South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
At the end of last week as Port Elizabeth was still suffering the consequences of a protracted, violent taxi strike, a Gateway News reader sent us the testimony below, explaining that “in light of all the negative press surrounding taxi strikes, etc. I thought I’d share a good news story” […]
I was afraid, and I didn’t know it … Eight years of chronic insomnia — going days, sometimes weeks without sleeping — leading to depression knocking at my door every day. I knew that it would destroy me, so it was a daily battle to resist it and try to […]
After 16 years of producing TV programmes and an extensive range of highly impactful audio visual content for farmer evangelist Angus Buchan, Shalom Ministries executive producer George Carpenter — who is also a spiritual son of Uncle Angus — is relocating to the United Kingdom in response to God’s calling. […]
Good day fellow sports fanatics and welcome to just my second edition of Team Talk. I had the privilege of inviting Athi Mayinje into the sheds for a Q & A session. Athi is a pro athlete, a dedicated coach who loves to give back to the game by mentoring […]
As a child born out of wedlock in rural Zimbabwe Lucia never knew her father, was abandoned by her mother at an early age, was despised by her family, kept outside in a box like an animal, treated as a servant, beaten and sexually abused. At the age of 13, […]
Gateway News recently interviewed Iona Rossely, a champion athlete turned TV presenter, artist, author and coordinator of an anti-slavery organisation. A powerful testimonial book, Racing on Empty, about her life was recently published. It’s about Iona’s journey to faith and how South Africa, especially Cape Town and the Sozo Foundation, […]
One Friday night, on one of our many prayer walks down Voortrekker Road in Parow, Cape Town, we encountered a young man who was walking briskly down the road from the direction of Belville. He recognised one of the young ladies on our outreach team and they started chatting. She […]
Dr Wallace Mgoqi, who earned a reputation as an advocate for human rights and social justice during his long public career which included stints as a legal practitioner, a gender equality commissioner and head of the South African Land Claims Commission and acting judge in the Land Claims Court, shares […]
Margaret Ferguson, a former teacher and politician in the United Kingdom, shares her testimony of being called by God to move to South Africa 18 years ago — and a word God has given her for her adopted country while under lockdown in her apartment in Cape Town. Ferguson, who […]
First published by Thislife Online, a not-for-profit magazine sharing stories of hope from Cape Town and beyond. Tumaini Raymond from Arusha, Tanzania, has experienced more trauma and humiliation in her 31 years than many of us do in a lifetime. Yet look at what she’s done with her life! She […]
