Opinion

Call on churches to use trusted platform to offer more than concern to communities living with fear, grief and violence

By South Africa Tribune editorial team A crisis that demands a community response South Africa entered the final days of September 2026 confronting another painful surge in violence against women. The Presidency confirmed that 12 women’s bodies had been found in Ekurhuleni since July, while government announced an emergency response […]

Dare to dream: Orthodox Jews show increasing interest in hope and future offered by Yeshua — Charles Gardner

By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent It is hardly surprising when Jews the world over — pilloried and persecuted for millennia — express their longing for peace and security. It’s a cry of the heart that was heard through many of the magical musicals of the 20th Century that came to […]

The forgotten friend of Israel: Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson was devoted to the Jewish cause

By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent I shudder with a mixture of virtual disbelief and horror at the lethal poison of antisemitism that is spreading across the world like wildfire, aided and abetted by Britain’s ruling Labour Party. Calling for sanctions against a long-term ally on top of further inflaming Jew-hatred […]

How England’s assisted-suicide bill was defeated

Originally published in National Catholic Register Parliamentary scrutiny, grassroots mobilization, concern for vulnerable people, underfunded end-of-life care — and plenty of prayer — combined to halt the proposed law. A combination of crucial factors led to the defeat of proposed assisted-suicide legislation in England and Wales earlier this month, delivering […]

Eight women dead: when will a national crisis produce a national response?

By Pastor Bert Pretorius, President: South African Community of Faith-Based Fraternals and Federations (SACOFF) Eight women. Eight bodies now forming part of an expanding police investigation in Ekurhuleni. And once again South Africans are being told that “no stone will be left unturned”. We welcome President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instruction that […]