South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
[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, […]
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 […]
TopTV CEO Vino Govender is getting axed because of his misguided porn plans and slow growth in subscriber numbers, reports TV writer Thinus Ferreira. Govender outraged South Africans in early December when he backtracked on a 2010 pledge that TopTV would adhere to Christian family values and would not broadcast […]
By Thaddeus Baklinski — Originally published in LifeStiteNews.Com 1.35 million condoms given out prior to celebrations put on by South Africa’s governing political party, the African National Congress, have been recalled due to complaints that the locally made prophylactics were defective. Spokesman Jabu Mbalula of the health department of the […]
Citizens opposed to the Protection of State Information Bill, otherwise known as the Secrecy Bill, are strongly encouraged to attend public hearings in their area, the Parliamentary Liaision Office (CPLO) of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference urges in a newsletter today. After being approved – by 229 votes against […]
The Independent Communications Authority (Icasa) has turned down Top TV’s application to launch a new, standalone hardcore pornography package of channels. Icasa has said it will provide reasons for its decision withing 30 days. The Icasa decision brings to an end a stormy two months battle during which South Africans […]
Forty one Irish volunteer builders are rapidly turning an ambitious community upliftment dream into a reality in the impoverished, shackland township of Missionvale, Port Elizabeth. “It’s a miracle”, said Missionvale Care Centre Academy principal Pastor Russel Viljoen as the industrious Irishmen — seemingly oblivious to a relentless heatwave in PE […]
There are more than 68 OOO deaf people in the Eastern Cape. Less than 0.5% of them enjoy the privilege of being ministered to in a way that they can actually understand. “It leaves us with an urgent and clear call to respond to the situation and to answer responsibly […]
Originally published in Assist News Service The case of Asia Bibi, the Pakistan Christian mother-of-five who was sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy, has taken an extraordinary turn. According to a story monitored by the ASSIST News Service, Qari Salam, who accused Bibi of blasphemy charges, which resulted in a […]