South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years.[/notice] No one has to be a rocket scientist to know that South Africa is in enormous crisis, especially with the recent Constitutional […]
Zuma affair on table at pastors’ meeting in PE, consultation forum in Soweto Calls by church leaders for President Jacob Zuma to stand down continued to grow over the past week despite appeals by some for the president to be shown Christian forgiveness following his televised apology to the nation […]
The Constitutional Court finding against President Jacob Zuma on the Nkandla matter is generating a lot of talk and will no doubt continue to do so for some time to come. The judgment was clear and unequivocal regarding Zuma’s failure to fully uphold the country’s constitution and it comes on […]
Senior church leaders in Port Elizabeth today declared their support of a civil society mass action campaign that was launched on the steps of the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg this week to oust President Jacob Zuma following a damning Constitutional Court ruling against him last week and the failure of […]
The SA Christian Leadership Initiative has issued “an urgent appeal for prayer on behalf of our nation” in the wake of “the phenomenon of state capture currently unravelling in our nation”. Referring to St Paul’s exhortation to offer prayer for “all people, especially those in authority”, SACLI says of the […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] I had decided, with a few weeks left of the year remaining, and Christmas round the corner, that I would end this column for 2015 with a mild sounding article like “5 books I have enjoyed this year.” […]
By South African Christian Leadership Initiative Government has failed to respond to a memorandum of demands submitted to it during nationwide protest marches by the Unite Against Corruption (UAC) coalition, in spite of a personal commitment by Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe to come up with a detailed reply, […]
The Church is making its mark by helping to lead the charge against corruption and for a just and equal society as part of the Unite Against Corruption campaign, according to various national Christian leaders. Various civil society leaders commented on the participation and leadership not only of Christian leaders, […]
Senior church leaders from a broad spectrum of South Africa’s churches today called on Christians to join the Unite Against Corruption march being organised by civil society groups for 30 September. The leaders – including those from some of the largest Christian denominations – say their plea for members to […]
The Justice Alliance of South Africa has launched a website www.ExposeIt.org.za where the public can report any sort of bribery and corruption. The development follows a charitable grant received by JASA in December last year to set up and operate a new website to report bribery and corruption, and ensure that prosecutions take […]