South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
As a nine-year-old growing up in Bloemfontein not too far off 50 years ago, Mariette Schlebusch was a happy little girl. “A lot of us children would play together in the street — you could in those days without any security fears — and it was a lot of fun,” […]
A wall fell over and kids became sick. These were only some of the occurrences at a Uitenhage school in the Eastern Cape recently, after some pupils played an apparent innocent game called ‘Charlie Charlie challenge’. The game has since been banned at the school. The game however, is not […]
[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] With all the sudden and sometimes sweeping interest in the game ‘Charlie Charlie’, all Christians need to register the peril for our […]
Originally published in Charisma News Popular online challenge Charlie Charlie has lit a firestorm of controversy on the Internet, with mainstream media and social media alike sharing their thoughts on the demon-summoning game. Faith leaders are also speaking about the game, and their advice is all but unanimous: Stay away. […]
A wide variety of accursed articles were burnt at an Easter weekend ‘fire service’ at Kwasizabantu Mission, KwaZulu-Natal following a time of confession of sins by their owners. Fetishes, amulets, occult paraphernalia, drums used by witch doctors and for customary purposes, a range of stolen household and other goods, weapons, drugs, […]
Originally published in God Reports People in the community worshipped her as a snake goddess, brought her offerings, and prostrated themselves before her. But a powerful encounter with Jesus in a dream turned her away from black magic to follow the living, true God. “My father was a leading sorcerer […]
[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 my career as investigator with the Hawks I have stumbled across the notion of ‘Juju’ on […]
Originally published in AlbertMohler.Com [notice]Halloween has been a big deal in the USA and other parts of the world for many years. In the last few years Halloween celebrations have been slowly gaining ground in South Africa. Judging by the number of Halloween parties and events advertised in South African […]
Online petition campaign launched A grassroots youth movement, Concerned Young People of South Africa (CYPSA) has launched a petition campaign opposing the planned Lady Gaga concert tour in November and December. The main aim of the petition is to make the Film and Publications Control Board of SA aware of […]
News that Lady Gaga plans to perform in South Africa in November and December has sparked a Facebook campaign by South African Christians opposed to the tour. A Facebook group called Christians Against Lady Gaga & Beyonce’s SA Tour has attracted more than 2 300 members. According to media reports […]