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Let’s Laugh at That — March 15 2018

Gateway News cartoonist Barry de Jager captures the excitement that has been building up around South Africa’s first Mighty Families gathering which is happening on Wilde Als farm near Bloemfontein this weekend. Read our latest report on Mighty Families here — and our interview with farm owner Ollie le Roux […]

Lack of transparency on ‘Hate Speech Bill’ a concern, says For SA

  The surprise tabling of the contentious ‘Hate Speech Bill’ in parliament this week raises serious religious freedom concerns writes Advocate Nadene Badenhorst of Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) in this special report. It has come to our attention that the controversial draft Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes […]

FOR SA supports call for Ngcobo commission of inquiry

Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) supports the CRL’s call for the institution of a commission of inquiry into the Ngcobo tragedy, says FOR SA in a press release. According to weekend news reports CRL chairperson Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva said her commission decided on Friday to propose an inquiry to establish […]

From ‘cursed’ to called — Siphiwe Sibiya’s journey with Jesus

In addition to appointing a new South African team leader, evangelism ministry African Enterprise has appointed Siphiwe Sibiya to fill the key post of setup coordinator. Siphiwe shares his story. I was born in Ulundi (KwaZulu-Natal) in a small village called Mbangayiya and was the youngest of four children. My mother […]

Meshoe challenges president over government snubbing of Israeli drought aid

ACDP president Kenneth Meshoe has accused the Western Cape and South African governments of irresponsibility for refusing offers by internationally-acclaimed Israeli water technicians to assist with overcoming devastating drought conditions in the Cape and other regions of the country. In his response earlier this month to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s maiden […]