Dr Michael Louis chairman of One South Africa urges government to drop its flawed Electoral Bill now and join hands to achieve optimal voting system In a month’s time, the Constitutional Court-ordered deadline given to Parliament to change the laws that govern our voting system at national and provincial level […]
Opinion
The divided future of Islam — Andrew Richards
Andrew Richards, researcher and director for the Institute for Strategic Foresight, foresees an opportunity for the Church arising from trends in the Islamic world The Islamic divide can be viewed from different perspectives. Firstly, a physical divide within the religion itself between its two main factions, Sunni and Shia. This […]
Heidi Baker declares From Mozambique: ‘You are Lord over all storms’
By Heidi Baker — Originally published in Charisma Magazine Since the last time I wrote, it feels like the world’s storms have only grown stronger and more chaotic. There are more wars in the news. There are cyclones at home in Mozambique. There is spiritual shaking and tremendous fear in […]
Draft health regulations deadline ends but concerns remain
Proposed measures consolidate unaccountable power in a single minister The deadline for submitting comments on the draft health regulations ended at midnight on Sunday April 24, but grave concerns about their application and future implementation remain. The DearSA online platform alone registered over 283 000 individual submissions with the Department […]
EDITORIAL: Last week to have your say on health regulations that threaten your freedoms
South Africans have until April 15 to comment on draft health regulations which, if passed, could effectively plunge our country into a permanent state of disaster in which the health minister can drastically limit your constitutional freedoms without any parliamentary oversight. One positive that is coming out of this is […]
How a missionary used Bitcoin to transform a town, then a nation
By Jimmy Song — Originally published in The Christian Post A few years ago, a missionary decided to do a small and seemingly inconsequential experiment in El Zonte, a beach town in El Salvador. The plan was to get the community to adopt Bitcoin so that they wouldn’t have to […]
Wounded warriors lead charge in health-focused prayer connect
Special report by Dr Singeziwe Sibeko, a senior researcher at Stellenbosch University Contextually “prayer connect” is an assembly of various calibres of prayer warriors and intercessors from different denominations and organisations, levels of society, ages and from across the borders. These prayer connect meetings are directly responsive to pressing, current […]
Maryland bill allowing killing babies up to month after birth invites righteous fear, anger
By Mark Creech — Originally published in The Christian Post Sometimes Christians think there is never a reason to be fearful or angry. But not all fear is bad; some fears are helpful. The child afraid of running out in the street is saved by fear. Not all anger is […]
The church IS called to lead in the day-to-day affairs of nations — Chris Mathebula
Very often, the Church is reminded to stick to her lane, stay out of politics and read the Bible. Unfortunately, the modernday church has done just that and almost completely forgotten about her role and responsibility in national transformation. I have observed, with much sadness, that most Christians and ministers […]
Invasion of Ukraine already contributing to global food poverty, hunger
Article provided by Barnabas Fund SA The conflict in Ukraine is already having a knock-on effect on food supply around the world, especially in the poorer regions that have long suffered from food insecurity and famine. Russia exports more wheat than any other country in the world, while Ukraine is […]