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Execution of Justice: Should Believers Desire the Death Penalty?

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–– Evan Cantrell

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In 2020, Tafadzwa Shama and Tapiwa Makore (Sr) killed and dismembered Makore’s nephew, 7-year-old Tapiwa Makore (Jr). The killing was part of a pagan ritual intended to ensure the prosperity of their cabbage growing business.

In 2023, the men were sentenced to death for their horrific crime. However, in December 2024, Zimbabwe repealed the death penalty, almost 20 years after its last execution in 2005. As a result, Shama and Makore had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. 

When faced with brutal crimes like the murder of little Tapiwa Makore, our hearts cry out for justice through the ultimate punishment. However, activists argue that the death penalty only breeds more violence, and is ineffective and unproductive. They hold up Zimbabwe to the rest of Africa as an example of what should be done in abolishing the death penalty. 

What does God’s Word say? Is it right for believers to desire that the death penalty be carried out, or does this stand in conflict with the command to “love our enemy”? 

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A Biblical Answer To South Africa’s Murder Epidemic

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–– Mark Christopher

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Just a few weeks ago, 18 people were massacred in cold blood in the Eastern Cape. In all, 15 women and 3 men were senselessly slaughtered for reasons still unknown. Here in the Cape, 7 people were gunned down last week in Bishop Lavis in what looks like a gang-style murder. The day before the Bishop Lavis tragedy, 5 people were murdered in Atlantis on the west coast north of Cape Town. Sadly, those headlines have already evaporated in the minds of most due to the everyday occurrence of homicide in South Africa. Murder is so common now that most are hardened to this loss of human life. 

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Mercy or Murder? Thoughts on Euthanasia

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Should doctors or family members be allowed to help a person die if they have a painful or terminal illness? Some first-world countries would answer yes, as euthanasia is legal in a handful of nations like the Netherlands, Portugal, Australia, Ecuador, and Spain. In 2024, eight South African doctors published their opinions in a national medical journal in hopes of persuading the nation’s High Court to legalize euthanasia. Should more societies follow suit? 

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Christian Duty in the Wake of Infanticide 

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–– Lennox Kalifungwa

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Hallmarks of a Genocidal World

Where lies the most perilous domain on Earth in our time? Is it within radical Islamic states or amidst gang-ridden urban communities? No, the womb, intended as a sanctuary of life, has become the most treacherous place on earth. Consider Zambia, where numerous abortions are carried out under the guise of women’s rights and gender equality. Across the globe, millions of unborn lives are intentionally ended each year in the name of justice and freedom. Make no mistake, feminism has produced the greatest genocide in the history of the world. This phenomenon is globally promoted, funded, and celebrated as a perceived hallmark of societal development. 

The chilling parallels between the rhetoric of abortion and historical genocides underscore the moral bankruptcy of a society that condones the wanton destruction of innocent life. Just as past atrocities, such as the holocaust, were justified through dehumanization, so too does the abortion industry seek to obfuscate the humanity of the unborn, thereby sanctioning their systematic annihilation.  

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Is “My Body, My Choice” a Good Argument?

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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“My body, my choice” is a feminist slogan used to defend a woman’s right to autonomy over her choices. Women often employ this phrase to defend their right to an abortion.

Recently, the organization Doctors Without Borders have been urging women in Mozambique to terminate their pregnancies with a simple phrase: “No one should be ashamed to get an abortion.” After all, a woman can do what she wants with her body.

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South Africa Needs More Good Guys with Guns

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–– Titus Cantrell

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Applications for firearm licenses in South Africa have quadrupled over the past decade, according to a recent report written by William Brederode on News24. Between April 2022 and March 2023, over 139,000 new applications for gun ownership were filed with the South African Police Service, compared to just over 33,000 in the same period from 2011 to 2012. South Africa has seen a 77% increase in murders in that same time span, rising from 15,554 in 2011/12 to 27,494 in 2022/23.

In an increasingly crime-ridden SA, is more legal gun ownership good news? 

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TARIF: Israel Up In Flames

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The Africa Review in Five highlights African current affairs from a Christian perspective. Listen and subscribe through Youtube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

Today is Tuesday, October 10th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by DAVID DE BRUYN and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

Israel Up In Flames

Last Saturday, October 7th, marked the beginning of a new war in Israel. Hamas terrorists from Gaza used drones to drop bombs on border posts, neutralising the first line of defence. That was followed by over 2200 rockets that were fired into Israel, overwhelming Israel’s Iron Dome defence system, some rockets hitting Tel Aviv. The third phase of the attack was thousands of terrorists who breached the border fence and came into Israel in cars, trucks, and motorcycles.

Just five kilometres from the border, about 1000 young Israelis were attending an all-night rave. The terrorists surrounded them and opened fire, murdering over 260 young people. Others were rounded up and taken back into Gaza as hostages. Other groups of terrorists went into southern Israeli towns, and went house to house, either murdering people on site or taking more hostages.

When Israel’s first responders arrived on the scene, they too, were targeted. Policemen, firefighters and paramedics were shot at and murdered when trying to protect innocent civilians. 

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TARIF: Sorry Benin, Legalizing Abortion Won’t Make Things Safer

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The Africa Review in Five highlights African current affairs from a Christian perspective. Listen and subscribe through Youtube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

Today is Friday, August 25th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

Sorry Benin, Legalizing Abortion Won’t Make Things Safer

A recent article in the Guardian tells of a gynaecologist in Benin and the journey that led her to push for abortion rights in her country. As the story goes, a young pregnant lady had come to her for the abortion of her unwanted baby. At the time, most abortions were illegal in the country of Benin, so the young gynaecologist urged the girl to keep the baby. 

Some days later the doctor saw the young girl again and discovered that she had performed a secret abortion, most likely through pills or bleach or some other “unimaginable and inhumane method”. Not only was the baby dead. The mother was near death herself. 

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