South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Q: My husband and I recently moved to a new city. As we make new friends we wonder how much of our personal story to share. We experienced significant marital issues and eventually divorced, but later reconciled and have remarried. Our old friends knew everything; is there any reason to […]
As a result of my recent trip to Eswatini, I have learned a great deal about this landlocked African nation. Eswatini is the smallest country in Africa, with an area of 17 363 square kilometres. It is one of only a handful of absolute monarchies remaining in the world, with […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa has expressed “cautious” optimism after attending a constructive engagement on Tuesday between senior leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) and senior leaders representing a broad coalition of South Africa’s faith communities. The meeting, held at Luthuli House and led by ANC Deputy Secretary General […]
The US State Department has designated the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), and also plans to designate it as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO), reports Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). In an announcement on March 9, the State Department identified the Sudanese Islamic Movement and the al-Baraa […]
A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Nelson Mandela Bay has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently intervene in what it describes as a deepening service delivery crisis in the metro. In a letter addressed to the President, the Nelson Mandela Bay Civil Society Coalition warns that the […]
The centre of Durban was yesterday filled with Christians — many dressed in yellow and holding placards — participating in a mass provincial march for religious freedom hosted by South African Church Defenders (SACD). “The KZN Provincial Christian March was nothing short of powerful and historic. This was the Church […]
Special report by Louisa Xabela on the Africa Back to God prayer convention in Cape Town last Saturday A significant prayer convention was held on March 7 at New Way Hall in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, bringing together intercessors, church leaders, and believers united around one message: “Africa Back to God […]
On Monday March 16 — exactly a year after he set out from Signal Hill — evangelist Reini Coetzee will wheel his wooden cross from Zimbabwe into Mozambique on the next leg of his Crosswalk Africa walk from Cape Town to Jerusalem. And what memories of God’s supernatural provision in […]
By Cause For Justice On February 25 the High Court in Cape Town admitted four additional amici curiae (friends of the court) to a case on gender transition in Western Cape public schools. Cause for Justice (CFJ), First Do No Harm Southern Africa (FDNHSA) and Doctors for Life (DFL) were […]
Edward Pozyn, who has been undertaking road-trip missions since Jesus rescued him in 2011 when he was destitute, is preparing for a 2 500km cycle pilgrimage. Edward, 61, said he plans to set out from Kakamas, Northern Cape on Saturday April 4, riding to Cape Town and then to Durban. […]