South Africa

No stopping this Middelburg church when it comes to Bible-reading challenges!

In April this year the Lofdal Gesinskerk in Middelburg, Mpumalanga hosted their first Bible Reading Marathon after accepting a challenge to SA Christians issued by Eastern Cape Bible Reading Marathon pioneer Illona de Wit. The Middleburg group read the Bible non-stop, from cover to cover in 90 hours and 35 […]

Outcome of electoral law challenge ‘in God’s hands’

After two days of intense debate on matters which directly affect next year’s general election and go to the heart of South Africa’s democratic system, the Constitutional Court yesterday reserved judgment on two applications challenging the constitutionality of the Electoral Act. With the clock ticking into the limited time available […]

Makgoba proud to be ‘a child of the UDF’

Originally published in Church Times The Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba, one of the main speakers at the 40th-anniversary celebrations of the United Democratic Front (UDF), expressed pride in being “a child of the UDF”, and acknowledged the organisation’s contribution to the struggle against apartheid, and to his […]