South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
God has given the ailing Nelson Mandela to the nation as a “message for this moment” say South African Church leaders who met in Pretoria yesterday to consider the state of the Church and the nation. Noting the prayers and good wishes for the former President from all sectors of […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] During a recent visit to the Holocaust Centre at the Jewish museum in Cape Town I realised […]
Christians differ on Madiba legacy Nelson Mandela spent his 95th birthday today in a Pretoria hospital, where the surprise latest news is that his health is improving remarkably well and he has smiled and nodded at birthday visitors. The streets outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where the former President […]
[notice]Gateway News Volunteer Reporter Debbie Hemmens reflects on the Mandela Day phenomenon of giving 67 minutes to do good deeds on July 18, the birthday of former President, Nelson Mandela.[/notice] I approached a few people who work in the church offices with me and asked them what they were doing for […]
A Google search of the name Nelson Mandela yields 186 million pages. It is staggering how much information about this man exists out there. As an exercise I also googled my name and I was disappointed at the results. My consolation is that the former president is more than twice […]
By Jim Denison — Originally published in the Denison Forum on Truth and Culture Nelson Mandela was one of the world’s most revered figures. Imprisoned in South Africa for 27 years, he rose from prisoner to president, leading his nation from 1994 to 1999. It is believed that he suffered lung […]
Originally published in Christian Today The Archbishop of Cape Town says he is glad people are offering heartfelt prayers for the recovery of Nelson Mandela but he also welcomes the growing acceptance that the former South African President cannot go on forever. Mandela, 94, is in hospital with a lung […]
Originally published in Sky News Nelson Mandela continues to recover from a lung infection but his condition is still serious, the South African government has said. President Jacob Zuma visited the country’s 94-year-old former leader on Thursday evening at the Pretoria hospital where he has been receiving treatment since Saturday. […]
Originally published in News 24 Well-wishes were pouring in for former president Nelson Mandela on Monday after he spent a third day at a hospital in Pretoria. The 94-year-old former statesman was admitted to hospital on Saturday with a recurring lung infection. African Union (AU) chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the […]
Originally published allAfrica.com Former president Nelson Mandela was still in hospital receiving treatment for a lung infection, the South African Press Assocation (Sapa) reported on Tuesday morning. Mandela, who turned 94 in July, was admitted to an undisclosed hospital on Wednesday with a recurrence of a respiratory infection that saw […]