South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
First published by Thislife Online, a not-for-profit magazine sharing stories of hope from Cape Town and beyond. Tumaini Raymond from Arusha, Tanzania, has experienced more trauma and humiliation in her 31 years than many of us do in a lifetime. Yet look at what she’s done with her life! She […]
The LIV-story started with a dream given to Tich Smith in 1997, to build a village for orphan and vulnerable children where they will have a roof over their heads, food to eat, a mother who loves them and where they will come to know God as their Father in […]
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR COMRADES MARATHON “RUN FOR LIV VILLAGE” CAMPAIGN Click here to make a donation to this inspiring Christian orphan village and community upliftment project Your support will really make a difference at this time! Some of you would know that Andre Viljoen and I are preparing to run […]
Gateway News chairman Afrika Mhlophe and editor Andre Viljoen will be running in the Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermaritzburg on Sunday June 4. That’s just over two weeks away. We are excited about this running challenge and our dream is to use the occasion to raise funds for LIV […]
A monthly column by Vivienne Solomons who is a legal consultant who passionately believes that God wants His people to make a difference right where they are and to stand up for what is true and just. She is also passionate about encouraging young women to walk victoriously with God […]
It began as a vision of a village on hill with a cross at the centre…it became LIV Village, an inspiring example of how the church, government and business can work fruitfully together when Jesus is at the centre. LIV Village near Durban is raising children who came out of […]
Gateway News chairman Afrika Mhlophe and editor Andre Viljoen are running the Comrades marathon on June 4 and are using the opportunity to raise funds for the amazing LIV Village, an orphan village near Durban that has a vision to bless millions of orphans in South Africa. Please support this […]
It works, when Jesus is the focus Fittingly, the first sign of Liv Village we encountered as we drove through the rural township of Cottonlands at the end of a long Gateway News team road trip, was a tall, blue, illuminated cross shining in the darkness. LIV Village manager Chester Koyana, […]
In July 2015 a fire in one of the houses at SIM Southern Africa’s Mseleni Children’s Home in northern KwaZulu-Natal claimed the life of a child and of a brave care worker who tried to save the toddler. The Department of Social Development ordered the closure of Mseleni pending an inquiry […]
Originally published in The Blaze Poverty, starvation and illiteracy are just a few of the tragic problems facing children and families in Sudan and South Sudan, where violence continues to rage following South Sudan’s independence in 2011. While these issues are monumental in scope and seemingly unsolvable, that hasn’t stopped […]