South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Crime Stats SA (www.crimestatssa.com) reports that nearly 16000 people were killed in South Africa in the twelve months between 2011/2012. The same website shows that the world average for murder is 7.6 per 100 000 people and SA’s average is five times higher at 36.5 per 100 000 people. The Minister of […]
The week of the 21-25 October 2013 was known in South Africa as “National Good Governance Week” and the festivities that focused on this issue began with a two day conference that was held at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria on the 21st and 22nd. The conference was […]
Another year another Heritage Day commemoration but what do days like the 24th of September in South Africa really mean? This is something I reflected on this week as I was considering the varied ways South Africans marked this public holiday. When I peeked into Facebook this week I noticed […]
Is a law banning spanking in South Africa necessary or is our government trying to ingratiate itself with human rights activists? Child spanking has become a topical issue in these shores since the Minister of Social Development announced that her department is spearheading the abolition of corporal punishment. The words […]
Do you suffer from homophobia? Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s recent remarks that he would rather go to hell than to worship a God who is homophobic have challenged many Christians. Tutu was quoted as saying he feels as strongly about the issue of the discrimination of gays and lesbians as he […]
Did he or did he not? This is a question on many people’s mind following reports that Zwelinzima Vavi was accused of raping a 26 year-old woman. Vavi is the General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the young lady who made the allegations works together […]
A Google search of the name Nelson Mandela yields 186 million pages. It is staggering how much information about this man exists out there. As an exercise I also googled my name and I was disappointed at the results. My consolation is that the former president is more than twice […]
Questions raised about modern communism I have just returned from a ministry trip in Estonia, a small country that was once part of the Soviet bloc. We have been visiting this country for many years and at every occasion we have been seeing the hand of the Lord on the […]
[notice]AFRIKA MHLOPHE reflects on the Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2013 which took place at Middelburg last weekend.[/notice] I have just attended my second Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC) and I have lots to talk about regarding my experience there, and not the least of them is fact that I was […]
A question that is permeating my mind right now is whether or not God has a plan for South Africa. Is it in the workings of God to have plans for nations and people or has He left every nation to fend for itself? I am asking this because of […]