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal capital
Originally published in Breaking Israel News In a momentous speech today, President Donald Trump changed decades of US policy by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The president made this historic announcement from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House with Vice President Mike Pence standing behind him. “I […]

