South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla today announced the extension until April 24 of the deadline for public comments on amendments to the health regulations the government wants to introduce following the termination of the state of disaster. Previously the deadline for submissions was Friday April 13. The government will allow […]
Originally published in UgCN. Zimbabwe’s parliament on Tuesday banned anyone not vaccinated against Covid-19 from attending church services, the latest in a series of measure to boost uptake of the coronavirus jab. The southern African country had already made the vaccine mandatory for civil servants and teachers earlier this month. […]
Originally published in Independent Online Ethekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda will plead with President Cyril Ramaphosa this weekend to relax Covid-19 restrictions on religious gatherings, to enable a spiritual injection for “a highly stressed” South African society. Since the advent of the pandemic, which led to restrictions on economic activity, many […]
Originally published in News 24 It is not possible for government to have a different disaster management dispensation for faith-based organisations, especially in the third wave of Covid-19 infections, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has said. On Tuesday, several religious leaders complained to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative […]
Originally published in Christian Today A pastor has been arrested in Canada after holding in-person worship services in breach of public health orders. Pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother Dawid Pawlowski were arrested and charged with “organising an illegal in-person gathering, including requesting, inciting or inviting others to attend an illegal […]
Originally published in Christiantiy Today As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide the Supreme Court late Wednesday barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus. The justices split 5-4 with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the […]
Bid seen to use plague as cover to regulate Uganda faith community Following the full-blown spread of COVID-19 early this year several governments imposed measures to curb the virus — the most common being general shutting down of economies, commonly referred to as lockdown. In Uganda the lockdown was imposed […]
Word of Faith Christian Centre (WOF) in Port Elizabeth sent a lawyer’s letter to police yesterday opposing a threat to charge churches who host more than 50 people at drive-in services. In the letter to SAPS spokesman Col Priscilla Naidu, who reportedly conveyed the threat via a local radio station, […]
