South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Forty one Irish volunteer builders are rapidly turning an ambitious community upliftment dream into a reality in the impoverished, shackland township of Missionvale, Port Elizabeth. “It’s a miracle”, said Missionvale Care Centre Academy principal Pastor Russel Viljoen as the industrious Irishmen — seemingly oblivious to a relentless heatwave in PE […]
A shipping container “helpline” equipped with five laptop computers with Internet access has opened a new world of hope for residents of informal settlements in Seaview, Port Elizabeth. High school learners as well as older people who had previously dropped out of school, were using the computers to do homework […]
A decade ago the critical shortage of chartered accountants in South Africa and the embarrassingly small number of black chartered accountants, looked like insurmountable problems. But since then a multi-dimensional educational initiative called Thutukha has begun to reshape the accounting landscape of South Africa. And the architect of Thutuka, Chantyl […]
A Christian mission in Port Elizabeth and an ex convict with a heart for helping former prisoners, are joining hands to establish a halfway house for young offenders on parole. The halfway house would alleviate a problem faced by the Department of Correctional Services which could not release certain people […]
Sometimes it takes an effort to listen to the stories of the destitute people who take refuge from the streets in the Metro Evangelical Services (MES) shelter in Korsten, Port Elizabeth, says administrator Ian Landman. But every one of the homeless people who ends up in this shelter for any […]
[notice]The Hope Factory, a remarkable South African entrepreneurial development success story, is making a massive difference to previously unemployed people through its skills training centre in Port Elizabeth. There are a number of opportunities for local people to get involved, says marketing and communications coordinator Jolandi Snyders.[/notice] It is 10 […]