South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Christian medical body reacts to campaign to legalise euthanasia in SA [notice]Cape Town-based forensic scientist and pro-euthanasia activist Professor Sean Davison returned to South Africa in May after serving a five months house arrest sentence in New Zealand for assisting his cancer-stricken mother to end her life. Since his return […]
Originally published in Lifestite News Brazilian psychologists are seeking to revoke the license of a therapist for publicly affirming her Christian beliefs on her online blog and twitter accounts, an action that the organization claims violates its code of ethics. Marisa Lobo, a psychologist and Evangelical who has published several […]
Originally published in Charisma News The United States Supreme Court voted to uphold the individual insurance requirement of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), maintains that Obamacare is fundamentally flawed legislation because it makes American taxpayers complicit in the deaths […]
Originally published in Christian Concern A major study has confirmed that the absence of a father figure can be damaging to a child’s life, and that the love of a father is equally important to the emotional well-being of children as that of a mother. The study, which reviewed 36 […]
[notice]KENNY SMAL, prokureur van Alberton het gedurende 2009, op 47 jarige ouderdom, voor die deur van die dood gestaan as gevolg van gervorderede serose van die lewer veroorsaak deur drankmisbruik. Medici het hom slegs ‘n paar weke gegun om te lewe. Tydens sy hospitalisasie en behandeling aanvaar hy Jesus as […]
News that the Eastern Cape’s new, state of the art, haematology unit cannot open because there is no money to pay staff, is just another phase in a battle that started for Reverend Nicolette Leonard in 2008 when she was told that she had a rare blood disease. It was […]
God’s creation abounds with natural remedies and it seems that black pepper may have some health benefits of note. Researchers have found evidence of a link between black pepper and fat cells, reports Huffington Post. ‘Piperine’ gives black pepper its characteristic taste and it’s this substance that a new study […]
[notice]An article by writer and political activist Dale McKinley, proposing that cannabis (dagga) offers health benefits and should be legalised has been published in some South African newspapers recently. Dr Albu van Eeden, CEO of Doctors For Life International, a Christian-based organisation, has responded to McKinley’s proposals, with a press […]
Looking at the vivacious, lovely, fit Teresa Van Zyl today, it’s hard to imagine that she was once 47kg overweight and deeply unhappy. Teresa now exudes confidence, unlike her former obese self, which she just tried to hide away under clothes. Teresa had a powerful encounter with God two years […]
There were 74 521 abortions recorded in South Africa last year, the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says in a written reply to a question from African Christian Democratic Party MP Cheryllyn Dudley, who asked for the latest available statistics on abortions performed in each province. In reply Motsaledi […]