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State security may be investigating Christians, says former CRL committee chairperson

Former CRL Rights Commission Section 22 committee chairperson Professor Musa Xulu released a press statement this week in which he says state-security structures may be investigating Christians and organisations “opposing the CRL chairperson’s agenda”. Xulu, who resigned in January as chairperson of the Section 22 committee on Christian sector abuses, […]

Christian groups welcome Phala-Phala judgment, call for fair, transparent parliamentary process

The Constitutional Court judgement concerning the Phala Phala matter is “a welcome development against the culture of impunity”, says the South African Council of Churches in a media statement released on Friday. “As the SACC, we view this as consistent with the commitment made by national church leaders through the […]

Hundreds of pastors attend Bloemfontein meeting on church-regulation threat

Hundreds of pastors, church leaders and servants of God from across the Free State and surrounding areas attended an urgent strategic engagement hosted by South African Church Defenders (SACD) in Bloemfontein yesterday. At the meeting SACD leadership “led critical discussion around attempts by the CRL Rights Commission to introduce measures […]

Call to ‘shut down Spirit of Assassination’ after third attempt on President Trump’s life

The assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Washington DC on Saturday night will not be the last unless Christians shut down the Spirit of Assassination, said author, prophetic voice and intercessor Jennifer Leclaire. The spirit driving would-be mass murderer Cole Thomas Allen, 31, at the White House Correspondents’ Association […]