South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Times LIVE The African Christian Democratic Party is proposing a bill to amend the Termination of Pregnancy Act to ensure women receiving an abortion after 12 weeks must first receive an ultra-sound and counselling. The ACDP’s Cheryllyn Dudley said a mandatory ultrasound would show the women visuals […]
Originally published in Charisma News Lecrae is the biggest Christian rapper there is — but he wasn’t always a Christian. Once upon a time, Lecrae was a lost young man, hurt by abuse and his father’s abandonment. He looked to rappers as his role models — but then found the […]
NMMU third year retail management student Nakhane “Rory” Dayile, 20, is unfolding herself as an innovative, enthusiastic and ambitious entrepreneur. The young founder of Port Elizabeth nail salon Royal Nails PE says her love for doing nails started with her late mother buying her mini nail kits when she was […]
Sophie is a South African working mom who recently became a Christian. But her abusive, gangster ex-boyfriend continues to disrupt and endanger her life. She says her faith is helping her to fight back. But it is hard. This is her story. It’s a reality too many South African women […]
Mr PE UberMaNn 2017 finalist Jean-Pierre Malgas, 25, is hosting an evening to honour fathers and mothers in Port Elizabeth on Saturday May 27 2017. The young chartered accountant says his successes in life so far are due to the impact of parent figures and his event was inspired by Malachi […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] A beaming smile always greeted me every time we went to visit her. Sawubona makwaJedy (Hello Jedy’s mother. Jedy is my firstborn) Gogo (grandmother) Malaza, a beautiful soul I was blessed with calling my grandmother. I met her when I married her […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] “The problem with you is that you keep on rewinding and rewinding the movie. You do not let it play till the end.” These were the words from my daughter to her younger brother in the car on our way home the […]
Jesus does heal autism, neurological disabilities and mental illness, says Shellique Carby-Bird, 31, of Pietermaritzburg, who has experienced healing and freedom from her own suffering in those areas through the power of prayer and Christian ministry. Shellique who has a long history of health issues including Asperger syndrome (a type […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Twenty-nine-year-old Johanna Watkins cannot touch her husband or even be in the same room as him. After getting married, she was diagnosed with a complicated condition called Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, rendering her severely allergic to scents, foods, sunlight and other people. The former […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] On Monday morning while the nation was celebrating the life and commemorating the passing of our former statesman the late President Nelson Mandela we were shocked to hear that Sifiso Ncwane had died. The Kulungile Baba hitmaker died on Monday in Fourways […]