Some pastors work in mysterious ways
March 12th, 2012 | 
Author: Oh my, these pastors. It must be very difficult for the men of the cloth to avoid the pitfalls of the worldly paradise. Ask Jimmy Swaggart et al. Equally, and I mean no disrespect, it’s probably difficult for God too to have to tolerate the deeds of some of His racalcitrant disciples.
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Speak to the young man, pastor
Oh, how I wish I had my favourite televangelist with me the other day. I am talking about the pastor of East London’s River Ministries Corporation and DSTV channel, Trinity Broadcasting Network’s (TBN) Andre Roebert, who has amassed a fortune on earth – hotels, an air charter company, a radio station and golf estates – while preparing his flock for their heavenly rewards. Why would I want the company of Roebert, you will ask me. For a spiritual message from the honorary doctorandus (courtesy of some bible school in Tampa, Florida)? Not really. No, it’s not my soul that I am worried about. Read the rest of this entry »
Empire of God
How much do you think I could have charged Jesus if he wanted to overnight at my place? I realise just the mere mention of such a thought would make my friends in the clergy (if I have any) shudder. Really?
Is there a doctor in the house?
In March 2008 I wrote a story in the Daily Dispatch, which serves a big area in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, headlined (the sub editors’ work): Varsity’s Dr Fake. The second banner stated: Top official caught out over US PhD.
Different Gods for different people
Many mornings when I go cycling around the Strand (for those who don’t know it is a sea side resort about 50kms from Cape Town) I ride past a middle-aged black lady, who is obviously walking on her way to work. It is also obvious that the lady is very religious, clutching a bible in her hand and either praying or praising her God in a loud voice. Read the rest of this entry »
What is in a name?
Why is it that some people feel they have to name at least one of their sons or daughters after themselves. It would be of course a major mess-up – of Babylonian proportions – if more than one child were to be named after one parent.
A family name can become a burden. Imagine being stuck for the rest of your life with a name such as Adolf or Julius!
That old racism song again…
I am sick and tired that everything that goes wrong in our beautiful South Africa is blamed on racism and that anybody, who insists on high performance by business employees and public sector officials, is branded a racist. That is the main reason I got involved in a spat over - in my opinion one of the worst run municipalities in SA – on the letter pages of my former employer, East London’s Daily Dispatch. Read the rest of this entry »
Little old wine drinking me
Had a great time last week when I travelled to Riebeeck Kasteel. (Kasteel, for my English friends, is the Afrikaans word for castle.)
My reason for going there was that I read a feature in Time magazine some months ago about the good wines a number of young farmers are producing. Quite coincidentally (my life has always been one great coincidence with all kinds of weird circumstances and happenings) an old army friend, Andre Badenhorst, who has a great history in the wine-making industry, happens to be the father of one of the farmers mentioned in Time magazine. Read the rest of this entry »
You are wrong Mr President
President Jacob Zuma told black business that South African prisons are full of black faces because black people in SA have no opportunities.
“There are very few white prisoners, because they are busy doing business, but we have no opportunities, ” said Zuma at the Black Business Summit.”
So what do the delegates at the summit do? They bar Business Unity SA (Busa) CEO Nomaxabiso Majokweni and its president Futhi Mtoba from attending the summit! Read the rest of this entry »
Our screwed-up legal system
I really feel sorry for judge Mogoeng Mogoeng (I’m sure it’s okay if I use the acronym Mogoeng2), who I am convinced did not ask (as an ordained priest he may have prayed) President Jacob Zuma to nominate him as the country’s next chief justice. Why then this fuss about his so-called anti-women stance in court rulings when there was no outcry over similar remarks made by a white Afrikaans magistrate? Read the rest of this entry »
