They had never heard the gospel before but the evangelist had their attention when he said: “We tried everything in the book to go up and find God but we couldn’t. But instead of us going up, He came down.” When he continued: “We killed Him. But he rose back […]
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Celebration as giant cross erected in King William’s Town
Hundreds of people from around South Africa came together on Saturday, June 18 to Good News Christian Centre (GNCC) in King William’s Town to celebrate the inauguration of a 14 meter high steel cross and an electronic board which shines out scriptures day and night. Balloons were flying in the warm […]
From exile with no interest in politics to ACDP candidate in Jeffreys Bay — by the intervention of God
Ilse Marran, the passionately committed chairperson and founder of the newly established branch of the ACDP in Jeffreys Bay, had absolutely no interest in politics or in the news. In fact, for most of her adult life, as a South African expatriate in Dubai, the mother of two young girls […]
From ashes to praise: Jesus Dome gone but Jesus alive
On Tuesday night last week the sky around the city of Durban was burnished with a bright orange blaze. It could be seen from kilometres away and vehicles stopped on a nearby freeway to gaze at the consuming fiery tongues of fire. It was spectacular. At the scene of the […]
Nearly 46 million trapped in modern slavery — report
Almost a quarter of a million slaves in SA Nearly 46 million people across the globe — including a quarter of a million in South Africa — are living in modern slavery, a system of exploitation that governments and businesses must do more to end, according to the Walk Free […]
Meshoe on election trail in Eastern Cape
By Judy van Aardt On Saturday June 11 ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe addressed an impromptu meeting in the East London home of Frans and Judy van Aardt who gathered about 35 people at short notice after learning that Meshoe was visiting their on a local government election campaigning road […]
Salute the captain of all the OM ships — PART 1: CAREER
[notice]The Logos Hope mission ship, with its international crew of 400 volunteers, left Cape Town for West Africa on Tuesday July 12, after spending four months visiting South African ports. David Melvill interviewed the captain, Tom Dyer while the world’s largest floating bookshop was in Cape Town.[/notice] Read Part 2 […]
SA music talent honoured at SAMAs
Known as the Grammys of South Africa, the South African Music Awards (SAMA) now in their 22nd year were held in KwaZulu-Natal at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) last Saturday. The prestigious event attracted many industry executives; legendary musicians, up and coming musicians and SAMA nominees who all came […]
God’s ‘little meandering road’ to true reconciliation
Anneke Rabe has long had a heart for unity, for overcoming the old apartheid divisions, for rising above the racial categories of white, black, coloured and Indian to reconcile in Jesus Christ’s name as children of God, as brothers and sisters in Christ, as South Africans. 40 years later…the Church […]
Durban’s Jesus Dome gutted by fire
Originally published in News 24 Durban’s iconic Jesus Dome church leaders will meet to make plans after a fire gutted a large portion of the Durban Christian Centre (DCC) on Tuesday night. “We will be meeting today to talk about the damage and how much it will cost, and how […]
