Parliamentarians who met on Tuesday to discuss their response to a report by the CRL Rights Commission calling for religious licensing expressed support for an appeal by the religious community to regulate its own affairs. This week’s verbal responses by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) […]
South Africa
New leader of African Enterprise has passion to preach the gospel in Africa
By AE Media Meet Theuns Pauw who has stepped into the big shoes of AE founder Michael Cassidy as South African team leader of the influential evangelism ministry he established 57 years ago. African Enterprise (AE), the ministry founded by Michael Cassidy in 1961, has recently appointed a new leader […]
Cape Town sacred assembly called ahead of It’s Time event
Cape Town Christians are invited to join in a 24 hour time of prayer from the evening of Friday February 9 to Saturday February 10 to “cry, weep, mourn, wail and wait on Elohim for the heavens that have been closed for the past three years in Cape Town (2 […]
‘Miracle’ hailstorm brings blessings to Northern Cape
Originally published in Breaking Israel News A hailstorm last week that partially resembled one of 10 plagues of Egypt in the Biblical Passover story was a blessing to the drought-stricken South African province of Northern Cape, in what The South African dubbed to have been “a miracle rainstorm.” The town […]
NG Kerk voer gesprek met EFF
Oorspronklik gepubliseer in GrensPos – Nr 2 25 Januarie 2018 (NGK Ooskaap nuusbrief) Gustav Claassen, algemene sekretaris van die algemene sinode, vertel van ‘n ontmoeting tussen afgevaardigdes van die algemene sinode en die EFF: In ‘n poging om met politieke partye en ander rolspelers in gesprek te tree en ons […]
Archbishop of Cape Town’s tribute to anti-apartheid hero, trumpeter Hugh Masekela
Originally published in ACNS The Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has paid tribute to the legendary trumpeter and anti-apartheid campaigner Hugh Masekela, who died on Tuesday at the age of 78. He was described in one obituary as “one of the world’s finest and most distinctive horn players, whose […]
Hoax “Angus Buchan” message expected to spark mass prayer for rain
“The more prayer the better but it’s not from me!” said farmer-evangelist Angus Buchan today in response to a viral social media message purporting to be a call from him for Christians throughout South Africa to pray on Wednesday (January 24 2018) for rain in the Western Cape. “We are […]
Churches threaten to act against Mkhwebane
Originally published in News 24 The South African Council of Churches has threatened to act against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane if she fails to explain her call for the terms of reference for the state capture inquiry to be expanded beyond the remedial action in the State of Capture report. […]
Don’t downgrade embassy in Israel, Ramaphosa urged
ANC president and deputy president of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa has been urged not to implement the recent ANC policy conference resolution to downgrade the SA embassy in Israel or to allow the ANC to be used by haters of Israel to create the impression that South Africans hate Israel. […]
ACDP urges government to protect women, children from legalised prostitution
ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley said on Thursday, December 21 2017 that “the ACDP is concerned but not surprised by the decision of the ANC Congress to fully decriminalise sex work in South Africa”. The announcement was made at a media briefing on the social transformation Commission resolutions on the last […]
