Organisations opposed to human trafficking protested outside the gates of Parliament in Cape Town yesterday to draw attention to the long delay in finalising legislation to protect vulnerable women and children from traffickers. About 50 representatives of STOP, Justice Acts, Not for Sale, Straatwerk, the National Freedom Network and the […]
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Northern Arts Festival founder eyeing next 5-year assignment
As Port Elizabeth’s fifth Northern Arts Festival starts up tomorrow (Thursday, September 22), event founder Billy Paulson is contemplating his next 5-year cycle of “making people beautiful”. In a recent interview, singer, song writer and entrepreneur, Paulson, said he was trusting that within the next 20 days God would show […]
PE school testifies to power of prayer days for matrics
[notice]NMB Metro Prayer Day organisers encouraged by testimony of local school[/notice] A Port Elizabeth school’s matric pass rate improved from 57% to 73% after its Grade 12 learners participated in a community prayer day event in 2008. The school also enjoyed valuable educational and business spinoffs arising from the prayer […]
Bakkies miraculously healed — De Villiers
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers said that Bakkies Botha’s return from injury to play in tomorrow’s Pool D World Cup clash against Fiji is one of the greatest miracles he has seen in a long time. In an interview with Radio Tygerberg News, De Villiers said that as a Christian […]
NMB Metro Prayer Day steps up a gear
Planning for the historic Metro Prayer Day in the 48 000-capacity Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium stepped up a gear this week as organisers confirmed that the event will start at 2pm on Saturday, October 22. As the NMB Metro Prayer Day campaign gathers momentum, a mighty mushroom cloud of prayer […]
Homeless need to be heard, says shelter administrator
Sometimes it takes an effort to listen to the stories of the destitute people who take refuge from the streets in the Metro Evangelical Services (MES) shelter in Korsten, Port Elizabeth, says administrator Ian Landman. But every one of the homeless people who ends up in this shelter for any […]
Prayer and evangelism out of the ashes of 9/11 despite secular,terror barriers
Tomorrow marks 10 years since the 9/11 terror attacks that changed the world forever. The Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, who maintains that the United States of today is a secular society, is sticking to his decision to ban prayers and clergymen from the official memorial ceremony at Ground […]
Church in PE supports police call for big stadium prayer day
Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders representing major denominations and independent churches throughout the metropole yesterday backed a police initiative to call Christians to a historic mass prayer event at the 48 000-capacity Nelson Mandela Stadium on Saturday October 22. There was a tangible sense of expectancy at yesterday’s meeting at […]
Finnish man arranges inner healing, deliverance seminar to bless PE
A young Finnish man who experienced a breakthrough in his Christian life through an inner healing and deliverance seminar in Finland has arranged a similar seminar in Port Elizabeth. Tapio Siren, 29, who began a one year internship at Fountain Vineyard Church in PE in January has invited internationally recognised […]
Chief Justice apparent Mogoeng under fire for Christian faith
The Christian faith of Constitutional Court Chief Justice nominee Justice Mogoeng has been widely criticised, questioned and ridiculed by media, politicians and gender groups during a week in which the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) reportedly endorsed his nomination. Mogoeng, who was nominated for the top judicial post by President Jacob […]