South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
All those who attended the KMMC received prophetic words from the speakers regarding the future of South Africa and were urged to go forward after the conference and face the world as sons of God and His light in the world standing against racism and xenophobia. “This was a strong […]
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 […]
James 1:20 says, “For a man’s anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.” This Scripture came to mind this week when I considered the debate around colonial era statues. Anger is an emotion that is prone to lead people along a destructive path where they do […]
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. Being part of God’s family is a privilege which regularly provides us with small glimpses into our […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] On the university campus and in general, white privilege does exist. Generally speaking, it is a lot easier for a white English speaking student to attend Rhodes University, learn and pass here, not face financial difficulties and not […]
So the Cecil John Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) will soon be relegated to some rubbish heap somewhere. Hooray, but wait what happens after that? Well that depends on what side of the debate you are on. There are those who think we should not waste […]
“Freed By God But Imprisoned By Culture” is the provocative title of a new book by Port Elizabeth pastor and author Afrika Mhlophe. Mhlophe says the idea for the book came to him while he was writing his first book, “Christianity and the Veneration of the Dead” which was released […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Not that this issue of race is ever far from South African minds. But I have been taken aback by race related tensions in the past month. Twitter wars, xenophobic attacks, allegations of discrimination at restaurants, schools and […]
Following the recent racial twitter spat between popular Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr and puppeteer Conrad Koch with his puppet Chester Missing a YouTube video emerged from a certain Bouwer Bosch; a spoken word video in Afrikaans titled “Kleurblind”. The video has since gone viral and made headlines in most of […]
Originally published in The Christian Post British police and social care workers are facing mounting criticism after a major report revealed widespread failure to help at least 1,400 children in the town of Rotherham who were subjected to horrific sexual abuse, mostly by Pakistani criminal gangs between 1997 and 2013, […]