Enforcing Covid-19 vaccination is like bringing back apartheid that enforced separation of people depending on skin colour, said the ACDP president Rev K Meshoe at the Union Buildings yesterday. When the University of Johannesburg was called Rand Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU) during apartheid, he said, it had banned black students “who […]
South Africa
Conference aims to bring solutions for orphans, vulnerable children
Open Home Africa is hosting a one-day conference on March 26 where speakers will discuss struggles faced by vulnerable children, personal experiences of adoptive and foster parents, how to start and orphan care ministry and more. The event at the Antioch Bible Church in Roodepoort, Johannesburg from 8.30am to 3.30pm […]
Mrs SA semi finalist, cancer survivor, and ‘mom to hundreds’ Marion Peake wants to inspire vulnerable women and children
“I want to use my scars as a testimony of God’s grace and that He alone has the final say,” says Mrs South Africa semi finalist Marion Peake in a note to Gateway News about her latest journey of faith. Marion, who together with her husband Matthew, provides loving, temporary […]
Electoral Amendment Bill hearings ‘ripe for constitutional challenge’
With the clock ticking on the June 2022 deadline given by the Constitutional Court for Parliament to reform the Electoral Act to accommodate citizen candidates there is growing concern from civil society groups that current public hearings on proposed changes to the law are merely an ANC ploy aimed at […]
Christian responses to extension of state of disaster
The government’s decision on Tuesday to extend the national state of disaster for another month — despite President Cyril Ramaphosa’s assurance that last month’s extension was the last — has sparked resistance from opposition parties, health experts, businesses, and civil society groups – and faces legal challenges. Here are some […]
Zondo is ‘surprise’ new chief justice
In what probably came as a surprise to many, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced yesterday that he has appointed Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the next chief justice of South Africa with effect from April 1. Why a suprise? Because the president was widely expected to appoint the country’s first […]
SACC launches indaba to address challenges around foreign nationals
The South Africa Council of Churches (SACC) this week launched a national indaba which aims to engage interested parties in a search for solutions to tensions over foreigners living and working in South Africa. SACC general secretary Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana says in a statement that their priority is to create […]
Mighty Men Jeffreys Bay programme confirmed
By Piérre Maré With the big day drawing ever nearer, excitement keeps building for the next Mighty Men Jeffreys Bay conference scheduled to take place at the farm Mooi Uitsig from March 18 to 20. At the time of writing this article, the organising committee confirmed that a limited number […]
Revival and rain coming to Nelson Mandela Bay, say Angus Buchan and women’s ministry leader
Farmer evangelist Angus Buchan has called on Christians in the drought-stricken Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) metropole – and surrounds to start preparing their hearts to pray in faith for a mighty miracle to be birthed at an upcoming prayer meeting at the wall of the Kouga Dam, the largest water […]
Independent Candidate Association says it will fight government’s ‘unconstitutional’ electoral bill
The government has for a long time employed numerous ways to circumvent meaningful electoral reform in South Africa, said Dr Michael Louis, founder of the Independent Candidates Association of South Africa in an address to Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee today. And now, with 100 days to go until the deadline […]

