The implementation of halaal regulations in certain KFC branches in KwaZulu-Natal continued to cause conflict this week. The Mercury reported that Gugu Smamane, 30, a KFC employee in Davenport, Durban resigned after she was disciplined by area manager Nonhle Mgabhi for warming her food in the halaal certified store. Thereafter […]
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Persecution veterans to talk in SA
Persecution mission veterans Dr Nik and Ruth Ripken* will conduct a one-day ‘Servants in the Crucible’ seminar in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town in September. The Ripkens, who are being hosted in South Africa by Open Doors, have interviewed approximately 600 believers who live courageously in persecuted environments in […]
Finally, by popular request — a Mighty Women’s Conference!
An event that many women have been asking for is finally happening. The first official Mighty Woman’s Conference (MWC) is taking place from September 7 to 9 on a guest farm south of Johannesburg. The MWC has its historical roots in the Mighty Men movement founded by Angus Buchan in […]
Thousands attend Pietermaritzburg rally
Thousands gathered at the Woodburn Rugby Stadium in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday for the closing rally of the African Enterprise Jubilee Mission. The rally was the culmination of a week of outreach in the city by African Enterprise, an organisation sharing the Gospel in word and deed across Africa. African Enterprise […]
SA Deputy Minister’s comment on Israel irks Jews
Originally published in Ynet News The latest comments by South Africa’s deputy international relations minister, Ebrahim Ebrahim, saying that he ”discourages” South Africans from visiting Israle, keep making headlines. South African newspapers, such as the ‘Cape Times’ and ‘The Mercury Durban’ described the remarks as a categorical and official admission […]
KFC lose halaal dismissal case, faces 2nd complaint
An Empangeni woman who was not allowed to take non-halaal food to work at KFC has lodged a complaint with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), it was reported today. This was the second such complaint against the fast food chain. On Friday last week, KFC lost a […]
Two men to stand trial over conversion of Saudi woman
Originally published in barnabasaid Two men, one Lebanese and one Saudi, will stand trial next month accused of helping a Saudi woman convert to Christianity and flee the strict Islamic country. The young woman’s father filed a police complaint against the two men, with whom his daughter worked in Al-Khobar, […]
Major SA Biblical literacy survey
The Bible study and life application habits of South African Christians will be probed in a major, national, online survey from tomorrow (August 15). The South African Theological Seminary (SATS) says it is conducting the study because it is “deeply concerned about the state Biblical literacy in our country”. The […]
Spanish government plans to ban abortion
Originally published in Hurriyet Daily News (via Contact Online Blog) Spain’s conservative government plans to ban abortions, overturning a two-year-old law allowing terminations on demand, a justice ministry source told Reuters, in a move likely to galvanize support among its core voters. The previous Socialist government passed a law in […]
70 000 Christians locked in concentration camps
Originally published in WND Sources confirm North Korea has eased or lifted a number of restrictions for citizens since Kim Jong Un succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Il’s tenure as dictator was marked by intense persecution of Christians, including imprisonment of generations of a family for a […]