Book Review by Val Viljoen THE DANIEL PLAN: 40 DAYS TO A HEALTHIER LIFE by RICK WARREN, DANIEL AMEN, MARK HYMAN When I first heard of The Daniel Plan I imagined a radical vegetable and water detox regime. On seeing the subtitle of this book – 40 Days to a […]
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Oom Karoolus en Lente moevie besoek platteland einde November
Deur Brettian Productions Oom Karoolus en Lente is geen vreemdelinge in die Afrikaanse kindermusiek bedryf nie. Met meer as twee dekade se ervaring, is die duo opgewonde om die vrystelling van hul jongste projek (in samewerking met Brettian Productions) aan te kondig: ‘ Oom Karoolus en Lente – Die Moewie.’ […]
Diespsloot community gathers in prayer over child deaths
Originally published in SA News Residents of Diepsloot, Johannesburg, on Monday gathered for a prayer service at the Methodist Church in Extension 10 to seek divine intervention in the wake of horrific violent acts committed against children in the area. The discovery of a seven-month-old baby’s mutilated body in a […]
Zimbabwean churches buck the trend
I took time to visit a certain church in the City of Harare in Zimbabwe on a Sunday morning and I was surprised to see numerous top-of-the-range cars parked outside as the owners took time to worship their Creator. Reflecting on news reports I had read during the week, I […]
Stop hardcore porn on SA television
Following reports that TopTV planned to launch 3 hard-core pornographic channels in SA on Dec 1, 2013, the Justice Alliance of SA (JASA) launched an urgent court interdict to stop porn on SA TV. JASA lodged papers at the Western-Cape High Court challenging ICASA and Top TV’s false arguments that hard-core […]
North Korea publicly executes 80, some for owning Bibles, report says
Originally published in Fox News As many as 80 people were publicly executed in North Korea earlier this month, some for offenses as minor as watching South Korean movies or possessing a Bible. South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported that the so-called criminals were put to death in seven cities […]
JASA takes Top TV to court over porn channels
The Christian-based Justice Alliance of South Africa (JASA) yesterday filed papers in the Western Cape High Court in a bid to stop Top TV starting to broadcast three pornography channels on December 1. In a media release JASA says it believes that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) […]
Radical Islamists ‘control much of northern Syria’
By World Watch Monitor A new survey of Syrian towns by CNN suggests that much of northern Syria has come under the control of radical Islamist groups. CNN claims that Islamist militants, led by a group called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), are attempting to impose a […]
Malawi abortion legalisation looming despite public opposition
The government of Malawi appears to be giving into pro-abortion pressures to pass “safe abortion” legislation, the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues (PNCI) reports in its latest briefing. The Coalition for Prevention of Unsafe Abortion (COPUA) has drafted a bill for Malawi’s parliament to permit legal abortion in government hospitals and medical […]
Iran: West accepts Iran’s nuclear framework proposal
Originally published in Worthy Christian News Iran’s top nuclear negotiator announced on Thursday that Western nations had accepted Tehran’s proposed framework for a nuclear deal, prompting world leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call such a deal “a mistake of historic proportions.” Seyed Abbas Araqchi, a senior […]