New TopTV boss Eddie Mbalo says the pay TV service “made some mistakes” but apparently he does not think it was a mistake to try and launch a porn package. The “mistakes”, it seems, are to do with non-delivery on content and service. But in an interview with TV writer […]
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Cinema chains not very Courageous?
Despite numerous requests from viewers around the country South African cinema chains yesterday added just one town — Worcester — to the lucky few which are currently getting to see the Christian blockbuster Courageous. Peet Louw, a director of Humble Pie Entertainment, which is marketing the movie in South Africa […]
No clear road map but at least some pointers
[notice]Mike Pothier, research coordinator of the Parliamentary Liaision Office (CPLO) of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, responds to last night’s State of the Nation Address by President Jacob Zuma.[/notice]Serious crime is down by 5%. Unemployment has reduced from 25 per cent to 23. per cent. Matric passes have increased […]
Prayer walk from NMB Stadium to City Hall
Nelson Mandela Bay Christians are urged to join in a symbolic 4 km prayer walk from the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium to the City Hall on the morning of Saturday, February 25. The event is a continuation of the historic NMB Metro Prayer Day at the stadium on October 22 […]
Church has 5-year plan to transform Nelson Mandela Bay
Church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) were united in an ambitious plan to transform the city over the next five years, said Transformation Christian Network (TCN) executive member Trevor Jennings. “We’ve lost a lot of ground. And if we, as the Church, are going to take up our responsibility […]
No Mighty Men Conference in W.Cape, but Limpopo, E.Cape powering ahead
There will be no Mighty Men Conference (MMC) in the Western Cape this year it was announced today but planning for the Bushveld MMC in Limpopo in March and the Karoo MMC in the Eastern Cape in April are forging ahead. Announcing the Western Cape decision today, Radio Tygerberg CEO […]
UK Christians told by advertising authority that they cannot say that people can be healed from physical illness
By Dan Wooding – Originally published in Assist News Service The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told a group of Christians in the city of Bath, located in Somerset, south west England, not to make any claims which state or imply that, by receiving their prayer, people could be […]
Soaking the Government in prayer!
Every day of 2012 intercessors will spend 30 minutes to half an hour at the Union Buildings, Pretoria, praying for the South African government. At least that is the ambitious goal of a prayer team known as the Pretoria Prayer Force (PPF) which is mobilising local Christians to participate in […]
My experience at the pro-life prayer vigil outside Parliament
[notice]Mieneke van der Merwe joined a group of pro-life supporters who gathered in Central Cape Town yesterday to mark the National Day of Repentance — the 15th anniversary of abortion on demand legislation in South Africa.[/notice] ABORTION ON DEMAND On February 1, 1997, against the will of most South Africans, […]
Youth march through PMB ahead of AE jubilee mission
More than 100 young people marched through the Pietermaritzburg city centre on Saturday (January 28) in a forerunner to a citywide mission that will celebrate 50 years of ministry by African Enterprise (AE) on the African continent. AE founder Michael Cassidy’s vision to “evangelise the cities of Africa through word […]