South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] I met my husband Rest while we were students at the University of Cape Town in 1996. We were friends throughout our remaining years at university. He is from the Bushbuckridge area in Mpumalanga while I am from Port Elizabeth in the […]
The deadline for submissions to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) regarding what many Christians perceive as a threat to remove Good Friday and Christmas public holidays is next Tuesday (June 30, 2015). The deadline was originally May 31 but the SALRC subsequently extended it to June 30. In […]
The deadline for submissions to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) on its proposal to remove Good Friday and Christmas as public holidays, has been extended from May 31, 2015 to June 30, 2015. During a telephone conversation with the SALRC yesterday (Wedensday, May 20) they also confirmed that […]
In Gateway News earlier this year, I wrote of the recent proposal by the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) to remove Good Friday and Christmas as public holidays on the SA calendar. According to the SALRC, to have the two main Christian holidays as paid public holidays, amounts to […]
This weekend, Christians around the world will celebrate the resurrection of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who paid for our freedom (from eternal condemnation) not with gold or silver but with His precious blood. Our freedom cost Jesus everything and it (our freedom as believers to serve Jesus) will cost us […]
[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] The “Easter Egg-Head” is the person who thinks Easter is just about Easter eggs! For this person the climactic events of the […]
Durban’s Dr Pixley Kaseme street will become a flashback to the Via Dolorosa, a street within the Old City of Jerusalem, when a depiction of the last hours of the Lord Jesus Christ are re-enacted on Wednesday, March 25. The Via Dolorosa, or “place of grief”, is believed to be […]
South African retailer Woolworths’ decision to lure Muslims customers to the tradition of consuming hot cross buns has sparked a furore amongst some Christians. Hot cross buns are associated with the Christian religious period of the Good Friday and Easter Weekend. Like Easter eggs these buns are mostly sold around […]
The history of our world is littered with specific and special events whose occurrence has changed the way we live our lives. The different discoveries and inventions that have been made in the area of science, transport, communication, agriculture, etc. have left us with a sense of amazement of what […]
[notice]This article was written by Port Elizabeth full-time-mom Anneri Olivier last year with the Soccer World Cup in mind. Its message of true victory is pertinent to Easter and so it is fitting that its first publication should be in Gateway News at this time[/notice] In the game of soccer, […]