South Africa

As legal abortion death toll passes 2 million, ACDP vows to fight for preborn babies

:The ACDP has consistently opposed abortion legislation that in our view amounts to the murder of innocent preborn babies,” says the party in a press statement released on Monday. More than 2 million babies have been legally aborted in South Africa since The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (the […]

Africa Arise Mission Day event will celebrate Africa mission, challenge next generation

Africa Arise — a ministry committed to mobilising Christians in Africa to glorify God by spreading the Gospel and making disciples from Cape Town to Jerusalem — is hosting a Missions Day event at the FCE discipleship training centre at Glen Craig, Pringle Bay, Western Cape on Saturday January 31. […]

National Pentecostal Forum tells Israeli Deputy FM that SA government does not speak for them — SAFI

The National Pentecostal Forum (NPF), an inter-denominational umbrella organisation representing over three million South African Pentecostals, has returned from a trip to Israel hosted by South African Friends of Israel (SAFI). The trip, which brought together leaders of various churches in the NPF, included a visit to the Garden Tomb, the […]

Floods kill more than 200 across Southern Africa as churches become shelters

Originally published in Christian Daily International An aerial view shows floodwaters inundating residential neighbourhoods in Mozambique, where torrential rains have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and caused widespread damage across several provinces. Youtube Screenshot / Associated Press Torrential rains have killed more than 200 people and displaced hundreds of thousands […]

Week of accusations and counter-accusations over CRL Christian sector regulation process

At a press conference last week Professor Musa Xulu called the CRL Rights Commission chairperson Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva a dictator and the CRL’s Section 22 committee on Christian-sector abuses a front for pushing state regulation of religion. At a media briefing yesterday the CRL chair and Section 22 member Dr John […]

National candlelight prayer service launched to mourn learners lost in crash

A national candlelight prayer service was arranged for Thursday night (January 22) in response to the devastating school transport accident near Vanderbijlpark on Monday morning that has claimed the deaths of 14 young learners.  Organisers told Gateway News that the live prayer event, which aimed to unite communities, faith leaders, […]