As Passover and Easter are observed, Zukiswa Wanner is reminded of the words attributed to Jesus in Matthew 22:37-39: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind … Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” These words serve as a powerful reminder of the importance of loving God and extending that same compassion to our neighbours
Faith groups can play a powerful role in shaping South African society, whether through disaster relief, welfare support, prayer to give hope or guiding communities to live according to ethical values and to support society in upholding the rule of law
While President Yoweri Museveni consolidates power at home, Bobi Wine calls for sanctions and warns that Uganda’s “mode of dictatorship” could spread across the region
The senseless US-Israel war has caused economic tremors around the world and sucked all of us into an unprecedented crisis characterised by soaring oil prices, the wanton destruction of infrastructure, the killing of innocent people, a humanitarian crisis and uncertainty
Their story begins not in comfort but in conviction. They arrived in Oukasie township during one of the most turbulent periods in our country’s history. There was no promise of safety, no guarantee of success, only a calling. Listening to them, I was struck not by grand claims or heroic language but by a simple, unwavering posture: they came to serve. And they stayed
Christians being treated as cows to be milked is not an insult. It is an observation. The monetisation of fear, blessing, prophecy, oil, water, soil and access has turned pulpits into kiosks
The conflict in Iran is causing severe environmental damage, from black rain and toxic smoke to threats to water, soil and climate, warn faith leaders and environmental experts
As Easter approaches, access to Jerusalem’s holy sites reveals the politics of occupation, not a clash of faiths
A grandmother’s final visit becomes a quiet reckoning with the intimate wars of the body, memory and a life shaped by apartheid’s unseen violences
The latest Green Drop report shows how the country’s rivers are being “turned into sewage channels”