South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
TopTV will further offend Christians in South Africa if it goes ahead with a reported plan to launch three hardcore porn channels by Christmas. Entertainment news service Channel 24 reports that TopTV senior manager of regulatory affairs, Thato Mahapa, believes the pay service already has the right to launch the […]
The Justice Alliance of South Africa (JASA) has assembled a lineup of experts to support its argument against an application by Teddy Bear Clinic and RAPCAN to strike down sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007, declaring as unconstitutional […]
A pro-life campaigner who prays outside Mary Stopes Clinic in central Cape Town at the start of every working day says he was shocked one morning when he spotted Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s face and personal endorsement message on a billboard in the clinic. Peter Thorp, who has spent more than […]
Young children in some of Port Elizabeth’s most desperately poor and dysfunctional neighbourhoods get into gangs and drugs “because they want to belong”, says youth ministry worker Lana du Plessis, who heads an ambitious school-based discipleship programme that has been launched in the area. “We know that these children need […]
By Martha Richards –Originally published in Baptist Press The odors of liquor, smoke and sweat permeate the air. One small bulb lights the alleyway. Traffic is light on the main road, but this side street stays busy. “Mister!” a young woman yells to a car driving past. “You’re the daddy! […]
Pay-TV broadcaster TOP TV plans to add three hardcore pornography channels to its boquet in 2012 in an “about turn” that has surprised observers and been sharply criticised by Christian organisations. On Digital Media (ODM), Top TV’s operator in South Africa has concluded an agreement with Playboy TV to carry […]
About 30 Christian protestors picketed today outside Cape Town strip club Mavericks which is embroiled in legal battles arising out of protests over its sleazy billboards and alleged sexual exploitation of women. With placards bearing messages such as “Trafficking – the new slave trade”, “STOP Mavericks Abuse of Women”, “Women […]
Port Elizabeth is the next target for a ministry that aims to make the Gospel accessible to every deaf person in South Africa, says Deaf Friendly CEO, Pastor Dirk Venter. During a recent visit to PE, Venter said he received “not one, but four, clear confirmations” that the city would […]
Christians in cities in South Africa and around the world will unite for an hour of public prayer for their nations from 7.14 pm to 8.14pm tomorrow (December 1) as they participate in the global 7:14 prayer initiative. Named after the inspirational intercessory Bible verse, 2 Chronicles 7:14, and timed […]
Godly values NGO Heartlines has called on churches and Christian leaders to use World Aids Day on December 1 as an opportunity to get involved in the continuing battle against HIV/AIDS. With an estimated 5.7 million South African people living with the disease and over 600 000 orphans, it continues to […]