Christians who hunger to share the gospel and experience the supernatural power of God first-hand are invited to join Every Tribe Missions (ETM) on one of several short-term mission trips in 2016. Founded firmly on the Great Commission of Jesus Christ (Mark 16:15) to all believers to ‘Go into all the world […]
South Africa
Pro-Israel students challenge credibility of ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ campaigners
Students from the Stellenbosch University Friends of Israel (SUIFI) group actively challenged the credibility of BDS (Boycott, Disinvest, Sanction) activists participating in the annual ‘Israel Apartheid Week (IAW)’ campaign at Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University of Cape Town last week. Reporting on the “Battle for truth” about Israel on […]
Don’t downplay freedom of religion and belief, ACDP urges government
“Last year was the worst year in modern history for Christian persecution throughout the world. With this in mind the ACDP notes that religion and belief are conspicuous by their absence in the title of today’s debate,” ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley said in parliament this week. Speaking in the Human Rights Day debate she […]
ACDP welcomes hard-hitting Al Bashir judgment by SCA
ACDP MP and member of the Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee, Steven Swart, on Tuesday (March 15, 2016) welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing government’s appeal and finding that its failure to arrest Sudanese President, Omar Al Bashir, was unlawful. Bashir whose regime is implicated in […]
International investors visit SA to boost Kingdom-minded businesses
Over the past week an international team of Christian investors has been in South Africa looking for businesses that are viable and have the potential to make a significant impact for the kingdom of God. First SA investor trip The first South African investor trip under the auspices of Business […]
Bill Hybels hosting leadership coaching events in SA in May
Bill Hybels will be hosting ‘Leadership Matters’ coaching events in South Africa in May during a five weeks visit to five African nations that have embraced the annual Global Leadership Summit (GLS). He will be in Cape Town on May 4, Durban on May 5 and Pretoria on May 6 […]
BDS claims make mockery of SA struggle, says Olga Meshoe
Israel pursuing closer relations with Africa Calling Israel an apartheid state trivialises what black South Africans endured under that system, says Olga Meshoe, daughter of African Christian Democratic Party president, Rev Kenneth Meshoe, in a recent appearance on CBN’s 700 Club. For the past two years, as the COO of […]
Man survives lightning strike after wife, passerbys offer prayers
A miracle happened along a road in the foothills of the Drakensberg, near Bergville, on Monday (February 29, 2016) when an Alberton man who went down after being directly struck by lightning “came back by the grace of God.” Gwen McKechnie, who was on a 24th wedding anniversary getaway with […]
Hope in Christ amidst campus turmoil
Call to follow Jesus path of reconciliation Violence, destruction of millions of rands of property, and racial animosity flared on university campuses in North West, Free State, Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal this week amidst protests by students and workers over a range of issues. During the same week […]
My experience of unrest on campus — A UFS student
Gateway News Volunteer Reporter Claire Sally Roos caught up with a friend who studies at the University of the Free State and asked her some questions (see below) regarding what she experienced. Claire writes: “What I gleaned from her replies is that age-old truth that sometimes it takes some form […]

