South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The government is open to exploring new, collaborative approaches to agriculture and land reform, said Dr Arno van Niekerk of Project SA, after a meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thokozile Didiza in Pretoria yesterday evening. He said God’s presence was tangible during the meeting between […]
The South African Council of Churches this week expressed concern at reports that government is considering stricter coronavirus lockdown regulations over the weekend and in Cape Town this morning a group of pastors are marching to Parliament to demand that churches be allowed to operate at full capacity. Last week, […]
This week Gateway News received an email with the subject “Letter to the editor — Parishioners against church lockdowns”. I read the letter, which points out illogicalities in lockdown regulations regarding church gatherings and raises questions on appropriate church responses to the rules. We have previously reported on responses to […]
The 6th annual United Prayer for South Africa (Up3SA) prayer event will take place from 7am to 8am on Sunday March 28, says founder Robbie Black For the last few years more than 250 towns/prayer groups joined in the initiative and “we are trusting the Lord for increased numbers and […]
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng did nothing wrong from a biblical, constitutional or political point of view when he spoke about Israel during a webinar last June, said ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe today. “That is why we are convinced he is going to win his appeal,” he said in a […]
Religious leaders on Wednesday night called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to open up religious gatherings to 50% of the capacity of venues, says Advocate Nadene Badenhorst, legal counsel of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) in a video report back. Badenhorst said the gathering, called by the president ahead […]
Originally published in Uganda Christian News Around East Africa, multitides are sharing tributes to Tanzania’s president John Pombe Magufuli who passed away at age 61. He died on Wednesday from “heart complications” at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan, the vice-president of Tanzania said in an address on state television. She […]
In the early hours of Friday March 12 the nation received the shock news of the passing of His Royal Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini KaBhekuzulu the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of KwaZulu Natal. The announcement was made by the Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and Nation, Prince […]
Testimonies of God’s responses started coming in six hours after they prayed Last week we reported on how God independently prompted the owners of two Eastern Cape farms to host prayer days for rain on their land on Saturday March 13. This week we report on what happened after the […]
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said last night that even before he had finished reading through a Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) finding against him regarding remarks he made in a webinar last June, God gave him “rock solid” grounds for appeal. At first he was shocked by God seemingly giving him […]