[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] A girlfriend and I are always lamenting the fact that we have not yet managed to secure ourselves job positions where we are paid to sit around all day at coffee shops chatting and thinking up ideas. We love sitting around at coffee […]
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Lonmin deaths and the deadly economic lie
[notice] A fortnightly column by Johannesburg Business Editor, Patrick Kuwana. [/notice] This past week the country has witnessed the death of 34 people in the worker unrest that took place at Lonmin’s platinum mines in Rustenburg. Thirty-four people were killed and 78 injured when police shot at striking workers at […]
Survey highlights growing Kingdom focus in SA workplace
South African Christians are becoming more Kingdom-focused at work but need help with finding true purpose in the workplace. This is one of the findings of Christian marketplace initiative Call 42, which has conducted a national survey that explores the issues and obstacles that Christians experience in living a calling […]
Israel protests SA label decision
Originally published in The Citizen Online South Africa’s ambassador to Israel was summoned to that country’s Foreign Ministry Thursday to explain a recent decision by the South African cabinet to label products from settlements in the West Bank as coming from “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Ambassador Ismail Coovadia would meet with […]
40 hours of blazing worship and boerewors rolls in PE
Children, youth and the young-at-heart (of all ages!) are invited to join in a citywide 40-hours Burn (prayer and worship time) and family celebration in Port Elizabeth from 6pm on Friday September 28 to 10am on Sunday September 30. Those who attend the event at the Walmer West Primary School […]
Marikana tragedy — We are all to blame
[notice]Pastor Afrika Mhlophe says the tragedy at Longmin mine is part of a pattern of violence that will not change without a concerted, national intervention that deals with the root of the problem.[/notice]34 men who are sons, uncles, nephews, brothers, boyfriends, husbands, fathers and breadwinners were mowed down by police […]
From prostitute to preacher
I gave Sharon Chasa (40) a lift to Plettenberg Bay on my way down from PE to Cape Town last year September. From the moment she stepped into my car, I knew that I had picked up a passionate Jesus follower. She had just been on an outreach and was […]
Egyptian Islamists consolidate power, threathen Christians
By INcontext: A World In Motion In less than a week, the Muslim Brotherhood has made great strides towards consolidating its power in Egypt. Last Wednesday, newly elected president Mohammed Morsi fired his intelligence chief and other top security officials, using the killing of 16 soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula […]
Ruling Islamists in Tunisia introduce blasphemy bill
Originally published in barnabasaid The ruling Islamist party in Tunisia has introduced a bill that would outlaw insulting Islam, a move criticised by human rights’ advocates as threatening freedom of speech and religion. Ennahda introduced the draft law to criminalise offences against “sacred values” in the National Constituent Assembly on […]
11-year old ordained minister preaches, heals
Originally published in Charisma News Gripping his black-and-white composition notebook and worn Bible, 11-year-old Ezekiel Stoddard commands the pulpit, preaching original sermons, laying hands on the sick and speaking in tongues at his family’s Maryland church. The sixth grader, who can barely see over the lectern, says God called him […]