South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The winning films entered into the 2011 Transforming Stories International Film Festival were announced in Pretoria recently. The annual competition was launched in Cape Town in 2010 and this year attracted 181 entries from 19 countries on five continents. The top awards went to:Music Videos: “Wholehearted”Short Films: “The Desperate”Documentary Films: […]
Dear Sister, a production by Cape Town production house, Media Village, has won an international award from the Redemptive Film Festival based in Virginia, United States. The short film tells the story of a brother and sister from a township whose lives are devastated when the young, recently matriculated girl […]
Christian Art Media, a division of Christian Art Distributors, is taking over artists and labels represented by leading South African Christian music distribution company, Integrity Media Africa (Pty) Ltd, which is closing its doors on December 23. The decision to integrate the labels represented by IMA into Christian Art Media […]
Pay-TV broadcaster TOP TV plans to add three hardcore pornography channels to its boquet in 2012 in an “about turn” that has surprised observers and been sharply criticised by Christian organisations. On Digital Media (ODM), Top TV’s operator in South Africa has concluded an agreement with Playboy TV to carry […]
[notice]It’s not every day that we are presented with a tool that can be used to make a significant impact in fighting one of the greatest evils in our society. The forthcoming movie Courageous does put such a tool in our hands[/notice] On Thursday December 1, Humble Pie Entertainment and […]
By Paul Kendall – Originally published in The Telegraph At just after 1.30pm on Thursday, Paul Apowida, a soldier with 1st Battalion The Rifles, marched on to the parade ground at Beachley Barracks, near Chepstow, to receive a campaign medal for his service in Afghanistan. Fresh off the plane from […]
A spiritual journey will be traveled by all those attending the CD launch of one of Eastern Cape’s golden voices, Unathi Luthweyi. The launch will take place in the King William’s Town War Memorial Hall on December 11. According to an EC Talent media release, although this is Unathi’s debut […]
About 30 Christian protestors picketed today outside Cape Town strip club Mavericks which is embroiled in legal battles arising out of protests over its sleazy billboards and alleged sexual exploitation of women. With placards bearing messages such as “Trafficking – the new slave trade”, “STOP Mavericks Abuse of Women”, “Women […]
Port Elizabeth is the next target for a ministry that aims to make the Gospel accessible to every deaf person in South Africa, says Deaf Friendly CEO, Pastor Dirk Venter. During a recent visit to PE, Venter said he received “not one, but four, clear confirmations” that the city would […]
The Rotary Club of Algoa Bay is hosting an interdenominational, family-styled “Carols By Candlelight” evening at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth on the evening of December 15. The Nelson Mandela Bay Voices choir, Word of Faith Choir, Buli G, Gino Lee, Seki Mandada, Donna Afrika and Thuba Myeki […]