South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
“You know, I don’t really have anything prepared,” began NASA astronaut Victor Glover on Saturday when a CBS News reporter on Earth asked him whether he wanted to share any Easter thoughts from space. Glover and his three fellow Artemis ll mission astronauts were approaching the moon on the first […]
Originally published in Christian Daily International Churches in Zimbabwe’s Mudzi district were told to suspend worship services on Sunday, March 29, and attend a ruling ZANU-PF political rally, placing them at the centre of a growing political storm. The instruction, contained in a letter dated March 25 and addressed to local […]
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Parliamentary Portfolio Committee met virtually yesterday to consider a request by a group of Western Cape religious leaders for the committee to open a formal misconduct meeting against CRL Rights Commission chair Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva. In a letter sent to the COGTA committee on […]
The Muslim husband of a mother of six in eastern Uganda severely wounded her as she was worshipping at a Bible study after he learned that she had converted to Christianity. Hajati Kyakuwa Kamiyati, 45, remains in treatment for severe injuries at Bugiri Joint Clinic after the March 11 attack […]
SEE ALSO: Iranians in SA ‘grateful’ for few in Parliament with courage to call out brutal Tehran regime Ahead of a debate in Parliament this afternoon on the implications for South Africa of the crisis in the Middle East, Marie Sukers former Member of Parliament and founder of Voice to […]
A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Nelson Mandela Bay has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently intervene in what it describes as a deepening service delivery crisis in the metro. In a letter addressed to the President, the Nelson Mandela Bay Civil Society Coalition warns that the […]
By Cause For Justice On February 25 the High Court in Cape Town admitted four additional amici curiae (friends of the court) to a case on gender transition in Western Cape public schools. Cause for Justice (CFJ), First Do No Harm Southern Africa (FDNHSA) and Doctors for Life (DFL) were […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has raised concerns about the apparent lack of interest in the religious motivation behind the brutal murder of three members of a Christian family in India. Jitendra Soren, his wife Malati and their 15-year-old daughter were murdered on 25 January, allegedly […]
Originally published in Christian Today An ex-gay Christian who was prosecuted in Malta for his views on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ has been forced to wait yet again for the final verdict. Matthew Grech arrived at court on Wednesday to hear the verdict in the long-running case, only to learn that it […]
A group of Western Cape and national religious, traditional and community leaders are asking Parliament to investigate the conduct of controversial CRL Rights Commission chair Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva, In a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thokozile Didiza, the group lists concerns with the CRL chair, including pushing for […]