The COGTA Parliamentary Portfolio Committee recently held meetings to allow for input by the religious community into the CRL’s Report on the “Commercialisation” of Religion and Abuse of People’s Belief Systems. These meetings were attended by a significant number of denominations, churches and major organisations from the Christian community. Many […]
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‘SA would have much to lose by downgrading embassy in Israel’
Gateway News asked three leaders who have much practical experience of Israel to comment on the implications of downgrading the South African embassy in Israel as proposed by the ANC — See: https://gatewaynews.co.za/sa-christians-asked-to-pray-about-anc-threat-to-downgrade-embassy-in-israel/ We post their full responses below. Cheryllyn Dudley — ACDP MP and member of the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on International […]
SA Christians asked to pray about ANC threat to downgrade embassy in Israel
The Jewish community of South Africa, through South African Friends of Israel, has called on Christians to pray this weekend for South Africa, Israel and the South African Embassy in Tel Aviv which is under threat of a downgrade to a liaison office. A resolution by the ANC policy conference […]
MOVIEWISE — December 8 2017
Pieter Pohl, founder of Innovation Films and marketing manager of CMD Entertainment Africa, sheds some light on the latest movies. INSPIRING NEW MOVIES NOW ON DVD! CMD Entertainment Africa brings you inspiring new movies on DVD this festive season. The Case for Christ, Return to the Hiding Place, I’m Not […]
Call for asset-based approach to tackling poverty in Nelson Mandela Bay
By Ed Richardson The creation of much-needed jobs in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro can be fast-tracked by taking an “asset-based” approach to poverty alleviation rather than focusing on the negatives, says Bernie Dolley, director of the Ikahla Trust. She was speaking at the metro’s first poverty and unemployment summit […]
African states say they will follow Trump in moving their embassies to Jerusalem
Originally published in Geller Report While the Trump administration was hit with a barrage of warnings that is stands to throw the Middle East into chaos if it recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — which President Trump did in a historic announcement yesterday — the move has garnered support among […]
Christmas reflections: a common heartbeat — Marian Fitz-Gibbon
Over the course of two days we’ve attended a Thanksgiving Celebration in Mamelodi contrasted by a Carols Service in Bryanston New Covenant and punctuated by the launch of Andrew Christie’s book Becoming. The common thread in all three of these but very different gatherings was a sound of a similar […]
Central African Public: Four years later scars still fresh but targeted pastors want to move on
“They wanted to silence the preacher who converts Muslims to Christianity Originally published by World Watch Monitor Four years ago on Tuesday, an eruption of violence in the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, left dozens dead and shattered the lives of many others. An attempt by Anti-Balaka (“anti-machete”) […]
Trump move could provoke Armageddon scenario, but God is in charge — Charles Gardner
Charles Gardner looks at developments in Jerusalem and the Middle East through End Times eyes. While the West continues to indulge in the most bizarre forms of political correctness, the Middle East is bracing itself for a possible Armageddon scenario involving nuclear weapons. The decision of President Trump to recognise […]