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Khaye’s Story
In 2015 I moved to Johannesburg looking for work but could not find a job. I then started dealing drugs to earn an income and dealt in mandrax, heroin and crystal meth. In the drug trade there is a need to fight over territory, and I became part of a gang that would kill people … Read more
How Qiniso was Helped
I was brought up by a single mom who was a domestic worker. Growing up I was one of the smartest children in my class, but I became a victim of bullying. In high school I decided to join a group of guys that seemed “cool” to me to avoid being bullied. They were smoking cigarettes, so I began smoking to try and fit in. In Grade 9 we started smoking dagga and by the … Read more
CYPSA Awareness Campaign: Visit to Gqeberha
CYPSA visited schools in Gqeberha from 12 – 15 September 2025. The group split into teams of two with each team visiting two schools per day, this way ensuring that the maximum number of schools and learners could be reached in the area. The CYPSA men shared firsthand testimonies of how they entered into a … Read more
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
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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.
Be A Joshua
We, as the CYPSA team at Head Office, greet all of you who passed through our Restoration Programme. We think of you during this challenging time in our country and pray that you will find strength and courage in the Lord our God whose arm is not too short that He cannot help. Keep your life free from sin and be like a Joshua.
Joshua was a man who lived through many plagues but none touched him. He stayed safe in the midst of the most dangerous plagues of his time. What was his secret? How did he manage to survive?
He was a young slave when Moses and Aaron arrived in Egypt. Aaron was from their midst, but Moses left Egypt and returned only after forty years, a stranger to the younger generation. These two brothers came, sent by the living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, with a message to Pharaoh, king of Egypt:
“Let my people go.”
The king refused and that is where Joshua witnessed terrible plagues hitting the Egyptians, but nothing of it touched him and his people. However, after they were led out of Egypt by the mighty hand of God, he still lived through quite a few plagues brought on them by his very own people who were dissatisfied with God’s way of caring for them. At one time fourteen thousand seven hundred people died in one single day, right there in the midst of their community. Joshua saw it with his own eyes. He was also there when God sent another plague among his people. That day twenty four thousand died!
Why do we say to you in this challenging time of the corona virus, “Be a Joshua?”
Just look at him:
- He clung to God and His servant and believed that the Lord who was with them was able to deliver them from all difficulties.
- He was never found in the company of those who complained against God and who grumbled in hot dissatisfaction about their hardships.
- And he also kept to the rules and laws laid down by Moses and he never joined those who took matters into their own hands, thinking they knew better than God and Moses.
So be a Joshua right there where you are now. Cling to the Lord and serve your people with a humble heart, trusting the Lord for help in this very difficult time. Then you will also be able to say to others the words Joshua said to his soldiers after he became leader, “Fear not nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage”. (Joshua 10 ; 25)