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 […]
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Widespread rejection of BELA Bill by parents, homeschoolers
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 […]
Tafelberg Congregation disafilliates from DRC over ‘unbiblical practices’
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” […]
Cape clergy group joins call for Woolworths boycott
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 […]
Lessons learnt from taking stand against Sexpo street advertising
Last week news media and some on social media poked fun at Christian singer and pastor, Heinz Winkler, when he posted on a Somerset West community Facebook group that posters on street poles promoting a weekend sex expo should be removed immediately. The Sexpo organisers also mocked Heinz’s objections and […]
Many delivered, healed at ‘Revival is Now’ events in SA
Gateway News spoke with Brigitte Roos who hosted the “Revival Is Now S.A. Conference” led by charismatic United States ministry leader Kathryn Krick last weekend at the Moreleta Church in Pretoria. Apostle Kathryn who leads 5F Church in Los Angeles, USA, also ministered in the Grand Arena in Grand West, […]
‘Miracle recovery’ follows unusual ‘prayer chain’
Resolute prayer warrior Dr Fay Nqoloba, 72, surprised doctors and her 10 children early last year when she hosted a major “prayer connect” just months after facing a serious case of Covid 19 and a diagnosis of incurable and aggressive cancer. In March this year her children were once again […]
Christian leaders in George area invited to workshop focusing on uniting to change SA
Church, youth and community leaders in the Southern Cape are invited to attend a nation-building workshop in George on May 27 that will focus on a godly vision for changing South Africa, says Pieter Terblanche, one of the organisers. The main speakers at the Time2RiseSA worshop will be Dr Arno […]
‘Jonah 3’ national reconciliation tour launched in Western Cape
A nationwide tour to draw attention to a national restoration project, kicked off in the Western Cape earlier this month, says the project visionary Erna Goedhart. The so-called “Jonah 3” tour was launched on Elohim’s Farm, Paarl at 3pm on April 8 and continued on Sonshine Estate in Atlantis, Cape […]
SAZF threatens action over UCT failure to condemn Islamist ‘hate speech’ on campus
The SA Zionist Federation (SAZF) says it is considering “taking further action” against the University of Cape Town (UCT) for failing to condemn an event on the campus two weeks ago at which extremist Islamic propaganda was screened. The event was hosted by the UCT Palestine Solidarity Forum (PSF) which […]