South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] The more I read good Christian history and biography, the more convinced I am that we have been robbed. Robbed of the truth that helps us to make sense of the world today, and robbed of the power […]
“Too many of us are silent on the issue of human trafficking” said Marcel van der Watt, one of the speakers at the third annual Anti-human Trafficking Conference held at Fountain Vineyard Church in Port Elizabeth on August 30, 2014. Previously involved in the investigation of human trafficking and organised […]
[notice]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.[/notice] The Freedom Exhibition at Freedom Park Modern day slavery is a phenomenon that is increasingly being acknowledged […]
Bryan Nix, the assistant director of the Beautiful Dream Society in Lesotho, and Palesa Mafisa, a third year law student at the University of the Free State (UFS) are both involved in curbing the modern slavery of human trafficking. While they are engaged in different facets of the struggle against […]
An international team of 46 women — including nine from South Africa — started climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this week to raise awareness and funds to combat slavery. The women are being supported by a 10-woman prayer team, interceding for them at the base of Africa’s highest mountain — the highest […]