South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Edward Pozyn is getting ready for a fresh road trip for Jesus — this time he will be cycling 2 000km from Howick in KwaZulu-Natal to Augrabies Falls and then to Cape Town. In 2021 the former, veteran Gospel trekker traded his hiking shoes for wheels after he was blessed […]
The day I met Dennis, I was a little alarmed, to say the least. My minister had asked me to take the 20-year-old under my wing and try to work with him on the farm. He was an addict with a preference for ‘Tik’ and from our initial meeting, it […]
A music video featuring a tribute song about the late Nelson Mandela and sung by a group of 60 musicians headed by Loyiso Bala and Elwira Standili, was released yesterday in support of a campaign to fight gangsterism in the Cape Town area. While the song, Madiba Wethu, is a tribute to […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Cannabis is a “highly dangerous and addictive drug” that should not be legalised, the Australian Minister for Health has said. Greg Hunt was responding to a proposal from Australia’s Green Party to legalise the drug. Hunt slammed the proposal as “medically irresponsible”, arguing that […]
Doctors for Life appeals for financial support to fight legal battle to protect youth, society On Monday (July 31 2017) the constitutionality of South Africa’s dagga legislation will be on trial in a major court case which is expected to run for most of August and eventually go all the […]
The ACDP wants parliament to urgently debate a recent Cape High Court ruling legalising using and growing dagga at home and requiring parliament to amend dagga legislation within 24 months. While the state has confirmed it will appeal the controversial ruling and SAPS say they will apply the existing law […]
Leon Jacobs was rescued from a life of crime, gangs, alcohol and drug abuse when he accepted Jesus Christ as his saviour. Today, he is committed to spreading the Good News of salvation as an ambassador of Jesus Christ. Jacobs’ testimony is a powerful example for all people, but especially […]
[notice]Johannesburg based, entrepreneur, philanthropist, author and recovered drug addict, Marco Broccardo, believes that Christian recovery programmes can succeed where others fail. The author of “Rocks — One Man’s Climb from Drugs to Dreams” (See Gateway News Book Review) and founder of drug awareness and rehabilitation initiative, Mountain Heights, shares his […]
[notice]A mom shares her own ‘journey of recovery’ from all that it means to be the parent of an addict — and lessons she has learnt from “the toughest thing I’ve ever had to deal with”. Out of sensitivity to others she prefers not to disclose her name.[/notice] I have […]
Originally published in God Reports Molested a few times when he was a child, Paul Gualtieri dabbled with homosexuality as a largely unsupervised 13-year-old in Palm Springs. It wasn’t long before he found himself in his bedroom proclaiming his destiny: “I’m gay. I’m a homosexual,” he said out loud with […]