One of the blessings of the recent Switched On evangelism campaign in Nelson Mandela Bay was the salvation of former, notorious gang leader, Xola Ngxolo and members of his gang who all accepted Jesus during evening meetings in a tent in Zwide. Ngxolo who was crippled after he was stabbed […]
South Africa
God’s grace in action after children’s home fire
In July 2015 a fire in one of the houses at SIM Southern Africa’s Mseleni Children’s Home in northern KwaZulu-Natal claimed the life of a child and of a brave care worker who tried to save the toddler. The Department of Social Development ordered the closure of Mseleni pending an inquiry […]
God’s timing to launch Gospel-centered empowerment programme in Karoo town
The seemingly hopeless plight of the inactive and discouraged residents of South Africa’s townships who are unemployed, especially those in Middelburg in the Eastern Cape, have long been on Annette Kingwill’s heart and mind. Together with this burden she has carried a deep conviction to contribute to the empowerment of […]
Golf pro loses livelihood in protests but trusts God
Gary Packer, professional golfer for more than 25 years and involved in development golf for township children, lost almost all his livelihood in the recent Port Elizabeth Walmer Township protests. His golf shop, which is at the Walmer Country Club, was looted of close to R400 000 worth of stock. But […]
Life Skills trainees who persevere find new hope and jobs
“I had given up hope a long time ago on finding a job when I received the phone call letting me know about the Life Skills training. I had nothing coming in except the social grant for my 3-year-old son, so I had begun to sell fish in the community […]
Traumatised children’s ministry course inspires missionary teacher
The Petra Institute in White River, Mpumalanga, has trained people from many countries in children’s ministry, but for Samantha Purchase, a trained teacher and missionary in Burundi, it was more than just another training course. It totally changed the way she dealt with children. She did several of the courses […]
Nelson Mandela Bay will be Switched On — to Jesus!
Openness of schools to Gospel overwhelms film crew Five days into the week-long Switched On mission in Nelson Mandela Bay reports are coming back of people responding to the Gospel message that is being proclaimed in every corner of the city in the greatest evangelism outreach every undertaken in the […]
Celebrating the new law to combat human trafficking in South Africa
[notice] Special report by Beatri Kruger, Adjunct Professor: Public Law at the University of the Free State to mark a landmark date in the fight against human trafficking — August 9, 2015, when the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act (7/2013) came into operation.[/notice] “Money may be able […]
Western Cape Mighty Men honour ‘Mighty Ma’
By Piperjames McGowan, Chairman of the MMC Western Cape As the Mighty Men of the Western Cape reflect on Women’s Month (August 2015) in honour of all women in South Africa they would also like to pay special tribute to OUR very own Mighty Ma, Ina Murison (Francina Sara Murison-McGowan) who […]
Ex diplomat has a God-inspired dream for tackling social injustice and poverty
God has a dream for South Africa – a dream in which the ever present nightmare of social disaster gets managed as risk, birthing a major new business sector and leading the way in poverty eradication. It is a dream which former career diplomat turned carer for Aids orphans, Robert […]