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Pastor Ray McCauley introduces then deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa during the launch of the Rhema Church campaign against violence towards women and children on July 30, 2017 in Johannesburg. (Photo by Gallo Images / The Times / Alaister Russell)
APARTHEID CHURCH HISTORY

Ray McCauley and the prosperity gospel in the new South Africa

Religion in Africa can mean big business for those who know how to scratch where it itches

  • Anthony Balcomb
6 min read
CHRISTIAN

Kenya’s Christian cult: 90 bodies found

The bodies of adults and children have been exhumed after a ‘pastor’ told his followers they would go to heaven if they starved themselves

  • Hillary Orinde
4 min read
Although these elections have a sense of anxiety and tension to them, it is an indication of the country’s evolving democracy and society’s changing priorities over time. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)
ANC

Combat destructive nihilism to build an egalitarian South African society

To overcome negativity, and draw citizens back into politics, we need to recapture the viability of class struggle which can usher in real change

  • Andile Zulu
13 min read
CHRIS OYIKHALOME

The ‘prosperity gospel’ excuses poverty and its true causes in Africa

You can’t tackle issues like poverty until you understand their root causes. Pastors who focus on self-enrichment through misleading their congregations misdiagnose these causes.…

  • Andile Zulu
3 min read