South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Children in Khayelitsha, Cape Town were blessed with warm clothes and 150 toys donated by the ACDP during a Mandela Day outreach last week. ACDP councillor Mongezi Mabungane, who haded the gifts to Yonwaba Educare Centre in Site C Khayelitsha, said it warmed his heart to see the children’s happy […]
Three independent Bible Reading Marathons will take place at different centres in late October and perhaps there will be even more, says Illona de Wit, visionary of the inaugural event in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) in 2018. Illona and her team are looking forward to hosting their sixth annual Bible […]
“For too long divisions and disagreements have torn the fabric of our society. Now is the time to mend and strengthen bonds between us,” says a press release from the visionaries of an ambitious campaign to pursue unity and healing in Nelson Mandela Bay through three days of fasting and […]
Just over a month ago the South African government announced that it was suspending its bid to push through a controversial bill to decriminalise prostitution. What does this development mean? And what next? Gateway News discussed these questions with Dr Marcel van der Watt, Director of the Research Institute at […]
By Gerda Potgieter, Devoted Mag Veteran politician Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, 94, addressed thousands of young people this week duing one of the highlight sessions at the KwaSizabantu Youth Conference which was held at KwaSizabantu Mission in Kranskop, KwaZulu-Natal from June 28 to July 5. Buthelezi, who is a MP, founder […]
By Marie Sukers, MP On Tuesday, the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education heard that 78% of those making oral submissions during the public hearings on the BELA Bill in the Western Cape had rejected the bill. This follows rejections of the Bill in both KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The BELA Bill […]
Imagine a South Africa in which each one of us regularly comes up with practical, creative solutions to problems facing our nation. That is a picture that Isaiah Engelbrecht founder of the Innovation Army believes aligns with God’s heart and which he wants to impart to citizens, young and old, […]
History was made in the Dutch Reformed Church last week when Tafelberg Congregation in central Cape Town announced that it had suspended its affiliation with the DRC which it accuses of unbiblical practices. Tafelberg, which is one of over 100 DRC congregations in South Africa that have been officially “grieving” […]
By Gerda Potgieter The KHULA Clean Up team from aQuellé joined the Matjhabeng Municipality to clean up the Saaiplaas area in the Free State last Saturday. The campaign was the team’s latest in more than 50 community clean-ups throughout South Africa over the past two years. To date the team […]
Our job as Christians is to preach the Gospel — not to judge the world or force a Christian worldview on those outside the Church, says Andrew Selley, leader of Joshua Generation Church and the Four12 partnership of churches, in a Facebook video clip made to answer the question: “How […]