South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The National Council of Provinces has extended the period for public comment on the “Hate Speech Bill” from Friday May 12 to 1pm on Monday May 22. Freedom of Religion SA, which requested the extra time to respond to the contentious bill, urges SA Christians to take action now while […]
By Gerda Potgieter Zulu king Misuzulu Zulu, attended a church service at KwaSizabantu Mission at Kranskop, KwaZulu-Natal. on Sunday April 16 to renew the royal household’s strong bonds with the mission and its founder Rev Erlo Stegen. Misizulu, who regularly attended youth conferences at the mission as a child, was […]
A letter from World Rugby confirms that the South African Rugby Union (Saru) disinvited an Israeli rugby team from a competition as a result of threats of violence from extremists in SA, says South African Friends of Israel (Safi). Safi spokesperson Bafana Modise says in a press statement that in […]
The Hate Speech Bill, which threatens to criminalise what it defines as hate speech and suggests jail sentences of up to eight years, is open for public comment until 1pm on May 12. The bill defines hate speech very broadly and according to Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) is […]
A nationwide tour to draw attention to a national restoration project, kicked off in the Western Cape earlier this month, says the project visionary Erna Goedhart. The so-called “Jonah 3” tour was launched on Elohim’s Farm, Paarl at 3pm on April 8 and continued on Sonshine Estate in Atlantis, Cape […]
Last week 90 Christian leaders from different sectors of society and different parts of South Africa gathered in Senekal in the eastern Free State where they spent two full days strategising on practical ways to make South Africa better. This week, Gateway News, which participated in the visionary Uniting for Change […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the controversial Electoral Amendment Bill into law yesterday, calling the move “a significant milestone in the evolution of our democracy”. But the New Nation Movement (NNM) who precipitated a 2020 Constitutional Court ruling requiring the Electoral Act to be amended to accommodate independent candidates, says the […]
Global Voice of Prayer has called on Christians in South Africa to “pray for one of the most important strategic events in recent years” — a Christian leadership summit that aims to “mobilise the entire SA Christian Community to play an active, practical role in transforming our country in all […]
Tshego Motaung pays tribute to the memory of Dr Wallace Mgoqi, an advocate, thinker, social activist and champion of the poor, who passed away earlier this week. A former city manager of Cape Town and former chief land claims commissioner –among many positions he held — he was chairman of […]
God rescues. This is the story of Shalom, an eleven year old girl who was recently taken on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe. “Taken” is not a fabricated Hollywood movie starring Liam Neeson. Girls are really being taken, every day. They are being heavily drugged, packed in mini busses hidden under piles […]