Originally published in Vryheid Herald At precisely 16 minutes past 3pm on Saturday afternoon, an airplane flew over Vryheid High School’s rugby field. Below, a massive crowd of Vryheid’s residents looked up and saw “JOHN 3:16” boldly printed beneath its wings and cheered as it soared above them, in celebration […]
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Call for urgent, nationwide prayer and fasting in SA from September 22 to 24
Churches and prayer networks across South Africa are calling for an urgent, nationwide time of prayer and fasting from September 22 to 24 in response to critical issues facing the nation, including gender violence and xenophobic attacks. The prayer focus for the three days, culminating on Heritage Day, is: Ask […]
Woman, 98, tells Cape audience how she escaped from Nazi gas chamber
A 98-year-old Holocaust survivor, Elle Blumenthal, told a Cape Town gathering last night how she literally escaped from a Nazi death camp gas chamber when its doors, which had been closed already, were opened due to new orders coming through regarding the number of people to be gassed that day. […]
When the kings and princes take the lead, praise the Lord — Clementia Pae
In the book of Judges, chapter 4, the Bible tells us that after the death of Ehud son of Gera, the Benjamite, who had delivered Israel from 18 years of oppression by the Moabites, the Israelites continued to do evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord turned […]
Tanzanian official orders night clubs to give slots to preachers
Originally published in UG Christian News A top Tanzanian official has instructed nightclub owners in the capital, Dar es Salaam to allocate 30 minutes to church leaders interested in frequently conducting preaching sessions at their venues. According to the EastAfrican Newspaper, Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Paul Makonda said church […]
African leaders attending fourth Africa Leadership Summit in Jerusalem
A group of leaders from Ghana, Namibia, Kenya, Botswana, Nigeria, South Africa, and the US, together with counterparts from Israel, will gather in Jerusalem from September 1 to 4 at the fourth biennial Africa Leadership Summit (ALS). The ALS, hosted by the Insitute of Christian Leadership Development (ICLD), is held every […]
Doctor barred from working for 2 years for advice on abortion finally facing inquiry
A former military hospital doctor, Dr Jacques de Vos, who has been unable to practise medicine for more than two years for advising that abortion is the killing of an unborn human being, will finally get to respond to charges against him when he appears before a disciplinary inquiry of the Health […]
Sukers calls on government to come clean with details of proposed sexuality education curriculum
The ACDP calls on the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to unequivocally state in detail what Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) will entail. ACDP MP Marie Sukers said in a media statement yesterday that representatives from the DBE are not singing from the same sheet when it communicates about CSE, which […]
Ex-gangster says last stretch in prison was ‘best time of my life’
Pedro Campbell was sent to prison for the ninth time early last year — but this time was very different. He was back behind bars because of a crime he had committed, as was the case with all of his previous prison stretches. But this time the 35-year-old former gangster […]
Preparations underway for major Gospel outreach in Cape Town in November
Two organisations with a long history of serving communities and spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ around the world, African Enterprise* and the Luis Palau Association*, as well as several other organisations and individuals, are behind a new venture that they hope will bring about winds of revival in […]