South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) has petitioned President Cyril Ramaphosa to exercise his constitutional prerogative to send the Civil Union Amendment Bill, adopted by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on July 1, back to the National Assembly for reconsideration. […]
By Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) Pressure is mounting against South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng (“the CJ”), an outspoken Christian, following his “pro-Israel” comments made during a recent webinar. According to media reports, the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) has charged President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet with […]
South African Friends of Israel will be hosting a virtual protest in support of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and his love for Israel. The protest will take place on Friday July 3 at 1pm and comes in direct response to the ANC’s virulent attack on the chief justice and on […]
Originally published in CBN News Almost 70% of Finns are still members of the national Lutheran church. But that doesn’t mean they’re believers. Less than a third of Finns now say they believe in God. This historically Christian nation has not only left the faith but has begun criminal investigations […]
The Christian owners of a Cape Town jewellery business which has been attacked on social media and received hate mail after they recently refused to make an engagement ring for a gay couple have posted a statement on their website explaining their position. In their statement, the owners of Craig […]
In this series of articles, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) discusses existing legal remedies for abuses or strange practices by religious leaders highlighted by the CRL Rights Commission and the media. FOR SA has consistently cited applicable existing laws as one of its objections to state regulation of […]
The former chair of the CRL Rights Commission, Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva, who campaigned vigorously for state regulation of religion, has been excluded from a list of 13 people appointed by the presidency to serve on the commission for the next five years. Earlier this year Mkhwanazi-Xaluva and her deputy chair, Prof Luka […]
In this series of articles, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) discusses existing legal remedies for abuses or strange practices by religious leaders highlighted by the CRL Rights Commission and the media. FOR SA has consistently cited applicable existing laws as one of its objections to state regulation of […]
On March 7 2019, the Pretoria High Court delivered judgment in the case of Gaum and others v Janse van Rensburg and others. In terms of the Court Order, the decision on same-sex relationships adopted during the extraordinary meeting of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) from […]
In this series of articles, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) discusses existing legal remedies for abuses or strange practices by religious leaders highlighted by the CRL Rights Commission and the media. FOR SA has consistently cited applicable existing laws as one of its objections to state regulation of […]