South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Special report by Christina Stanton for Baptist News Global about how encountering Jesus transformed the heart of Peter Makapela from angry, young South African victim of apartheid brutality to the pastor, social upliftment entrepreneur and family man he is today When he was 14, Peter Makapela and his cousin Xolani joined […]
This week we report on some notable evangelism outreach campaigns taking place across South Africa — in Pietermaritzburg, Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay. From Maritzburg, Theuns Pauw, CEO of African Enterprise updated Gateway News on the first six days of a 10-day citywide mission being held as part of […]
Special report by SA Christian marketplace leader Dr Pearl Kupe who obeyed a prompting by the Holy Spirit to invite US pastor Dr Kynan Bridges to SA immediately after she was moved deeply by a prophetic word he released about SA becoming a “hub of worship” and an “oasis of […]
Tampa Florida pastor, Dr Kynan Bridges, whose recent prophetic word about an ‘awakening’ in South Africa was shared widely on social media, has accepted an invitation to declare the word in person in SA. Dr Pearl Kupe who is hosting Bridges in SA says: “As we discussed his coming to […]
On Friday May 27 a large cohort of civil society organisations held a roundtable discussion to decide on a collective approach to the Electoral Amendment Bill currently before Parliament. The gathering took place just two weeks ahead of the June 11 deadline set by the Constitutional Court for Parliament to […]
A veteran nurse who calmly subdued an armed man just after he shot dead three people at the New Somerset Hospital in Cape Town on Saturday May 7 attributes her heroism to prayer and God’s intervention. Sister Diane Seale, who hugged and chatted with the gunman until he agreed to […]
Action 4 Freedom (A4F) a Justice NPO which challenged the legality of the public consultations process regarding draft amendments to health regulations says it will appeal a decision by the Western Cape High Court to dismiss its application as soon as it receives a dated, court-stamped version of the judgment. […]
Judge Hayley Slingers reserved judgment in the High Court in Cape Town yesterday in an urgent application by justice NPO Action 4 Freedom (A4F) to have the public consultation process regarding draft amendments to the health regulations declared unlawful. She said she would make a ruling by not later than […]
Government’s plans to keep on micro-managing citizens’ lives by amending health regulations are falling apart as a result of its failure to follow proper judicial and administrative process, said executive director of Freedom of Religion South Africa Michael Swain. But my message is: “Keep sending in your submissions. Don’t take […]
By Yanga Sibembe — Originally published in Daily Maverick At the eleventh hour, the City of Cape Town has issued the final race permit for the Two Oceans Marathon which is to take place over the Easter weekend. Whether the iconic race would proceed as planned was up in the […]