South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CSW News A Shari’a court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of Kano City in Kano state, northern Nigeria, has sentenced a minor to 10 years in prison with menial labour for blasphemy. Umar Farouk, 13, was found guilty on 10 August of using foul language against […]
Africa4Palestine “distorted and twisted” his Bible-based reflections in a webinar last month and sought to take away his constitutional rights to freedom of religion and expression despite failing to highlight any constitutional value or provision that he violated, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says in his response to their complaint against […]
Christian Consensus in South Africa emailed a letter to the editor of Daily Maverick on Monday asking for a public apology from the online newspaper and cartoonist Zapiro for publishing a cartoon (see above) that ridicules Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and the Bible. In the letter on behalf of Christian Consensus […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The transitional government in Sudan passed a series of amendments that repeal the death sentence for apostasy, public flogging and female genital mutilation, giving Christians hope for the future following the toppling of the Islamist regime of President Omar al-Bashir last year. Sudanese Minister […]
A petition calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to publicly support Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s constitutional right to express his Christian views on Israel garnered more than 30 000 signatures in six days, said Vivienne Myburgh national director of International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, South Africa branch (ICEJ SA). The petition sponsors, […]
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng stated unequivocally yesterday that he will not retract or apologise for remarks that he made about Israel during a webinar on June 23. Mogoeng, who has been facing bitter attacks from the ANC and other political and activist groups, and demands that he withdraw his comments […]
Parliament’s second House, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), today adopted the Civil Union Amendment Bill. The effect of this Bill is to remove the “conscientious objection clause” in section 6 of the Civil Union Act, says Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) in a media release. This will […]
Healing The Nation of Africa (HTNA) has called a three-day Esther fast for Chief Justice Mogoeng who it notes “has come under heavy attack for saying he prays for the peace of Jerusalem in line with his faith”, “The attack is not aimed at silencing Chief Justice alone but at […]
Two petitions have been launched calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to respect Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s right to express his Christian views on Israel. Figures from both petitions will be combined and South Africans are encouraged to sign either petition. In a petition published yesterday, its author, Rebecca-Leigh Cantor (you […]
During a committee meeting yesterday evening, the Select Committee on Security and Justice adopted the contentious Civil Union Amendment Bill which proposes removing rights of civil marriage officers to object to presiding over unions that violate their conscience or sincerely-held beliefs. The committee’s decision followed a media announcement yesterday by Human […]