The equivalent of 45.8 tanker trucks of the blood of unborn babies have been poured out in South Africa over the 27 years since abortion on demand was legalised in the nation, said new political party #Hope4SA in a media statement today. “The fateful decision to legalize abortion was cast […]
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SA doesn’t get it’s way at ICJ but ‘insulting’ ruling poses ‘dangerous’ public image problem for Israel
Last Friday the International Court of Justice rejected the South African government’s request to explicitly order a ceasefire in the Gaza war on the grounds of genocide — although the SA government apparently interprets the ruling as effectively ordering Israel to suspend its war. The ICJ did accept the possibility […]
Netanyahu’s office says it’s ‘preposterous’ to say his invoking Amalek was a genocide call
Originally published in The Times of Israel The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday hit out at South Africa’s allegation that comments by Benjamin Netanyahu referencing the Amalekites, the biblical enemy of the ancient Israelites, in relation to Hamas were incitement to genocide. Netanyahu’s references to the Amalekites were part […]
Logos Hope due in Richards Bay on Sunday
The OM mission ship and world’s largest floating book fair, Logos Hope, is due in Richards Bay on Sunday at the start of a five-month visit to South Africa which will include stopovers in five ports. The SA port dates are: During the ship’s time in Richards Bay members of […]
‘ACDP does not support government’s ICJ lawsuit’
The statement below was released by ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe last week before the hearing of the South African government’s lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. We publish it now as Gateway News was on a seasonal publishing break when the statement was released. The African Christian […]
Cricket SA and ICC complicit in ‘sinister discriminatory agenda’, says SAJBD
It was not “security threats” but “plain antisemitsm” that led Cricket SA (CSA) to “arbitrarily” strip David Teeger of his captaincy of the Under19 Protea squad, said the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) in a statement released after a meeting with CSA today. During the meeting CSA “categorically failed […]
New party, #Hope4SA, announces plans to contest elections
A new South African political party, #Hope4SA, announced last Wednesday that it will contest the 2024 elections around a vision of positive change and unity. The party’s core values centre around subscription to biblical values, good governance, transparency, accountability, and a commitment to addressing the evolving needs of SA society, […]
The ANC must leave Israel alone and fix the mess at home
The African National Congress government and their allies’ decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice has brought us to a place where, like the time of Queen Esther in the Bible, we cannot keep silent. We cannot keep silent when a government that has failed on its […]
‘God gives SA second chance to turn from wicked ways’
Laurette Mkati of the SA Prayer Movement for Change reports that God has opened a strategic royal door in the Eastern Cape that is a key to South Africa — and Africa — returning to the Lord and fulfilling its calling to take the Gospel to the ends of the […]
JCC confirms ‘grossly negligent’ conduct finding against Judge Desai over BDS involvement
The Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) has dismissed an appeal by Judge Siraj Desai against it ruling in June that he was guilty of “grossly negligent” conduct by involving himself in political controversy in support of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement. In a press statement welcoming the JSC’s finding, Rolene […]