Legalising illegal drugs would exacerbate South Afica’s drug problem, said African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) Member of Parliament and Health spokesperson, Cheryllyn Dudley in the National Assembly today. Calling on the Government to promote awareness of harmful effects of dagga she said: “In response to recent polls and suggestions that […]
South Africa
Naidoo calls on ‘real men’ to march against rape
Family Values activist Errol Naidoo has called for 10 000 men to join a ‘Real Men March’ against rape and violence in Cape Town on Saturday, March 16. The march will start at 10h00 from Kaizergacht Street, opposite the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and will end at Parliament where […]
Teachers praying for schools, education for 40 days
‘Pray where you are at 7.14am’ Christian teachers and intercessors yesterday launched a 40 days of prayer initiative in response to chaos and breakdown in infrastructure in the Education Department. Prayer support ministry Teachers in Christ (TIC) has called on Christian teachers throughout South Africa to pray at 7.14am daily […]
SA women to celebrate their 83rd Woman’s World Day of Prayer
Women all over South Africa will join some 3 million women worldwide who will pray and worship together during the Woman’s World Day of Prayer (WWDP) on Friday, March 1. This year’s WWDP service was prepared by Christian women of France and the theme is ‘I was a stranger and […]
Church, civil society tackling xenophobia
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CZC) will be standing together against xenophobia when they host a public meeting in Musina on Tuesday, February 26. The meeting in the Limpopo town on the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe follows an anti xenophobia […]
UK urban mission pioneer visiting SA
Christian evangelist and founder of one of the UK’s most significant youth ministries, Andy Hawthorne OBE, is to visit South Africa next month to speak at a series of church gatherings and to meet with local leaders. Hawthorne founded The Message Trust in 1992. It has grown to become one […]
Church will be asked to accept gays
Originally published in iol news The general synod of the Dutch Reformed Church will be asked by its Western Cape moderator to consider accepting homosexual relationships and pastors, Beeld reported on Thursday. Western Cape moderator Dr Frits Gaum said the proposals were the collective plea of 26 church parishioners, among […]
Inspired vision to support police in SA
A 2008 John Bevere sermon message about the spiritual reward of honour started a young South African engineer on a mission to mobilise prayer support for the police throughout SA. “The lord has spoken to me about the responsibility we as the church of God have to honour and respect […]
Prayer shockwave to hit globe in March
SHOCKWAVE is an exciting global prayer movement, hosted by Open Doors, that focuses on uniting youth and young adults, from all over the world, together in prayer for the persecuted Church. The theme for SHOCKWAVE 2013 is ‘Prayer and Unity’ and over the course of March 1 to 3 “we […]
Valentine challenge to show real love by helping transplant girl, 9
With the recent buzz around Valentines Day, the notion of love has been a topical subject in most communities, driven of course by the commercial sentiment behind February 14. A Gateway News correspondent in Durban has however come across a 9-year-old cancer patient’s story that challenges Christians to apply love […]