South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Major Christian church groups have launched a boycott of TopTV which wants to broadcast three pornographic television channels, says Family Policy Institute Director Errol Naidoo. Announcing the boycott on Saturday at a march outside Parliament in Cape Town against rape and violence against women and children, Naidoo said the church […]
TopTV says it now is only seeking to broadcast pornography during the so-called ‘watershed period’ from 20:00 to 5:00. On Digital Media (ODM) which owns TopTV stated its case to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) in Johannesburg today. Last year Icasa turned down an application by the […]
Originally published in Charisma News Pornography and sexual promiscuity are destroying a generation of young people in England according to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) which reports that from 2009 to 2012 more than 5 000 sexual assaults in England involved a child perpetrator […]
A public hearing into TopTV’s latest application to launch three 24 hours pornographic television channels will be held in Johannesburg on Thursday, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) says in a notice released today. Organisations that will present submissions at the hearing at Icasa’s offices in Sandton are […]
[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] Whilst reflecting on the past two weeks’ media coverage of tragic events playing out in South Africa, […]
[notice]Broadcasters like e.tv and Top TV believe it is their constitutional right to profit from the lucrative pornography industry. And adult porn consumers say it is their human right to choose what they want to view in private: nobody is getting hurt and those who don’t want to watch can […]
Recent scientific evidence about the brain and its development provide compelling grounds for turning down TopTV’s application to broadcast pornography in South Africa, says Doctors For Life (DFL). DFL’s scientific objections to porn on television are spelled out in a written submission to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa […]
The media reports that Top TV’s second application to launch three 24-hour porn channels in SA has elicited a record response from the public. Thank you for making your voice heard! One of the channels Top TV plans to introduce to SA is Playboy. And despite Top TV’s assurances that children […]
Deadline extended to Monday, January 21 People have been submitting written comments about TopTV’s latest porn channel plans but they have not been following the correct procedure, says the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) in a media release published today. The correct procedure is spelled out in the […]
Arlene and I and the team at Family Policy Institute wish you and your family God’s very best for the New Year. We pray you will experience His presence, guidance and provision abundantly this year. Arlene and I just returned from Johannesburg where I preached for Pastors’ Theo and Bev Wolmarans […]
