South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
South Africa’s emergency-response Chaplain on Board Initiative (COBI) owes its birth to a pledge he made in the 1990s after somebody knocked on his door and stopped him from committing suicide, said the ministry founder and CEO, Professor Willie du Toit. Speaking at the recent commissioning of eight COBI chaplains […]
Leading Christian apologist to Muslims and evangelist Dr Jay Smith will be speaking at various venues in Cape Town from Tuesday October 31 to Thursday November 2, in Johannesburg on November 7 and in Potchefstroom on November 10 and 11. The events are all free. His visit to South Africa […]
The National Assembly (NA) this afternoon approved the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill which the DA vowed earlier today to challenge “all the way to the Constitutional Court”. At 12.15 today the DA, ACDP, FF+ and civil society groups united outside Parliament to protest against the forcing of […]
The ACDP is hosting protests in Cape Town and Pretoria on Friday against the controversial Single Marriage Bill that aims to consolidate all existing marriage laws and which does not retain the words “husband” and wife”. In Cape Town, they invite citizens to join their picket outside Parliament (near the […]
Mossel Bay will be hosting it’s first Mighty Men Conference from Friday December 15 to Sunday December 17 — and they are preparing to receive a record 300 000 people over the weekend. “We have the confidence and trust that God will send the men that need to hear His […]
NEWS UPDATE: Taxi strike in Cape Town called off BELOW WE PUBLISH RESPONSES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO US BY CHRISTIAN GROUPS IN CAPE TOWN 1.Western Cape Christian reconciliation movement, R8, released a statement [see below] on Thursday on the week-old, violence-ridden taxi strike in Cape Town that has resulted […]
Children in Khayelitsha, Cape Town were blessed with warm clothes and 150 toys donated by the ACDP during a Mandela Day outreach last week. ACDP councillor Mongezi Mabungane, who haded the gifts to Yonwaba Educare Centre in Site C Khayelitsha, said it warmed his heart to see the children’s happy […]
By Marie Sukers, MP On Tuesday, the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education heard that 78% of those making oral submissions during the public hearings on the BELA Bill in the Western Cape had rejected the bill. This follows rejections of the Bill in both KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The BELA Bill […]
History was made in the Dutch Reformed Church last week when Tafelberg Congregation in central Cape Town announced that it had suspended its affiliation with the DRC which it accuses of unbiblical practices. Tafelberg, which is one of over 100 DRC congregations in South Africa that have been officially “grieving” […]
The Concerned Clergy of the Western Cape (CCWC) says in a media statement it has decided to support a call to boycott Woolworths stores during June over the company’s gay pride campaign. Pastor Barry Isaacs chairperson of the CCWC says the group of Christian leaders emphasises the sanctity of marriage […]