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CYPSA SUBMISSION ON THE PROPOSED “ANTI APARTHEID BILL”
14 December 2025 Ms Angela Thokozile Didiza Speaker of the National Assembly Per email: [email protected] For attention: Mr Imraan Ismail-Moosa Per email: [email protected] Dear Ms Didiza Comments on the proposed “Implementation of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid” Bill We refer to the invitation for written submissions on the proposed “Implementation of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of … Read more
UNDERSTANDING PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION
CYPSA passionately champions the power of redemption through Christ, reaching out with compassion and determination to those ensnared by the destructive forces of society’s darkest challenges, including addictions, prostitution, and crime. In these pages, you will delve into a comprehensive exploration of pornography addiction, arming yourself with the knowledge necessary to understand and combat this pervasive … Read more
VAPING AND E-CIGARETTES
Vaping is often marketed as a safer alternative to smoking, but the truth is far more dangerous than you might think! Behind the clouds of flavoured vapor are serious health risks that can impact your lungs, heart, and brain. Don’t be fooled by flashy ads and sweet flavours: vaping leads to addiction, long-term health problems, … Read more
WHAT IS A HOOKAH PIPE?
A hookah pipe, also called a water pipe, is a device used to smoke flavoured tobacco. It has a few main parts: The charcoal heats the tobacco, and the smoke travels through the water and into the hose, where the person breathes it in through the mouthpiece. TARGETS CHILDREN Hookah tobacco often has sweet flavours … Read more
Whom Shall We Send? (Poem)
Whom shall We send? The angel flew and touched my lips With a burning coal. It did not singe But purified my soul. Who shall go for Us? Whom shall We send? “I will go.” Was my feeble answer. And yet a stronger resolve I said, “Send me.” No matter the unknown. No matter the … Read more
Annual General Meeting 23 October 2024
On the 23 October 2024, CYPSA hosted its Annual General Meeting. The meeting commenced with a short devotion from Matthew 26:7, where all in attendance were encouraged to hold nothing back in serving God and others, but that rather, like the woman with the alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, we should give all that … Read more
Open Letter to Parliament – Stop the BELA Bill
The situation is critical. Our country’s youth, once full of hope and ambition, are now facing grave challenges. They are losing their lives to drugs, disease, and hunger on the streets. Their aspirations of becoming educators, legal professionals, medical doctors, or nurses have been crushed.
Development of an anxiety disorder following an emergency department visit due to dagga use: a population-based cohort study
The study looked at whether using dagga is linked to seeking medical help for anxiety. Researchers checked health records from Ontario, Canada, between 2008 and 2019. They focused on people who hadn’t gone to the doctor for anxiety before and compared those who went to the emergency room (ER) for dagga-related reasons to those who … Read more
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Umphakathi Okhathazekile (the Concerned Young People of South Africa) is a non-profit organisation which was started by concerned people of South Africa in 2009 and then registered as an NPO in 2010.
The moral decay in our communities caused such great distress to us that we could not keep silent any longer. We have united in taking a stand against the devastation caused by drugs, immorality, HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, crime, prostitution, pornography and abuse, amongst other evils, in all their forms.
The Year Of The Lord
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me, To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.” (Luke 4:18-19)
Within these verses Jesus reveals Himself in Nazareth within the temple. Right there, where He grew up He proclaimed the good message of liberty and healing. Yet, his own hometown, those close to Him rejected him. They were not filled with thankfulness over the good news, but filled with wrath. Through their physical eyes they saw Him only as human, as one of them. They were in the right place at the right time, but missed their opportunity. Because of the deceitfulness of their own hearts, they missed God’s salvation… May we be rightly tuned in; to understand and grasp the urgency of the hour!