South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Eastern Cape DA leader Nqaba Bhanga was re-elected as the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay at a special council meeting today. He defeated EFF councillor and regional chair of the party Amandlangawethu Madaka with 62 votes to 57. Today’s special meeting was held after the Port Elizabeth High Court last […]
Alain Walljee reports on his recent interview with Nelson Mandela Bay ACDP councillor Lance Grootboom, a member of a coalition that supported the election of the DA’s Nqaba Bhanga as Executive Mayor of the metro which has been without a mayor for a year. Bhanga’s election at a chaotic meeting […]
Logos Community Church in Walmer Township Port Elizabeth will celebrate National Women’s Day with a three-day revival meeting from August 10 to 12 and a high tea on Saturday August 11. The day will be dedicated to the women of 1956 who took part in the historic women’s march against […]
Nelson Mandela Bay residents turned out in force at a prayer rally in Allanridge, Uitenhage last Friday, said PE FM station manager Ronnie Johnson. The rally, organised by PE FM and Transformation Christian Network (TCN), was part of a prayer movement focused on communities that were overwhelmed by witchcraft and curses, […]
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality finally passed its 2018/19 budget today at a fourth special council sitting, in a breakthrough which metro Christian leaders view as an answer to prayer. The Church, which was concerned that the budget impasse would result in people suffering by bringing service delivery to a […]
Senior church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay have challenged the DA and ANC in the metro to set a precedent in South Africa by forming a coalition “to tackle the real issues” of inequality, unemployment and poverty. Against a backdrop of political jockeying ahead of a council meeting next week […]
Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy Mayor Chippa Ngcolomba surprised church leaders today when he made an unscheduled appearance at a church workshop and asked if the muncipality could join the churches in a city upliftment initiative. The church leaders at the workshop were undergoing training by development analyst Professor Deon Pretorius, to […]
Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders are hosting a workshop aimed at empowering church and NGO leaders to make informed decisions in order to address socio economic challenges in their wards. Professor Deon Pretorius, a development analyst, will conduct a morning workshop to teach participants how to use data from the […]
The Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Councillor Ben Fihla, has extended a surprise invitation to church leaders in the metro to partner with the municipality in tackling critical local issues. Fihla’s warm invitation to the church to “fundamentally reassert its role in society” was somewhat spoiled by his failure […]
Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Ben Fihla has not responded at all to a letter sent to him on May 21 by church leaders requesting an urgent meeting about tensions between the political and administrative heads of the metro, a church leader confirmed on Tuesday. The letter, signed by senior church […]
