Two years ago there were hardly any church leaders speaking out against corruption in government but this week church leaders were at the forefront of marches against corruption throughout the country, ahead of Tuesday’s no-confidence vote which President Jacob Zuma survived by a narrow margin. Nowhere was this remarkable shift […]
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Half night of united prayer at PE church ahead of no-confidence debate
Church Leadership Group urges PE Christians to join march against state capture, corruption tomorrow South Africa is in crisis and its time to pray, say the organisers of a half-night of united prayer for the nation in Port Elizabeth ahead of tomorrow’s no-confidence debate against President Zuma in parliament tomorrow. […]
Churches urged to call on MPs to vote with consciences in no-confidence debate
A campaign has been launched to get 10 000 churches to call on parliamentarians to vote with their consciences when a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma is debated in parliament later this year. The campaign is backed by the Save South Africa campaign, in partnership with The Evangelical […]
Pressure mounts on Zuma after release of SACC-sponsored state capture report
President Zuma is not just at the centre of a criminal network but is acutally at the core of a group of people who have managed to re-purpose state institutions for the benefit of a few networks, according to a group of academics studying state capture, reports Eyewitness News. These […]
PE Anglican bishop calls on churches to join SaveSA rally
Church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch) have been urged by PE’s Anglican Bishop, Bethlehem Nopece, to participate in a SaveSA rally at Dan Qeqe Stadium, Zwide on Thursday April 27. In a letter on behalf of the city’s church leaders he calls on churches to […]
Church visible in Cape Town protests but justice debate simmers
President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle last week provoked strong criticism by national church leaders and Christians have been involved in protest action across South Africa. We have reports on some of the protest action — in PE and Cape Town The church in Cape Town, led by the Methodist Bishop […]
PE church leader speaks up for poor at city hall protest rally
President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle last week provoked strong criticism by national church leaders and Christians have been involved in protest action across South Africa. We have reports on some of the protest action — in PE and Cape Town “We will not stand and watch the poor being neglected,” […]
PE township church leaders pray for revival, call for Zuma’s removal
President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle last week provoked strong criticism by national church leaders and Christians have been involved in protest action across South Africa. We have reports on some of the protest action — in PE and Cape Town More than a hundred township-based church leaders from different denominations […]
Does God have anything to say about land?
Does God have anything to say about land and does it require a response from us?”…if we do not genuinely work toward seeing land ownership and wealth is increasingly in the hands of the people in South Africa we are courting disaster. “… government’s inability – to date – to […]
Nelson Mandela Bay Church leaders endorse SAVE SA campaign
Church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) endorse the Save South Africa campaign and call upon local denominations, congregations and individual believers, to join the civil society movement, say a group of leaders in a statement issued on their behalf by the SA Council of Churches. The statement coincides with a […]