Eastern Cape DA leader Nqaba Bhanga was re-elected as the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay at a special council meeting today. He defeated EFF councillor and regional chair of the party Amandlangawethu Madaka with 62 votes to 57. Today’s special meeting was held after the Port Elizabeth High Court last […]
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Active citizenry results in Ivermectin victory in SA
By Pearl Kupe News is just in advising that the medicines regulator, SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra), will allow the public access to the drug Ivermectin. The CEO of Sahpra, Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela, announced today that Ivermectin will be allowed for treatment and prophylaxis of Covid-19. She said: ”We […]
Maimane announces plan to support independents in local government elections
It is time to lay the foundation for South Africa’s second democratic transition in which power is handed back to the people, said One South Africa (OSA) movement leader Mmusi Maimane this week in a virtual press conference where he announced a campaign to get behind independent candidates in the […]
Call for churches to open: Christian groups go to court, SACC writes to president
Call for church ministers to get priority vaccination Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) on Monday issued papers in the Johannesburg High Court to ask that government’s current and indefinite ban on faith-based gatherings be lifted. And on the same day the South African Council of Churches (SACC) sent […]
#Churchesmustmeet! petition launched
Cape Town church leaders Demitiri and Karen Nikiforos have launched a petition calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to reopen churches in South Africa. In an email to Gateway News Demitiri who leads New Life in Christ Church in Cape Town says the petition campaign aims to unite with Christians and […]
Pro-life doctor takes HPCSA to court
Cape Town pro-life doctor Jacques de Vos, whose professional conduct hearing has been repeatedly delayed by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) since 2017, has applied to the North Gauteng High Court to compel the council to finalise the hearing against him. In 2017 Dr De Vos was […]
Christian groups going to court over church lockdown regulations
Legal opposition to government pandemic regulations, which amount to an indefinite blanket ban of all religious gatherings in South Africa, is mounting. Last Friday the South African National Christian Forum (SANCF), which represents a number of churches in townships and informal settlements, filed an urgent application with the Johannesburg High […]
WATCH: ‘We have to get into the trenches’ to wage spiritual warfare against Covid-19, says prophetic doctor
It is time for followers of Jesus to face up to the reality of the devil’s severe attack on the Body of Christ through Covid-19 and to unite as never before in fighting the enemy from a place of peace and victory. So says Irma Simpson, who has practiced as […]
Envision conference will update Christian leaders on what God is doing in Israel
Pastors and ministry leaders are invited to register for Envision, the annual leaders’ conference of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) which will be held online from January 25 to 28. Each year Envision connects leaders from around the world to what God is doing in Israel and particularly within […]
Beloved international evangelist Steven Lungu dies from Covid-19
Steven Lungu a leading African evangelist and former international team leader and CEO of African Enterprise passed away in Lilongwe, Malawi today from Covid-19 complications. The evangelist, whose powerful testimony of how God transformed him from a bitter freedom fighter to a global evangelist has touched multitudes of people around […]