In what has been described as a “counter cultural victory”, the Western Cape High Court on Monday, November 3 reviewed and set aside the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (ICASA) decision to authorise the broadcasting by StarSat (formerly Top TV) of three pay-to-view pornographic channels on South African television, and […]
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From Azusa Street to Empowered21 Global Conference in Jerusalem in 2015
Invitation to attend Empowered21 Global Congress and tour the Holy Land In April 2006 more than 50 000 people from 106 nations converged in Los Angeles to celebrate the hundred year anniversary of the revival in Azusa Street where three services a day were conducted seven days a week for […]
Love and attention help little girl speak
Rachelle is five years old and did not speak when she first came to the soup kitchen at Faith Hope Love Ministries in Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth. She ignored the other kids and only spoke to her mother and showed with her hands what she wanted. Rachelle now has verbal diarrhoea… […]
African love for Israel will be centre stage in Cape Town next week
Two international events to bless Israel are taking place in Cape Town next week: the media launch of Africa Bless Israel which aims to change Africa’s heart towards Israel, and the All Nations Convocation – Cape Town Breakthrough to Jerusalem which is hosted by the Jerusalem House of Prayer (JHOP). The […]
Sidetracked with LigWeg — passionate worship by passionate people
[notice]A monthly interview column in which Mike Beets tunes into the heartbeat of Christian musicians and the SA Christian music industry.[/notice] LigWeg is the solo brainchild of Gert Smit, and has been around for a number of years releasing their self-titled debut album in 2013. Gert is no newbie in […]
Pay-TV broadcaster ordered to stop screening porn
The Western Cape High Court today (Monday, November 3) ordered StarSat to stop broadcasting pornographic channels with immediate effect. Upholding an application by Justice Alliance for South Africa (JASA), Cause for Justice (CFJ) and Doctors for Life (DFL), Mr Justice Bozalek, struck down the licence granted by the Independent Communications Authority […]
It’s worth making sacrifices for family relationships
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Anything of value in life requires some level of sacrifice; some level of letting go of the comfortable. We should be willing to sacrifice going without for a short while so we can benefit from something more valuable in the long term. […]
Toyi-toyi for services turns to toyi-toyi for Jesus
A housing protest in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall took a surprising turn yesterday morning (Wednesday, October 29) when an evangelist, Brendon Slabbert, got permission to address the crowd. Slabbert who is a city businessman and student at the Word of Faith Bible Institute says he was busy […]
Cape Town churches get behind Youth Transformation 2015 stadium event
A vision to hold a mass “Youth Transformation” gathering at Newlands Rugby Stadium, Cape Town, on April 27 next year took a significant step forward yesterday when about 200 church leaders attended a unity meeting to launch the event to the Church. Kyle Driver, founder of Youth Transformation Africa (YTA), […]
An “angel” appeared over PE one day
An ‘angel’ appeared in the sky above Port Elizabeth recently says Marlon Bacon who managed to snap the heavenly apparition on his cellphone before the cloud formation broke up. He says he took the photo in Kempston Road, PE a few weeks ago while on his way to work. “I […]

