South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A monthly prophetic perspective from Marian and Kate Fitz-Gibbon[/notice] Less than a month ago a sound over South Africa was “Do not be afraid — revival is in the land!” We remember standing worshipping with 7 000 other South Africans in what was an almost a surreal setting. We were afraid, […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] At the foundation of xenophobia or genocide is an underlying narrative that dehumanises the other. Victims of slavery, genocide and xenophobic violence have been called ‘less than human’, ‘cockroaches’ or other demeaning labels such as ‘kwerekwere’ in our […]
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] South African Christian recording artists Neville D, Judith Sephuma and Patrick Duncan have collaborated to produce a song and music video in […]
By agreement between the parties, the settlement agreement concluded last week between same sex couple Mr Neil Coulson and Mr Jonathan Sedgwick, and Wolseley guesthouse owners Steph and Marina Neethling, was made an Order of the Bellville Equality Court yesterday (Tuesday, April 21). The Magistrate who granted the Order in […]
Doctors For Life opposing application by Dignity SA Protesters for and against the legalisation of doctor assisted suicide are expected to show up outside the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday, April 28, when lobby group Dignity SA will ask the court to consent to the assisted suicide of cancer sufferer, Advocate […]
[notice]Special report by Lauren Jonas on a fruiful Easter mission to Peddie.[/notice] How often do we say: “I want to be used by God” and sometimes exuberantly sing: “Send me, I will go Lord”; or “Where you go, I go, Lord”. Yet, to GO is often the elusive commission because […]
I Am Africa, a civil society movement by ordinary Africans to break the silence against Xenophobia and to initiate real action for people affected” invites South Africans to participate in a number of activities it is planning. Activities include marches from April 20 to 25, a poster campaign and a hotline […]
The Youth Transformation Africa (YTA) prayer meeting at Newlands Rugby Stadium on April 27 can restore pace in South Africa and become a vehicle for transformation of the youth on the continent, says Kyle Driver, the visionary of the event on Freedom Day. He says the #YTAUNITE prayer event was […]
Following a successful mediation on Wednesday, 15 April 2015, the unfair discrimination case instituted against the Christian owners of “House of Bread” guesthouse in Wolseley by a homosexual couple in the Bellville Equality Court last year, is now something of the past. Against all odds, the parties managed to reach […]
Xenophobia has again risen its ugly head in South Africa. This time the epicentre of the carnage and destruction is Durban, Kwazulu Natal. Newspapers report that at least 6 people (including a 14 year old boy) have lost their lives in xenophobic clashes.[1] Foreign owned shops and businesses have been […]