South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Broadcasters like e.tv and Top TV believe it is their constitutional right to profit from the lucrative pornography industry. And adult porn consumers say it is their human right to choose what they want to view in private: nobody is getting hurt and those who don’t want to watch can […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The wide varieties of societal issues we face occur in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing society. […]
Civil rights movement Afriforum, together with singer Bobby van Jaarsveld and other celebrities, will stage a march to Parliament tomorrow (November 21) to demand Government action on violent crime. The march, which is a sequel to a similar march to the Union Buildings, Pretoria in June, is supported by various […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The reality of crime and injustice is something that we are confronted with daily. It affects each […]
[notice]Peter-John Pearson, director of the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Committee, comments on the latest crime statistics released by the Government.[/notice] On 20th September, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa released the crime statistics for the period 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012. Despite a certain cynicism about their value (and the often-quoted […]
[notice]A monthly column by the Editor of Gateway News.[/notice] Recently I heard a radio discussion in which Christians were asked to set an example by obeying the petty laws that many people consider to be unimportant. Breaking minor laws leads to more serious transgressions and so contributes to the culture […]
[notice]As recent headlines of sadistic and callous deeds have shocked South Africans, Pastor Afrika Mhlophe grapples with the dark state of the soul of our nation and the proper Christian response to our moral descent.[/notice] The soul is the part of you that is a seat of the mind, will […]
Representatives of Christian and Muslim communities attended a meeting at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg today to take a stand against the killing of police members. At the gathering, which was called by Major General JT Pharasi, Commander of the Hillbrow Cluster of the South African Police Service (SAPS), […]
[notice]Help us protect this heritage building — members[/notice] Brazen thieves have been relentlessly stripping the Holy Trinity Church in Central, Port Elizabeth, of copper and lead fittings , causing serious damage to the historic stone building. In a series of night-time assaults the thieves have stripped lead lining and copper […]
Men who abused women and children were worse than animals, National Commissioner of the SA Police Service Geberal Bheki Cele said in Port Elizabeth today at the official relaunch of the specialised Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS). The scrapping of the FCS in 2006 was met […]