The Rev Nico Smith, one of a small band of Afrikaner clerics who bucked the apartheid system by choosing to live in a black township, has died in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa.
Love them or hate them, the vuvuzela horns are the real anthem of the 2010 World Cup, and are being staunchly defended against critics by South Africans - including a leading church figure.
As World Cup host South Africa kick-off the tournament against Mexico, charity War on Want launches a new film contrasting the huge sums spent by the government with growing poverty.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu wowed the 50,000 crowd at an extraordinary musical celebration in Soweto ahead of the kick-off in the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa.
The 2010 World Cup will absorb acres of newsprint, whole swathes of the internet and hours of broadcast time in the coming weeks. Ekklesia will offer an alternative perspective - looking at the social justice issues behind the sporting headlines.
Football connects people in positive ways, but also exposes the limitations and injustices of human society, says Tinyiko Sam Maluleke, reflecting on modern South Africa, the World Cup, and the challenge of global Christianity.
The revelation that the Israeli government in the 1980s considered selling nuclear weapons to the apartheid regime in South Africa has triggered fresh criticisms of Israel's current nuclear policies.
Anglican Bishop Geoffrey Davies, known to some as South Africa's "green bishop" says those who have exploited the African continent should repay an ecological debt to fund alternative energy sources.
The chair of the arms firm BAE Systems, who emphasises his pride in British industry, has declined to guarantee that his company will not sell arms to countries which threaten Britain.
Supporters of the Campaign Against Arms Trade will be active inside and outside the AGM of BAE Systems, one of the world's largest arms companies, in London next week.