Hundreds of Western Cape taxi leaders and church leaders trekked 500km to a high-accident stretch of road in the Central Karoo on March 21 to pray for an end to road accidents on the route between Worcester and Aberdeen, and for road safety over the Easter holidays. Showing remarkable resolve […]
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Real Men march against rape
[notice]Gateway News reporter JOHANITA JORDAAN attended the Real Men March in Cape Town on Saturday. She reports on the day’s events.[/notice] On Saturday morning 16 March 2013 at 10:00 a crowd of men gathered in the parking area across from the Cape Peninsula Uniersity to take a united stand in […]
Churches back boycott of TopTV over porn channel plans
Major Christian church groups have launched a boycott of TopTV which wants to broadcast three pornographic television channels, says Family Policy Institute Director Errol Naidoo. Announcing the boycott on Saturday at a march outside Parliament in Cape Town against rape and violence against women and children, Naidoo said the church […]
SA’s first 40 Days For Life campaign reaches three quarters stage
South Africa’s first 40 Days For Life prayer vigil against abortion has reached the three quarters mark. Gateway News asked coordinator Collette Thomas for an update on their 7am to 7pm prayer campaign opposite the Marie Stope s abortion clinic in central Cape Town. Collette responded with a few emails […]
Hope rises as South Africans oppose corruption
Launch of global EXPOSED campaign There is yet hope for the country and our continent when a room is filled by people attending an event to make a stand against corruption. The event was the launch of EXPOSED – the global Christian campaign aimed at exposing corruption, one of the […]
Legalising dagga will worsen SA drug problem — ACDP
Legalising illegal drugs would exacerbate South Afica’s drug problem, said African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) Member of Parliament and Health spokesperson, Cheryllyn Dudley in the National Assembly today. Calling on the Government to promote awareness of harmful effects of dagga she said: “In response to recent polls and suggestions that […]
Naidoo calls on ‘real men’ to march against rape
Family Values activist Errol Naidoo has called for 10 000 men to join a ‘Real Men March’ against rape and violence in Cape Town on Saturday, March 16. The march will start at 10h00 from Kaizergacht Street, opposite the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and will end at Parliament where […]
UK urban mission pioneer visiting SA
Christian evangelist and founder of one of the UK’s most significant youth ministries, Andy Hawthorne OBE, is to visit South Africa next month to speak at a series of church gatherings and to meet with local leaders. Hawthorne founded The Message Trust in 1992. It has grown to become one […]
Church will be asked to accept gays
Originally published in iol news The general synod of the Dutch Reformed Church will be asked by its Western Cape moderator to consider accepting homosexual relationships and pastors, Beeld reported on Thursday. Western Cape moderator Dr Frits Gaum said the proposals were the collective plea of 26 church parishioners, among […]
Author offering divorce recovery course in Cape Town
‘Flying In Recovery‘ author and radio presenter Helen Phillips is running her next divorce recovery course at CCFm Radio Station in Muizenberg, Cape Town, starting on Saturday, March 2, from 09h30 to 12h30. There were some ‘wonderful healings’ on the last course, says Phillips, who says she is repeating the […]