A talk on God and Political Justice will provide a glimpse into how God is moving behind the scenes, says Ilse Maraan, who invited ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley, to speak at a public meeting in Jeffreys Bay on Saturday, May 14. Maraan says after hearing Dudley speak at a Middle […]
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Response to #RUReferencelist: Overcoming evil with good
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] As I write, just down the road from our offices, student protests are swelling in the midst of another tumultuous week on Rhodes University campus. A number of students have just been tear-gassed, arrested and possibly shot at […]
Zuma must do honourable thing and step down – Methodist Church
Originally published in News 24 The Methodist Church of SA said yesterday (Thursday, March 31, 2016) that if President Jacob Zuma did not resign, they would put pressure on the ruling party and the government to get him to do so. The church, in a statement, was reacting to a […]
ACDP welcomes hard-hitting Al Bashir judgment by SCA
ACDP MP and member of the Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee, Steven Swart, on Tuesday (March 15, 2016) welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing government’s appeal and finding that its failure to arrest Sudanese President, Omar Al Bashir, was unlawful. Bashir whose regime is implicated in […]
4-year-old sentenced to life in prison for murder was error, Egyptian military says
Originally published in Fox News The Egyptian military admitted on Monday it made a mistake when one of its courts sentenced a 4-year-old boy to life in prison for murder. The mixup last week was connected to the boy’s name, Ahmed Mansour Qurani Ali, which is similar to a 16-year-old […]
SA needs ‘The Politics of Love’
[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] We have just come through the month of Valentine’s Day and have been reminded of love generally, and romantic love specifically. It […]
Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licences goes free. What’s next?
Originally published in CBN.com Six days after a judge threw Kim Davis in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Kentucky county clerk woke up a free woman Wednesday morning. Davis said she couldn’t betray her Christian faith since those licenses would be granted under her […]
US court jails Christian clerk for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licences
Originally published in Charisma News A county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds was held in contempt of court by a U.S. federal judge on Thursday and sent to jail. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 49, was led away by US marshals who […]
Executive and judiciary meet amidst concerns over ‘contempt for courts’
Originally published in Dispatch Live Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng believes in being open to criticsm because it helps with learning – but the country’s judiciary and executive have agreed to be more circumspect about airing criticism in public. This emerged after a day-long meeting between the executive and judiciary yesterday at […]
Celebrating the new law to combat human trafficking in South Africa
[notice] Special report by Beatri Kruger, Adjunct Professor: Public Law at the University of the Free State to mark a landmark date in the fight against human trafficking — August 9, 2015, when the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act (7/2013) came into operation.[/notice] “Money may be able […]