I hope you are patriotic enough to know that the month of September is a Heritage Month in South Africa. This is the time of the year when we should pause and reflect on our rich and diverse heritage with planned festivities leading to the official heritage day, which is […]
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Heerskappy van dakke af besing
Die interkerklike band lei die skares in aanbidding. WOORD oor ‘n stad, aanbidding van ‘n lewende God en intense gebed. Dit kan amper die 11de Rose City Praise and Worship wat Dinsdagaand (September 4) op die dak van Mimosa Mall in Bloemfontein gehou is opsom. Ten spyte van ‘n verskuiwing […]
Stage set for KZN Mighty Men
The stage is being set for the KwaZulu-Natal Mighty Men Conference from October 26 to October 28. “After much prayer we have now started building a permanent stage which we will start using for the 2012 event,” says Pieter le Grange who will once again be hosting the MMC KZN […]
Youth group calls on Christians to wake up, unite against Lady Gaga tour plans
Online petition campaign launched A grassroots youth movement, Concerned Young People of South Africa (CYPSA) has launched a petition campaign opposing the planned Lady Gaga concert tour in November and December. The main aim of the petition is to make the Film and Publications Control Board of SA aware of […]
Legislation responsible for 31% increase in abortions, teen pregnancies
Studies support abstinence education Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi released the statistics — a total of 77 771 legal abortions were performed in South Africa in 2011, a 31 per cent increase since 2010! In 2010, the Health Department said, 59 447 abortions were carried out! Although the new statistics illustrate […]
Economic transformation – whose responsibility is it?
[notice] A fortnightly column by Johannesburg Business Editor, Patrick Kuwana. [/notice] On Monday September 3 the National Planning Minister, Trevor Manuel addressed the opening session of the ‘Strategies to Overcome Poverty and Inequality’ conference at the University of Cape Town. In his address he made some interesting statements that I […]
Reaching the world port-by-port
[notice]Operation Mobilisation Ships CEO Peter Nicoll is in South Africa training on leadership development. Bonnie Mentel met him in Pretoria where they chatted about unusual ministry opportunities opened up by the ship, Logos Hope which has had more than 3 million visitors in the last three years.[/notice]Operation Mobilisation (OM) Ships […]
Passion World Tour set to fill SA stadiums
The Passion World Tour arrives in South Africa this month and is ready to fill stadiums with tens of thousands of Christians with a passion to worship the Lord and pursue justice. And Passion history is being made in South Africa: for the first time since its inception in 1997, […]
Time of refreshing, restoring relationships for Christian teachers
Organisers of the upcoming National Christian Teachers’ Convention (NCTC) in Bloemfontein believe that God wants to do something significant in the area of refreshing and restoring relationships. “We really feel that the Lord wants to touch and restore every aspect of a teacher’s relationships — in the prayer room with […]
UK charity donates wheelchairs to athletes at “technology-driven” Paralympics
By Phoebe Thomson, 2K Plus International Sports Media With Oscar Pistorius’ shocking defeat in the men’s T44 200 metre race on Sunday night came an upsurge of interest in the technical side of the Paralympics, namely – do longer blades give the runner an advantage? Although Pistorius has always insisted […]