South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Yesterday I spoke to Vivienne Myburgh South African director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), who was once again in Israel at a time when history was being made. “It’s amazing that we were here on the 7th of October 2023, an hour and a half away from where […]
By Nomfundo Makhanya and Andre Viljoen ALSO SEE: ‘I saw the light of covenant on the mountain’ On October 3 2025, believers from across South Africa and beyond ascended Table Mountain, Cape Town, for the closing event of Awakening South Africa: 10 Days of Repentance, Prayer, and Fasting. The gathering, timed […]
ALSO SEE: SANCF asks ConCourt to declare CRL chair’s reappointment unlawful and Legislated ‘self regulation’ of religion amounts to state control — SACOFF, FOR SA Thousands of people joined a national march to the Union Buildings, Pretoria today to protest against what they believe is an unconstitutional attempt by the […]
ALSO SEE: SANCF asks ConCourt to declare CRL chair’s reappointment unlawful The South African Community of Faith-Based Fraternals and Federations (SACOFF) and Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) have both released statements warning that “self regulation” by the religious sector that is enforced by legislation amounts to state control […]
The South African National Christian Forum (SANCF) has asked the Constitutional Court to declare that the reappointment of Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva as chairperson of the CRL Rights Committee “is unlawful, unconstitutional, and invalid”. Bishop Marothi Mshashane chairperson of the SANCF told Gateway News that they filed an urgent application to the […]
Also see: CRL launching controversial Section 22 committee at by-invitation-only event The South African Church Defenders (SACD) — a movement on a mission to unite Christians in defending religious freedom — will lead a national Christian march to the Union Buildings, Pretoria on Wednesday October 8 to “oppose attempts at […]
Rachel Kalidass visionary of the Awakening South Africa prayer movement extends an invitation to you to join (via livestream) a national prayer and repentance event on Table Mountain which follows a campaign of 10 days of Prayer and Repentance from September 22 to October 2. The livestream links are published […]
Also see: SA Church Defenders leading march against state control of church The CRL Rights Commission is hosting a by-invitation-only event in Johannesburg tomorrow to launch a Section 22 committee which it says will facilitate dialogue on the self regulation of the Christian sector, but which critics say is a […]
Six months into his CrossWalk Africa mission to wheel a wooden cross from Cape Town to Jerusalem, Reini Coetzee’s epic trek is getting very real: he will soon be entering uncharted territory in Zimbabwe. “It’s like a big doorway that I’m going to go through — into the unknown, into […]
The CRL Rights Commission made misleading claims and ommitted key facts in a joint media statement it issued on Monday with several local ministerial fraternals, seeking to justify its renewed push for legislation to establish a Peer Review Committee system for regulating religion, say Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR […]