Homophobia persists in mainstream churches despite the acceptance of the queer community by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane and Bishop Paul Verryn

Refugee children in downtown Johannesburg couldn’t perform their play about xenophobia in Botswana. Instead they staged a poignant exhibition at home.

For thousands of Zimbabweans who flee their troubled country, the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg is the only home they know.

Suspended Johannesburg Central Methodist Church Bishop Paul Verryn will appear before a disciplinary committee on February 1.

Paul Verryn, the Johannesburg Central Methodist Church bishop, has been suspended from the Methodist Church of SA, a lawyer said on Thursday.

Bishop Paul Verryn approached the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday in a bid to have a curator appointed for minors living at his church.

The primary villain in the Central Methodist Church Zimbabwean refugee saga is the government, the South African Council of Churches said on Monday.

A Central Methodist Church teacher accused of sexually abusing a Zimbabwean girl has been suspended, Bishop Paul Verryn said on Monday.

The Central Methodist church has an "open-door policy" for up to 3 500 people, mostly destitute Zimbabwean refugees.

Some lie splayed on the stairs while others sleep in a neat row outside a church in Johannesburg from where refugees will soon have to relocate again.

The registration of Zimbabwean refugees living at the Central Methodist Church has been completed, Gauteng local government said on Wednesday.

Zimbabwean refugees should not be allowed to stay in Johannesburg’s Central Methodist Church, Gauteng’s minister for local government said on Friday.

Government is looking at granting special status to Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa that will allow them to reside and work in the country legally

Widespread grievances over the activities of the "football team" associated with Winnie Mandela came to a head at a major community meeting.