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Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion

Xulu said a draft Christian sector self-regulatory framework released in December had been rushed through meetings presided over by the chairperson of the Commission for the…

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Christian churches applaud World Council of Churches for its resolutions condemning Israel over Gaza

The council has urged governments, institutions and churches to commit to the principles of justice under international law and ethics against Israel’s war against Palestinian

A Pastor from the Incredible Happenings Ministry Church of Prophet Paseka Motsoeneng, popularly known as Prophet Mboro, checks the temperature at the entrance of the church in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, on June 07, 2020. – Rigid distancing, hand sanitising and record keeping was enforced today at the church, where only 50 worshippers have been admitted in observance to South Africa lockdown level 3 regulations. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

What happened to church during Covid?

Attendances rose as lockdown was eased and then lifted — but some people were lured by glamorous online churches abroad

Flocks grow but tithes decline

Online platforms attracted more people to services but Covid-19 regulations limiting physical attendance resulted in fewer contributions to collection plates

Bishop Rubin Phillip, theologian, anti-apartheid activist and a close friend of Steve Biko. (Photograph by Mlungisi Mbele/New Frame)

Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip: The guerilla priest

From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity

FW de Klerk (below left) at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (Gallo Images/Rodger Bosch)

Cradock Four back to haunt De Klerk

Pressure is mounting on the NPA to charge the former president and others involved in political killings during apartheid

Young people who are pessimistic about their economic futures are unlikely to sit idly by waiting for change. They will demand it. Photo: Nichole Sobecki/AFP

There’s no blood on the floor yet – Gwede Mantashe on ANC NEC

Mantashe says discussions would be difficult, and the 106 member body cleared all “soft issues” in anticipation of a heated debate on Zuma’s future

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.

ANC hopes Methodists will minister to them

The ANC says the Methodist Church may "revisit" a ban on its ministers serving as party chaplains. Not so, says the church.

Highway or byway: Gauteng e-tolls are here

With an 11th-hour attempt to stop e-tolling by the FF Plus also dismissed, Gauteng motorists will to have to face paying for the use of highways.

Apartheid link is born of ignorance

Two representatives from Palestine and Israel repeatedly heard the region’s conflict called "apartheid". They explain why this idea is inaccurate.

Council of Churches in the wilderness

Once a kingpin of the anti-apartheid movement, the South African Council of Churches now faces political irrelevance and a funding crisis.

ANC denounces religious violence in Nigeria

ANC denounces religious violence in Nigeria

The ANC has slammed religious killings between Nigeria’s Christians and Muslims, which have claimed hundreds of lives.

Churches take issue with Zuma comments

Churches take issue with Zuma comments

The SA Council of Churches hopes to meet President Jacob Zuma over his "problematic" statement that a vote for the ANC will get people into heaven.

Day of prayer for Bafana — but who will attend?

A "National Day of Prayer" for Bafana Bafana and the World Cup has been scheduled for May 29, but it appears some religious groups won’t be attending.

SACC: Govt the villain in refugee saga

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

In Cope and the Council of Churches we trust

Cope has been accused of trying to snuggle up to the SA Council of Churches after the ANC’s apparent cold-shouldering of the religious body.

ANC, SACC reject claims of tension

The ANC’s religious commission and the South African Council of Churches on Friday rejected claims that there was tension between them.

Why ANC dumped council of churches

The ANC has marginalised the SACC in favour of Pastor Ray McCauley’s National Interfaith Leaders’ Council because it refuses to cosy up to the ANC.

Give negotiations a chance, doctors told

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has called on striking doctors to give negotiations a chance.

Tutu says South Africans, churches have lost their way

Most South Africans were still in the equivalent of the biblical wilderness, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday.