Lobby group, Dignity SA, is planning to bring an urgent application to allow doctor assisted suicide of cancer sufferer, Advocate Robin Stransham-Ford, before the Pretoria High Court, on or around April 21, 2015. Dignity SA intend to serve papers this week and are currently fundraising for a protest outside the court planned […]
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“God is good” says Knysna pastor 4.5 years after his miracle accident recovery
The doctors and staff of a Knysna private hospital nicknamed Pastor Brian Long “Miracle Man” after his remarkable recovery from serious injuries following a head-on-collision in November, 2010. “It has been four and a half years since the accident and I saw one of my doctors the other day and he […]
‘Women desperate for men to take up their spiritual leadership role ‘
Women’s conference on Saturday of KMMC Many women have been praying consistently for months for their men to be able to attend the Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2015. Ruthi Van der Merwe who co-ordinates KMMC’s marketing with her husband Ponnie, says that her heart breaks for the mass of […]
StarSat broadcasted porn channels illegally, BCCSA hears
Originally published in Channel 24 StarSat is being accused of broadcasting two of its porn pay channels for nearly a month without the authorisation to do so, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA heard on Tuesday. Greta Engelbrecht, for Justice Alliance SA (JASA), told the commission that the channels had […]
Christian guesthouse owners and homosexual couple meeting in bid to resolve dispute
Originally published by For Sa Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 15), the Christian owners of “House of Bread” guesthouse in Wolseley will be meeting with the homosexual couple who took them to Court for unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation last year, in an endeavour to mediate the dispute. (For […]
KMMC marketing based on prayer instead of packaging
“It is like riding on a wave that is breathed on by God” While established business marketing practices focus on commercial principles like packaging the product, knowing the competition and developing product awareness, the Karoo Mighty Men Conference’s (KMMC) marketing strategy turns conventional business wisdom on its head by focussing […]
Call for men to lead from a higher vantage point — seeing what God sees
KMMC speaker Louis Els will bring a word he feels is on God’s heart Men play an important role in God’s Kingdom, because as it goes in the family, so it goes with the nation, according to Louis Els who will bring the Word of God to the Friday-night session […]
Hands off Good Friday and Christmas! Act now
In Gateway News earlier this year, I wrote of the recent proposal by the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) to remove Good Friday and Christmas as public holidays on the SA calendar. According to the SALRC, to have the two main Christian holidays as paid public holidays, amounts to […]
Food labelling: Christian group turns to court
Originally published in iol News An application by a Christian group challenging government regulations allowing a wide range of food packaging to be religiously certified and to carry religious signs is on hold as the government takes a second look at labelling. In May last year, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi published […]
His Hands and Feet Africa demonstrating Kingdom by uplifting pupils
Grade 4 to 9 pupils at the Colleen Glen Primary School in Port Elizabeth will celebrate Easter differently this year after they received sewed hearts with a scripture inside. These hearts, made by ladies in the community (Harvest, Colleen Glen), is just one of a number of an array of […]