This week a few hundred members of a Cape Town church accepted a challenge to live for three days like 13 million South Africans live every day — under the international poverty breadline of less than R10 a day. Common Ground Church members were asked to spend no more that […]
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Terror group targeting local Christians: Bishop
Elite cops are investigating claims that terror group al-Shabaab is behind the murders of 14 Christians in the Western Cape. The killings occurred within a 10-month period across the province, from Mossel Bay to Philippi, Macassar and Paarl. All of the victims were Ethiopian Christians living here and the murders […]
Peaceful protests in Pretoria, Cape Town over government’s Israel labelling plans
Political, church and pro-Israeli groups joined in peaceful protest marches in Pretoria on Thursday (June 28) and Cape Town on Friday (June 29) to oppose the proposal by Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Rob Davies, to label goods originating from Israel as made in “Occupied Palestinian Territories”. In Pretoria several […]
Religious groups at hearings say Christian holidays should stay
By Taryn Hodgson — Africa Christian Action At The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) hearings in Cape Town today, representatives from Christian, Muslim, Khoisan and business groups present agreed that Good Friday and Christmas should not be removed as […]
ACDP demos over plan to label products as from “Occupied Palestinian Territories”
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) will participate in public protests in Pretoria (Thursday, June 28) and Cape Town (Friday, June 29) to oppose the proposal by Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Rob Davies, to label goods originating from Israel as “Made in “Occupied Palestinian Territories”, ACDP president Rev Kenneth […]
Youth Day prayer meeting in Cape Town
A group of Christians in Cape Town are hosting a Youth Day prayer meeting at Bay Community Church (behind Pick n Pay off Prince George Drive, Capricorn, Muizenberg) from 4pm to 6pm on Saturday, June 16. All Christians in Cape Town are welcome to join the meeting and prayer warriors […]
Cape Town, Jo’burg oral submissions on film, magazine, computer game classification
Cape Town and Johannesburg residents are invited to make oral submissions on the 2012 film, magazine and computer games age classification guidelines next week, says the FPB. Members of the public may also have a say in setting the standards for classifying these media by submitting written comments on the […]
Angus Buchan encourages Mitchell’s Plain crowd
(Photo: Jonathan Lestrade – Son Koerant) [notice]Gerschwin Langeveldt joined a crowd of about 5 000 people who gathered in Mithchell’s Plain, Cape Town, on Sunday, to listen to farmer evangelist Angus Buchan who was the main speaker at the “Mitchell’s Plain Vir Jesus” event organised by Radio Tygerberg. He shares […]
More Cape Town churches praying earnestly for revival
Since last September 28 Cape Town churches and 24/7 prayer watches have been engaging in earnestly seeking God for a spiritual awakening in Cape Town, reports Daniel Brink of Jericho Walls International Prayer Network. Every church took one or more weeks to spend the whole week seeking God day and […]
Holy Spirit revival in Cape Town
Holy Spirit revival has broken out in the Cape Town township of Mitchell’s Plain according to reports reaching Gateway News today. Pastor Mark Bloemstein of the Westridge Evangelical Community Church, which is at the epicentre of the current move of God, said they were into their fourth week of exciting […]