South Africa

Christian groups welcome Phala-Phala judgment, call for fair, transparent parliamentary process

The Constitutional Court judgement concerning the Phala Phala matter is “a welcome development against the culture of impunity”, says the South African Council of Churches in a media statement released on Friday. “As the SACC, we view this as consistent with the commitment made by national church leaders through the […]

Hundreds of pastors attend Bloemfontein meeting on church-regulation threat

Hundreds of pastors, church leaders and servants of God from across the Free State and surrounding areas attended an urgent strategic engagement hosted by South African Church Defenders (SACD) in Bloemfontein yesterday. At the meeting SACD leadership “led critical discussion around attempts by the CRL Rights Commission to introduce measures […]

ACDP welcomes sentence handed to Julius Malema

The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) has welcomed the sentence handed down to Julius Malema in the KuGompo Magistrates Court in the Eastern Cape. East London Regional Court magistrate Twanet Olivier yesterday sentenced the EFF leader and MP to five years direct imprisonment and fined him R60 000. Malema was […]