South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Chris van der Burgh, a 32-year-old Christian filmmaker from Salt Rock on the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphin coast had a 45-minute encounter with Jesus in the early hours of the morning of Monday May 11 that left him literally shaking, drenched in perspiration and with the responsibility to share a message from […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) has welcomed the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that from June 1, religious leaders will be recognised as essential religious frontline workers for purposes of spiritual counselling and that churches and other places of worship may resume services limited to a maximum of […]
In a special live broadcast this evening President Cyril Ramaphosa made two announcements that will surely be seen by many Christians as an answer to prayer. He said that with effect from June 1 — the day that South Africa moves from level 4 to level 3 lockdown restrictions — […]
The ongoing wave of prayer walking that started in the Western Cape earlier this month has inspired a community in Bloemfontein to start weekly “revival prayer walks” from 6.30am to 9pm on Sundays. Alerting Gateway News about their first revival prayer walk in Heidedal, Bloemfontein last Sunday, Pastor Rehana Wales of Beauty […]
On Monday (May 25) Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is set to host an Africa Day virtual prayer meeting with leaders across the continent. Africa Day is a day that commemorates the formation of the Organisation of Africa Unity, now known as the Africa Union. Africa, though rich in mineral resources, […]
In recent weeks South African social media has lit up with images of communities taking to the streets during the morning lockdown exercise window — not to jog or cycle but to pray and worship Jesus in the streets while wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. “We are seeing more […]
Originally published in Christianity Today. Somehow, an Australian-born investment banker in England went to South Africa and got mixed up with the “Americans” – the gang, that is, in one of Cape Town’s most dangerous shantytowns. And with them, the Hard Livings and Clever Kidz. Called by God into a […]
The African Christian Democratic Party calls for the immediate lifting of the lockdown restrictions on all sectors of the South African economy, while ensuring that strict hygiene conditions are in place, the party deputy president Wayne Thring says in a press statement released yesterday. The statement continues: The ACDP is […]
Nichelle Steyn spoke to Errol Naidoo about his recent call to South Africans to contribute to South Africa’s economic revival by “buying SA”. Errol Naidoo, chief executive officer of the Family Policy Institute (FPI) is concerned about the viability of the local economy, especially family-owned and run small businesses. Subsequently, […]
By Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) Following the opening of the legal case against them by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), the owners of Beloftebos yesterday filed their opposing papers with the Cape High Court (Equality Court). In their papers, the owners of the wedding venue […]