South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Politics Web The civil rights organisation AfriForum together with the actor Hykie Berg and Jacobsdal Primêre Skool embarked on Monday (October 5, 2015) on a two day hike in the Drakensberg to create awareness for the preservation of religion in schools. The aim of this hike was to once […]
In the face of rising religious persecution of people on the grounds of faith or belief, 67 parliamentarians from almost 50 countries attended an unprecedented summit in New York to discuss ways to advance freedom of religion or belief. South African delegates were ACDP Member of Parliament, Cheryllyn Dudley, who has been a […]
[notice]An open letter by Philip Rosenthal of ChristianView Network in which he reports on a radical ‘sexualities’ policy which is being proposed at the University of Cape Town and urges Christians to take preemptive action.[/notice] A sexual revolutionary activist group called HAICU employed on the staff of the University of Cape Town […]
Originally published in CBN.com Six days after a judge threw Kim Davis in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Kentucky county clerk woke up a free woman Wednesday morning. Davis said she couldn’t betray her Christian faith since those licenses would be granted under her […]
By Tony Perkins, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council— Originally published in Charisma News Today we are witnessing what the four dissenting Supreme Court Justices warned of in the Obergefell decision: religious liberty in America is in grave danger. While five justices on the Supreme Court created this dilemma, […]
Originally published in Charisma News A county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds was held in contempt of court by a U.S. federal judge on Thursday and sent to jail. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 49, was led away by US marshals who […]
On Friday, August 28, the Constitutional Court (the highest court in the country) heard and reserved judgment in the case of Ecclesia de Lange v Methodist Church of South Africa. This is undoubtedly the most important case for religious freedom and the autonomy of the church that has ever come […]
[notice]A message published today by Andrew Selley, Founder and CEO of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) which has acted as the official spokesperson for UCT student leader Zizipho Pae in relation to her matter.[/notice] On 2 August 2015, we received the good news that UCT Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price, […]
Religious freedom was the winner this week as University of Cape Town Vice Chancellor Dr Max Price ordered that “expelled” SRC Vice President Zizipho Pae be reinstated and DA MP Marius Redlinghuys apologised to her for comments he made to her in response to her Facebook post reacting critically to the legalisation […]
Zizipho says she will press charges against intimidators The University of Cape Town condemns the invasion and vandalism of the office of SRC Vice President Zizipho Pae by LGBTQIA+ protesters and “other actions that exceed the bounds of legitimate debate and protest”, says UCT Vice Chancellor, Dr Max Price, in […]