South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Amal came from a decent family, had a degree, a career and a little girl named Alia. She had everything to live for and her future appeared bright and full of countless opportunities. The only thing standing in her way was her addiction to crystal methamphetamine. The moment I laid […]
Many historians concur that the confidence and determination of Alexander the Great can be attributed to one thing: his horse. The legendary beast was an Akhal-Teke black stallion, a horse that ran with incredible speed and agility and could cross vast distances of desert straits without a single drop of […]
Dr Clarence Emersley was a small, bald man who sported wide-rimmed spectacles and walked with an unnaturally healthy spring in his step for a man his age. He had been a teacher his entire life and had loved it, which explained why he was still teaching past retirement age. The […]
In 1954 Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Winston Churchill which was presented to him at a public ceremony celebrating his 80th birthday. Sutherland was a brilliant painter, but he had the reputation of capturing the “real side” of his subjects. He painted Churchill exactly as […]
“The flames are too high, we need to get out of here,” she shrieked as the flames from the bush fire leaped two meters high. The flames seemed to jump and leap, dancing to an unheard rhythmic tune. Like surfers, they were caught in a tunnel while the flames attempted […]
A family tale by Grant Winter Rowly Empey, who tuned 93 this month, is my wife Colleen’s father and therefore my father-in-law. Although born in South Africa, he is of Irish descent from a big family of seven children and the Empey clan have always been an extremely hardy, long-living […]