South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
African deaf Christian leaders gathering in East London [notice] SPECIAL REPORT by Asanda Katshwa who introduces herself and her story here: My name is Asanda Katshwa. I am a member of Pastor Phumie’s church in Mdantsane, East Lonson We fellowship in my parents’ double garage (My parents are also deaf) , […]
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) submitted a Labour Laws Amendment Bill on “paternity leave” to the National Assembly speaker, Baleka Mbete, on Tuesday. The Bill seeks to provide parental leave, adoption leave and surrogacy leave. It also provides for the payment of parental benefits, as well as surrogacy parental benefits, from the Unemployment […]
Originally published in ACNS The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has resolved to study the possibility of withdrawing its investments from companies which exploit fossil fuels. The church’s Provincial Standing Committee, its top deliberative body between synods, resolved at a meeting on September 17 and 18 to ask its Provincial […]
Senior church leaders from a broad spectrum of South Africa’s churches today called on Christians to join the Unite Against Corruption march being organised by civil society groups for 30 September. The leaders – including those from some of the largest Christian denominations – say their plea for members to […]
A wall fell over and kids became sick. These were only some of the occurrences at a Uitenhage school in the Eastern Cape recently, after some pupils played an apparent innocent game called ‘Charlie Charlie challenge’. The game has since been banned at the school. The game however, is not […]
A letter from the Chairman of MMC WC 2015 My dearest Brothers and Sisters. I greet you all in the Mighty name of our Lord and ‘only’ Saviour, Jesus Christ. As the Mighty Men Conference of the Western Cape approaches, Friday 25th – 27th of Sep 2015 we will […]
The annual National Alliance for Life (NAL) Conference and March for Life will take place respectively on Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4, 2015 in Durban, and other pro-life events will take place in Cape Town, East London and Bloemfontein to coincide with International Life Chain Sunday — the […]
The discovery in a cave near Johannesburg of ancient bones which scientists say belong to a new member of the human tree will not change views on creation or the Bible, says African Christian Democratice Party (ACDP) MP Cherollyn Dudley. In a statement congratulating the Rising Star Expedition – a […]
Bible teacher and author Dr Hollisa Alewine will be in South Africa from October 9 to October 25 to teach on the Creation Gospel, a framework of the Bible whose key concepts and symbols are found from Genesis to Revelation. “She is a teacher of the deeper things of God,” […]
On Friday, August 28, the Constitutional Court (the highest court in the country) heard and reserved judgment in the case of Ecclesia de Lange v Methodist Church of South Africa. This is undoubtedly the most important case for religious freedom and the autonomy of the church that has ever come […]