South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The South African National Christian Forum (SANCF) says that it believes that somebody needs to be held criminally responsible for the loss of at least 14 lives in the Jukskei River, in Alexandra, Johannesburg last Saturday when church members participating in a baptism ceremony were swept away by a flash […]
A long-awaited case in which applications by several organisations challenging the government’s ban on religious gatherings in terms of Covid-19 regulations will be heard together by the Johannesburg High Court from Monday November 22 until Wednesday November 24. The case before Judge Vally will be heard virtually from 10am to […]
Religious organisations called off an urgent application in the Johannesburg High Court today over an indefinite ban on faith-based gatherings after President Cyril Ramaphosa granted them some relief when he announced amendments to lockdown regulations last night. But while they welcomed the amendments which now permit gatherings at “faith-based” organisations […]
Legal opposition to government pandemic regulations, which amount to an indefinite blanket ban of all religious gatherings in South Africa, is mounting. Last Friday the South African National Christian Forum (SANCF), which represents a number of churches in townships and informal settlements, filed an urgent application with the Johannesburg High […]