South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published by BBC News A church in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has held a thanksgiving service for Chelsea following its recent success in the Premier League. Long-time Chelsea fan Pastor Azigiza encouraged people to come wearing football tops of their favourite team. Standing behind a Chelsea cake on a stage […]
Siviwe “Shakes” Soyizwapi, a member of the series-winning Blitzbok squad shared his faith in Jesus with journalist Norman Brierley at Twickenham in an interview with Planet Sport before the start of the London Sevens last week. He said his mother, who is a strong believer, influenced his life. For instance, […]
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. A lot of coaches would agree with me that one of the characteristics that any top sportsman or woman needs is competitive greatness. So what is competitive greatness? […]
Gateway News board chairman Afrika Mhlophe and editor Andre Viljoen will be among the 20 000 athletes lining up outside the Durban City Hall well before the sun rises on Sunday June 4 at the start of the 2017 Comrades Marathon. Both Afrika, 38 and Andre, 62 are relatively new […]
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. Roger Bannister is a legendary track athlete of the late 1940s and ealy 1950s who will always be remembered for doing the “impossible.” He declined an opportunity to […]
Originally published in God Reports While they have never qualified for the World Cup, the national Rugby Union team known as the Cranes finds inspiration for their play with prayer and hymn-singing before and after each game. “If I live a holy life, shun the wrong and do the right, […]
[notice]A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport.[/notice] I came out of the first leg, the swim in a triathlon race I did in Cape Town last week. It was a hard week of planning in […]
[notice] Former South African cricket captain and later evangelist Trevor Goddard died last Friday (November 25 2016) after a long illness. David Melvill writes this tribute to the great all-rounder. [/notice] Trevor Goddard is arguably one of South Africa’s finest cricketers, but he would not wish to be known as […]
It was a beautiful, sunny day on Sunday November 20 2016, as cyclists hit the road for the 20th edition of the Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge. Wycliffe, a non-profit organisation located in Edenvale, entered a team called Africa Alive, to raise funds for the Tonga Bible Translation Project in Zimbabwe. […]
Originally published in The Christian Post As Tim Tebow, a former NFL football star who is now a professional baseball player, signed autographs for fans following his Arizona Fall League debut on Tuesday, a man collapsed in the stands behind him which led the 29-year-old Scottsdale Scorpions’ player to lay […]
