Originally published in Mail & Guardian Sixty-seven South Africans have been killed in a building collapse that occurred at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Nigeria, President Jacob Zuma said in a statement on Tuesday. Scores more sustained injuries when the multi-storey guesthouse belonging to the church collapsed on […]
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Raped and disfigured teen in need of surgery — Lisa’s story
The life of a teenage girl should be about fun, giggling and talking with friends, schoolwork, exercise, writing in journals, clothes, hairstyles, make-up and shoes! 14-year-old Lisa (name changed to protect identity) moved into Thandi House, a safe house in Pietermaritzburg, about a month ago with her childhood ripped away […]
Indigitous event will focus on mobile evangelism in Africa
The explosion of mobile phones in Africa is opening up new ways of doing evangelism. The potential for this will be investigated at a two-day event in Pretoria on October 17 and 18, 2014. The event is the initiative of the movement, Indigitous, whose aim is to connect people to […]
‘Christian schools’ agree to oppose court case
Last week in Gateway News, FOR SA (Freedom of Religion South Africa) reported on the High Court proceedings instituted against six public schools (four in Gauteng, and two in the Western Cape) to effectively remove Christianity from those schools. The school principals met with FEDSAS (the Federation of School Governing […]
Dream-inspired project putting sparkle into PE state hospitals
Port Elizabeth businessman Alan Barr woke up at 5am on January 28, 2012, from a dream that he believed was from God. And 19 months later that dream is rapidly coming true with the launch of ‘Project Sparkle’ — a remarkable community-supported renovation campaign that aims to tranform PE’s three state hospitals […]
Pastor John hands Harvest leadership baton to son, Pastor Mark
Training of next generation of sons to lead church began 7 years ago On Sunday (September 7, 2014) Pastor John Scholtz, who has led Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth, for the past 18 and a half years, passed the baton of leadership to his son, Pastor Mark Scholtz, in the […]
Workshop will teach Christians how to defend and extend their values
With moves afoot to ban religion from schools and secular, humanistic values governing society at the expense of Christian norms based on God’s word, it is an important time for Christians to gain advocacy skills that will allow them to respond in an effective manner to the daily infringements on […]
Christine Caine says she had cancer and was healed by God
Originally published in The Christian Post International preacher, speaker and author Christine Caine recently revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer. Caine took to her blog on Tuesday to share that during the span of a week, she had gone from having a sore throat to being diagnosed with […]
Mission airmen making 8 800km mini trip for rural kids
What do a 32 year old car, a 33 year old aircraft engineer, a 54 year old pilot, four international borders, an 8 800 km return trip and a 4 year old child in the rural Vhembe District of Limpopo have in common? This unlikely team of car, engineer and […]
Court asked to remove Christianity from schools
By Andrew Selley, Founder & CEO of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) This week in national media, news broke of legal proceedings instituted in the Johannesburg High Court against six public schools (two in the Cape, and four in Gauteng), all of who hold to a Christian ethos […]

