Posts in category Latest News
Freedom Day and Race Relations
Research by IPSOS has found that South Africans’ belief in a happy future for all races in the country has deteriorated over the last year, following the same pattern as many other social, economic and political indicators in the country. The latest findings are in sharp contrast with earlier measurements when two-thirds of adults were lookin [...]
Shaping our future by understanding o...
Click here to download the Shaping our future by understanding our past document created by Trevor Jennings.
A Chronology of key events
From the 4th century: Bantu-speaking groups settle, joining the indigenous San and Khoikhoi people.
1480s: Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias is the first European to travel round the southern tip of Africa.
1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama lands on Natal coast.
1652: Jan van Riebeeck, representing the Dutch East India Company, foun [...]
Article on Corruption
A few days ago I listened to a discussion on SAFM dealing with the subject of ‘nation building.’ The two political analysts who were invited to unpack this subject had the task of answering the question of who exactly is responsible for ‘nation building.’ Before expressing a view in relation to this question you must bear in mind that South A [...]
‘They worship in our churches’. Turni...
1 Peter 4:17 (NIV2)
“For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household (the church); and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?’
Eph. 6: 12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and a [...]
Bloemendal Church Winter school named...
Johann McFarlane
An amazing story is being played out at the Uniting reformed Church in Bloemendal where the Church is playing a pioneering role in assisting learners to improve their school results. The project has so far gone under the name of the “Winter School”, but this name has been changed on the suggestion of Sheray Brown to th [...]
They worship in our Churches
They worship in our Churches.
‘They worship in our churches’ – An opportunity for the church to intervene in order to diminish the corruption that is hindering service delivery in South Africa?
This practical-theological study aims to develop a contextual theology in the areas of business and government that will aid a successful interventi [...]
Extreme Evangelism – Fishers of...
Mission accomplished! Father and son, Allan Verreynne (right) and Brad Verreyyne, back on shore at Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth, after swimming out to a chokka boat (background) where they shared the Gospel before swimming back. (PHOTO: Elaine
Chokka fishermen became the catch of [...]
Disregarding the Rule of Law
There may be some validity to the argument that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has shown a bias against prominent African figures by focusing its prosecutorial efforts on warlords, dictators and génocidaires from this continent alone, while ignoring serious human rights violations elsewhere; especially those perpetrated by Western nat [...]
