South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The statement below was released by ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe last week before the hearing of the South African government’s lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. We publish it now as Gateway News was on a seasonal publishing break when the statement was released. The African Christian […]
The hosting of a senior Hamas delegation in Cape Town by the ANC in the Western Cape is an insult to Israel and to the Jewish people of South Africa, says Rev Kenneth Meshoe in a press statement released on Saturday (December 2). The Hamas group which met ANC representatives […]
The National Assembly (NA) this afternoon approved the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill which the DA vowed earlier today to challenge “all the way to the Constitutional Court”. At 12.15 today the DA, ACDP, FF+ and civil society groups united outside Parliament to protest against the forcing of […]
Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) leader Archbishop Thabo Mokgoba “has, in my opinion, discredited and jeopardised his chances of being a credible mediator in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by taking sides with one against the other”, said ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe. Meshoe was responding to a October 28 decision […]
The ACDP is hosting protests in Cape Town and Pretoria on Friday against the controversial Single Marriage Bill that aims to consolidate all existing marriage laws and which does not retain the words “husband” and wife”. In Cape Town, they invite citizens to join their picket outside Parliament (near the […]
Children in Khayelitsha, Cape Town were blessed with warm clothes and 150 toys donated by the ACDP during a Mandela Day outreach last week. ACDP councillor Mongezi Mabungane, who haded the gifts to Yonwaba Educare Centre in Site C Khayelitsha, said it warmed his heart to see the children’s happy […]
Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development John Jeffery announced in Parliament this week that the department will not table the “Prostitution Bill” this session due to concerns about its constitutionality. “This means that we will not be able to, at this point, proceed with the bill in its current […]
The African Christian Democratic Party yesterday marched to Constitutional Hill in defence of the Human Rights and Freedoms of South Africans as enshrined in The Constitution. In a press release about the march, the ACDP Parliamentary Media Office writes: The march, which formed part of the ACDP’s Freedom Day celebrations, […]
Dr Lydia Meshoe, wife of ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe passed away today after a short illness. In a media release, ACDP Wayne Thring MP, says: “It is with great sadness that the NEC informs you that our first lady, Dr Lydia Meshoe, has gone home to be with the […]
This morning [Tuesday], the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Education agreed to a comprehensive public consultation process on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill), proposed to be advertised from March 1, reports Philip Rosenthal of ChristianView Network The comprehensive law will affect every public school and home schooling family […]