Tag Archives: South Africa

Here are today’s latest news briefs. Russian forces raping men, boys; Tattoos; Nelson Mandela’s political party set for defeat; Hamas robs banks and Cracker Barrel changing things up. Hamas stole $100 million ...

BENONI, South Africa — Merchants gathered at a busy intersection in this Johannesburg suburb in 2020 to sell a variety of goods ranging from food to tires. Among the sellers were unemployed ...

The Presbyterian Church USA, which is rapidly losing members, has adopted another controversial position. A church committee passed a resolution declaring Israel an apartheid state during its General Assembly this week. Amendment INT-02, ...

A new study provides some good news in the pandemic. Omicron has a 91% lower chance of causing death than the Delta variant of COVID-19 with few deaths worldwide. The study, which ...

A funeral service was held in Cape Town, South Africa, over the weekend for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning peace activist who helped end apartheid but also fought against the ...

In an eye-opening reversal of over 20 months of Covid guidance and science, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has suddenly cut the number of days of quarantine for Americans ...

South Africa is halting contact tracing and ending quarantine for asymptomatic cases of COVID-19. The news comes as the Omicron variant has run its course with little to no effect on the ...

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has died at the age of 90, is being remembered for his work for peace, racial reconciliation and his laughter. One of the primary leaders of ...

Americans are feeling more optimistic about the economy as Omicron doesn’t live up to the media hype. The news comes as scientists around the world criticize governments for scaring the public about ...

Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, is thankful that she defied her government to compete in the recent Miss Universe pageant in Israel. “If I had not come to Israel to compete in ...

Floyd McClung, an author and international missions leader, will be remembered at a local service this Saturday. It will be held at 10 a.m. at Shoal Creek Community Church in Pleasant Valley, ...

Today’s cancel culture frequently holds people accountable for remarks they made years ago. By that standard, Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement and now millionaire could be criticized for ...

Floyd McClung, who was a global missions leader, author and speaker, died on Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa, after an extended illness. He was the pastor of Metro Christian Fellowship in ...

The Department of State will significantly increase the number of countries on its “Do Not Travel” advisory list to include 130 nations even as more people become vaccinated and Covid rates drop. ...

As the Black Lives Matter movement now aligns itself with radical anti-Israel groups, the head of a leading black organization that supports Israel is having none of it. On Tuesday the group ...

Tim Tebow will be the featured speaker at the Kansas for Life Valentine’s banquet on February 11. First, however, he had to take care of some personal business. The former Heisman Trophy ...

A South African diver was given a rare tour of the inside of a whale’s mouth while snorkeling off the Port Elizabeth Harbour. Rainer Schimpf, 51, was filming a sardine run — ...