The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is having to put out fires again after it came to light that a recent Twitter campaign to promote reading for children, included provocative images of scantily clad and (apparently) naked women and couples in bed. Not surprisingly, this campaign has sparked fresh concern […]
Tag: moral values
Wisdom, art and worship music at PE Womb Stewardship launch
“Boyfriends shouldn’t have husbands’ benefits”, said Dr Pinky Ngcakani-Ncula during a talk at the Womb Stewardship launch in Port Elizabeth on Friday October 12. The ministry founded by “Dr Pinky”, which encourages young and unmarried people to remain celibate and to refrain from sexual immorality, was launched with a red-carpet evening […]
‘Womb Stewardship’ ministry launching in PE
On October 12 2018 at the Feather Market Hall, Port Elizabeth, Womb Stewardship will be launching its ministry under the theme “Royalty” and We Will Worship will be performing. Womb Stewardship is a ministry led by Dr Pinky Ngcakani-Ncula who is a physician by profession and also a minister of […]
Cardinal Napier: BBC is determined to undermine Christian values
Originally published in Catholic Herald Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, the Catholic Archbishop of Durban, has accused the BBC of trying to undermine Christian moral values through “propaganda” that tells people “evil is good”. In a series of tweets, the cardinal said: “Hardly a day passes without [the BBC] promoting abortion, homosexuality, […]
Time to consider our moral state
This week I was standing at a queue in an ABSA branch in Walmer, Port Elizabeth and I overheard a lady client telling a teller that she wished that xenophobic attacks would break out in her community so that she would have an opportunity to loot whatever she wanted from […]
Namibia mulls relaunch of Bible classes in schools to counter ‘moral decay’
Originally published in Christian Post Namibia is considering reintroducing Bible studies in public classrooms in order to combat the rising problem of alcohol and drug abuse that some say is eroding the country’s moral values. The Ondonga Traditional Authority (OTA) in Namibia said that it is time for the […]