[notice] Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Organisation researcher, Mayibuye Magwaza, raises some ethical and practical considerations that arise as businesses and unions grapple with the challenges posed by unemployment and the influx of cheap goods from China.[/notice] A recent report in Business Day indicates that a clothing company, Peter Blond and Associates, has […]
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Nuusflits oor Belhar-Belydenis
Die NG Kerk se Algemene Sinode het vanmiddag besluit om die kerkordelike proses te begin wat tot die insluiting van die Belhar-Belydenis in die belydenisgrondslag van die NG Kerk kan lei. Per besluit moet twee-derdes van kerkrade Belhar met ‘n twee-derde stem goedkeur, waarna al die streeksinodes dit ook moet […]
Free Bible App installed on 30 million phones
Originally published in Christian Post The world’s most popular Bible App, YouVersion, has reached another milestone – 30 million unique installs this week. The free Bible App is now available in 45 languages and offers more than 190 BIble reading plans. “It is very exciting to see what God is […]
Buchan speaking at Christian Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem
South African farmer-evangelist Angus Buchan is the main speaker at the 2011 Christian celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles which begins in Jerusalem this evening. About 6 000 Christian pilgrims from about 100 nations are expected to attend the annual celebration hosted by the pro-Israel International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ)which […]
Walk The Talk movie bringing hope in Christ to prisoners
Walk The Talk, a short South African movie about an ex-prisoner who finds hope when he hears the message of the gospel on the radio, is bringing hope in Christ to real-life prisoners in Cape Town. During 27 screenings of the movie — 24 of which were in Pollsmoor Prison […]
Egypt’s finance minister resigns – then changes his mind
Originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald Egypt’s Finance Minister Hazem el-Beblawi has reversed his decision to quit after the country’s military rulers urged him to stay, capping a day of confusion as officials seek a transition to civilian rule after February’s revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak. ”It’s more logical […]
Police reinstate elite women, children and sexual offences unit
Men who abused women and children were worse than animals, National Commissioner of the SA Police Service Geberal Bheki Cele said in Port Elizabeth today at the official relaunch of the specialised Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS). The scrapping of the FCS in 2006 was met […]
Egyptians mourn massacre of Coptic Christians
[notice]Orthodox leaders call for three days of fasting, prayer, mourning.[/notice] By Wayne King — Compass Direct News Funeral services were held yesterday in Cairo for some of the victims of a military attack against a group of Christian protestors that left 26 dead and hundreds wounded. In the wake of what […]
Jesus Culture in Paris — through South African eyes
[notice]Gateway News writer, Lisa Moore, who is spending a season in France, sent us this special report about a Jesus Culture concert she attended in Paris on Wednesday evening. Hope is alive and well in Europe, despite the fact that the France of today is one of the least evangelised […]
Entrepreneurship the way forward for E-Cape, South Africa
In order to make the most of South Africa’s empowerment policies, both the government and business need to focus on investment in high growth, small and medium sized businesses which have the potential for job creation, said Liz Zambonini, CEO of The Hope Factory, in Port Elizabeth yesterday. She was […]