South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Having thoroughly enjoyed watching England lift the Cricket World Cup just a few months ago, I was equally ecstatic to witness the Springboks take rugby’s equivalent last Saturday. Though I have made my home in England over the past 50 years, there is a part of me still in South […]
[See Part 2] In the first session of a new series presented by Phila Ndoda Movement, entitled “Man 2 Man”, Pastor Zolile Tyrone Dayimani, talks to Dr Mfihlalo Welcome Qwesha about men’s health. The series will feature interviews with career professionals as well as leaders in the communities seeking to: 1. Tackle […]
From the left, Jan Oosthuizen (facilitator), Lance van der Spuy (Shoprite), Michael Brinkhuis (Fortco), JB vd Berg (Baruch Training Centre, Bergfoods), AJ Munian (Smart Agri Solutions) and Pieter Wasserfall (Six33) at the third Bridgebuilding Land Summit in Paarl last week. Jan Oosthuizen facilitator of the Bridgebuilding Land Summit Initiative reflects on […]
Neziswa Kanju spoke to Louie Giglio, US pastor, Passion movement founder and author during his recent visit to South Africa. In this article she shares on a message-of-the-hour on mental illness, which Giglio drew to her attention. In next week’s Gateway News we will publish her profound interview with Giglio on […]
Open letter to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng from Dr Alan Donkin Dear Chief Justice Mogoeng I am a General Practitioner in Somerset West and I am greatly concerned after reading your judgement outlawing reasonable chastisement. Recently it was necessary for me to stitch a laceration on the forehead of a […]
Also see news report: https://gatewaynews.co.za/kzn-matric-pupil-says-his-art-is-not-satanic-but-explores-commercialised-religion/ “The end justifies the means” is basically the explanation given by the student whose artwork provoked a lot of outrage from South African Christians. Brett Murray had the same pragmatic response for his controversial painting, The Spear. In it he depicted SA President Jacob Zuma in […]
The very first line of the Lord’s Prayer stresses the importance to God of the great sign of our age – the return of the Jews to their ancient land. It has long been understood from the Scriptures that Christian support for Jewish Aliyah (immigration to Israel) is expected, but […]
By Freedom of Religion South Africa As most South Africans will know by now, the Constitutional Court has recently ruled that it is illegal for parents to spank their children. The practical implication of the Court’s judgment is that all spanking – whether on the hand or on the bottom, and regardless […]
A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan If we look at the Word of God, which I am growing to love more and more as I grow older, we will see in Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) what the Word of God says. It says “8 For by […]