South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Archbishop Dr Thabo Makgoba, the Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and the Archbishop of the Diocese of Cape Town, visited the Port Elizabeth diocese from Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 November. I was present in a breakfast on Friday the 21st at the St John’s Parish in […]
A lot of thumb sucking and lies are aiding the persecution of Woolworths over the Israel / Palestinian issue. A group calling itself the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) on Monday released a report claiming Woolworths is losing almost R8 million a month because of the boycott campaign. It claims the popular […]
[notice]This week marks the start of the 16 days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children (November 25 to December 10) and Gateway News Volunteer Reporter Debbie Hemmens took the opportunity to look at how three Gauteng-based NGOs are tackling the gender violence problem.[/notice] The 16 days campaign […]
The Grobler family of Despatch are looking forward to their latest Bible mission adventure — a Christmas outreach in Swaziland where they plan to hand out 500 Bibles at churches and schools in the Siteki area. “We never thought that the next mission would come so quickly after our Lesotho […]
Anchor of Hope in Central Port Elizabeth is a vibrant, multicultural, English-medium church that is bursting with life with a membership made up of 50% white Afrikaners and 50% black people from all over Africa. But it took a journey of “death” to get there, said its leader Giellie Noeth. […]
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) has called on the South African Government to investigate “concerns and allegations that elements in SA are key players in facilitating funding and sending of recruits fighting alongside ISIS”. The call is made by ACDP MP Cherylln Dudley in a press statement released on […]
Saturday, November 15, 2014 marked a new beginning for the city of JOYburg as joy activist and laughter coach Sue Jameson got to launch her city rebranding campaign with her ‘My #First Laughter Mob’ which was her prize for winning the Vodacom #Firsts competition. Sue says her dream was made […]
On November 13, 2014 the vision of Pastor Albert Mbenga, become a reality when Africa Bless Israel was officially launched to the media and stakeholders at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre. A number of pastors, reverends, church and spiritual leaders were present from Madagascar, Uganda, the Congo, Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Why God is in the habit of speaking through people who may offend us on account of their ethnicity, gender or lack of experience. Picture the scene. Someone comes up and begins to speak about a particular subject. […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] “You’ll be damned if you do, and you’ll be damned if you don’t…” These sentiments of Eleanor […]