South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
ABOUT THE GLS The Global Leadership Summit is a two-day event designed to inspire and equip Christian leaders for the sake of the local church. Founded 18 years ago by Willow Creek Community Church Senior Pastor Bill Hybels, the GLS has trained and inspired more than a million leaders all […]
A standoff has developed between the City of Cape Town and Christian pro-life activists over a sticker campaign in Parow. The City has warned the pro-lifers that they will be prosecuted for contravening the Outdoor Advertising and Signage By-law if they continue to place “Value Life” stickers over illegal abortion […]
A call has gone out to pro-lifers in South Africa to participate in a major national anti-abortion event — the South African March for Life in Durban on October 7. The event organisers, the National Alliance for Life (NAL), which is the umbrella body for South African pro-life organisations and […]
Originally published in The Citizen Online South Africa’s ambassador to Israel was summoned to that country’s Foreign Ministry Thursday to explain a recent decision by the South African cabinet to label products from settlements in the West Bank as coming from “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Ambassador Ismail Coovadia would meet with […]
Children, youth and the young-at-heart (of all ages!) are invited to join in a citywide 40-hours Burn (prayer and worship time) and family celebration in Port Elizabeth from 6pm on Friday September 28 to 10am on Sunday September 30. Those who attend the event at the Walmer West Primary School […]
The implementation of halaal regulations in certain KFC branches in KwaZulu-Natal continued to cause conflict this week. The Mercury reported that Gugu Smamane, 30, a KFC employee in Davenport, Durban resigned after she was disciplined by area manager Nonhle Mgabhi for warming her food in the halaal certified store. Thereafter […]
Thousands gathered at the Woodburn Rugby Stadium in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday for the closing rally of the African Enterprise Jubilee Mission. The rally was the culmination of a week of outreach in the city by African Enterprise, an organisation sharing the Gospel in word and deed across Africa. African Enterprise […]
Originally published in Ynet News The latest comments by South Africa’s deputy international relations minister, Ebrahim Ebrahim, saying that he ”discourages” South Africans from visiting Israle, keep making headlines. South African newspapers, such as the ‘Cape Times’ and ‘The Mercury Durban’ described the remarks as a categorical and official admission […]
An Empangeni woman who was not allowed to take non-halaal food to work at KFC has lodged a complaint with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), it was reported today. This was the second such complaint against the fast food chain. On Friday last week, KFC lost a […]
The Bible study and life application habits of South African Christians will be probed in a major, national, online survey from tomorrow (August 15). The South African Theological Seminary (SATS) says it is conducting the study because it is “deeply concerned about the state Biblical literacy in our country”. The […]