South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A monthly column by Luphumlo Joka Note: This column was written yesterday — before Jacob Zuma announced his resignation as president and Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as his successor, and before further developments in the Gupta raids saga (see latest updates at going to press — https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/hawks-hunt-three-more-linked-to-gupta-raids-13300061 and http://ewn.co.za/2018/02/16/hawks-call-on-fugitive-ajay-gupta-to-hand-himself-over) I […]
‘2019 elections may be brought forward’ The voices of a praying and fasting network of Christians across the country stirred God’s heart to reveal some of His plans for the country at the start of the year, said SA Back to God (SABTG) leader Janet Brann-Hollis. One of God’s main […]
South African President Jacob Zuma resigned last night in a televised address to the nation, ending a turbulent tenure marred by corruption scandals that sapped the popularity of the ruling African National Congress and hurt one of Africa’s biggest economies. MIKE POTHIER programme manager of the Parliamentary Liaison Office of […]
Originally published in Ecumenical News The new leadership of the African National Congress should replace Jacob Zuma as national president as soon as possible, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba has said in a Christmas message. Speaking during his Christmas Eve sermon at the St George’s Cathedral, Makgoba […]
A monthly column by Luphumlo Joka Eye Witness News’s Katleho Sekhotho recently (a week ago) wrote that a top team acting on direct orders from Russian President Vladimir Putin is reported to have met with President Jacob Zuma about the multibillion dollar nuclear deal with the Russians just before the […]
Tshego Motaung considers God’s possible purpose in allowing President Jacob Zuma to survive yet another no-confidence debate. As the month of August draws to a close, one cannot help but reflect on the recent no confidence debate that took place in parliament earlier in the month. This debate stirred the […]
Adele Christian shares notes from her journal over the past week as she wrestled for a biblical response to the question ‘to march or not to march?’ 7th April 2017 – To march or not to march? Do I march on Friday 7th? Is it the right thing to do? […]
Christian leaders plan to meet all 249 ANC MPs face-to-face to urge them to vote according to their consciences and not along party lines in the anticipated motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma, says the South African Christian Leadership Initiative (SACLI). The no confidence debate, originally scheduled for […]
With 2017 underway, I must say I am grateful that the year is not starting with the kind of Penny Sparrow drama that ushered in 2016. But with the ANC going to an elective conference, we are in for drama this year. Especially that it looks very likely that the […]
[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] No one has to be a rocket scientist to know that South Africa is in enormous crisis, especially with the recent Constitutional […]