South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] When I started writing this column, it was national election time in South Africa. In my first piece, I urged us as South Africans to engage in the public sphere with a Biblical lens. I deliberately entitled it […]
A talk on God and Political Justice will provide a glimpse into how God is moving behind the scenes, says Ilse Maraan, who invited ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley, to speak at a public meeting in Jeffreys Bay on Saturday, May 14. Maraan says after hearing Dudley speak at a Middle […]
[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] We have just come through the month of Valentine’s Day and have been reminded of love generally, and romantic love specifically. It […]
President Jacob Zuma’s statement that the ANC comes before South Africa has set many tongues wagging and rightly so because as a first citizen he is expected to say things that affirm rather than undermine the country’s constitution. Although this infamous statement was made as part of Zuma’s efforts to […]
Originally published in Christian Today When the Guatemalan election campaign started, Christian comedian Jimmy Morales was the underdog and most people thought that his candidacy was nothing but a joke. But during the presidential election held last Sunday, Morales got the last laugh as he won with a landslide vote. […]
The youthful, newly elected Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane, 34, has been in the news headlines since assuming the leadership of South Africa’s main opposition party. In this 51 minute Watchman on the Wall interview with Family Policy Institute Director Errol Naidoo, before his election as DA leader, Maimane shares […]
The winds of change appear to be blowing through the South African political landscape with the DA’s Helen Zille’s recent announcement she will not stand for re-election as the party’s leader in May 2015. The face of opposition politics may change forever if the DA’s parliamentary leader, Mmusi Maimane is elected […]
I have been saddened by the level of dialogue currently raging over historical statues in South Africa. “A nation divided by statues” read a recent newspaper cartoon heading. Of course the underlying issues are much deeper than just statues. But the dialogue reflects a nation that still has a long […]
Several opposition party MPs with religious leaders on Wednesday (January 28,2015) in pursuit of restoring the dignity of Parliament, says the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) in a media release. ACDP Chief Whip who attended the meeting, together with party leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe, says that the National Interfaith Council of […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] After reading a number of articles on Christians and politics prior to our recent elections, I couldn’t resist the urge to write a response. In one of those articles, we were encouraged as Christians not to spend so […]