In what police describe as a miracle, officers yesterday rescued a US missionary pastor from his kidnappers during an intensive shootout in Gqeberha (PE), in which three unidentified suspects were killed. The pastor, Josh Sullivan, 45, was found unharmed in the vehicle from which the suspects had launched their attack […]
South Africa
ACDP rejects ANC attack on fact-finding trip to Israel
ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe said today that the party rejects the ANC’s condemnation of a week-long fact-finding mission to Israel by a group including DA, PA and ACDP MPs and Christian and Jewish religious leaders. In a statement released on Friday, the day the group returned from Israel, the […]
Cause for Justice seeks right to intervene in court bid to decriminalise prostitution
Pro-prostitution activists have launched a constitutional challenge against the laws criminalising prostitution in South Africa and the government is not even opposing them. Ryan Smit founder and director of Cause For Justice (CFJ) explains what is at stake if the sex trade is legalised and why CFJ wants to oppose […]
SA multiparty group concludes fact-finding mission to Israel
A South African multiparty group has just completed a historic fact-finding mission to Israel — the first visit by a group of South African members of Parliament since the October 7 massacre took place in 2023. The Hamas attacks marked a new chapter in the region’s turmoil with over 1 […]
March of Hope takes Jesus to the streets of Cape Town
On Wednesday, April 16 we invite you to join us in a powerful and unifying event — the March of Hope organised by Good Hope Christian Centre. On this day, we will gather as a community, raising our voices and lifting our prayers for our city, our nation, and our […]
NPA must apologise for failing victims in televangelist Omotoso case, says ACDP
ALSO READ: Omotoso verdict: the urgent need for justice reform by Michael Swain, FOR SA The NPA owes an apology to victims of sexual assault and human trafficking and witnesses who it failed during the case of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso and two co-accused who were acquitted of all charges […]
Gqeberha dialogue uncovers city change agents
On March 25 70 Christian influencers in 10 different spheres of society in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) participated in a dialogue aimed at changing the city for the better through multi-stakeholder collaboration. The dialogue, which was initiated by the Nelson Mandela Bay Church Leaders Network focused on poverty and unemployment, […]
An important day for the history books — Michael Cassidy
Dr Michael Cassidy founder of African Enterprise reflects on the Awakening South Africa National Day of Prayer and Repentance last Saturday It was a very great joy and privilege to have been invited by Rachel Kalidass to give the keynote address at the Awakening South Africa, National Day of Prayer […]
Dutch Reformed Church in Namibia cuts ties with General Synod
In a historic decision last Thursday the Dutch Reformed Church in Namibia took a final decision to break away from the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. The resolution, passed by a two thirds majority at a Synod session in Windhoek, follows a decision by the […]
Women’s prayer movement birthed in pandemic launching in Pretoria, Cape Town in April
A multinational women’s prayer movement that started online in 2020 as a response to a sense of isolation during the Covid pandemic is planning satellite launches in Pretoria on April 12 and in Cape Town on April 19. “Our vision is to raise a generation of women empowered through prayer, […]