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News24 Business | Mining and agriculture give Omnia a profit boost, but tax woes weigh

Explosives, chemicals and fertiliser group Omnia reported a 17% surge in interim operating profit on Monday thanks largely to standout performances from its mining segment and its South African agriculture business.




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News24 Business | Raubex reports profit jump, eyes pickup in SA infrastructure spend

Infrastructure, materials, and mining group Raubex has reported a sharp climb in interim profit, helped by a pickup in SA road construction activity.




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News24 Business | Former lottery executive fired after disciplinary hearing

A number of dismissed lottery officials who have lodged appeals, as well as suspended officials, continue to draw salaries.




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News24 Business | OPINION | The four letters that will define COP29

The New Collective Quantified Goal – a post-2025 climate finance target – is set to be a defining agenda item at COP29, aiming for a more ambitious and equitable financial commitment for developing countries, says Punki Modise.




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News24 Business | Less than a quarter of Sixty60 drivers are from SA as locals ditch the job

Just under a quarter of the more than 7 000 independent drivers for Shoprite's newly acquired Pingo last-mile delivery platform are South African.




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News24 Business | Transnet woes 'create opportunities', says MSC unit amid R767m push into Namibia

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA's Africa logistics unit will invest as much as €40 million in Namibia by 2030 to benefit from growing oil, gas and renewable energy developments.




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News24 Business | Third-quarter unemployment rate decline outstrips expectations

South Africa's unemployment rate fell by more than expected in the third quarter, declining by 1.4 percentage points to 32.1%.




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Creating comics to bring “Light in the Darkness”

Why and how OM EAST produces Christian comics to reach minority peoples




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When the Rubber Hits the Road

Profile of a veteran driver with OM EAST




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Time of Sowing for Bayash  and Time of Harvest for Arli

OM EAST - Just before Easter 2010, the Hitchings travelled to Serbia with Simon (OM EAST) to deliver 1200 copies of "My First Bible" in Arli to the Arli church...




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Digging up the past

As OM Austria prepares for its 50th anniversary this summer, they have been delving into old records and photos. Read about how a flower seller named Heidi was to become key to the growth of ministry in Austria...




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Digging up the past II

In the 70s, OM was considered a strange movement that thought ordinary Christians could share the Gospel and train workers—a revolutionary idea in those days.




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Strangers at our doorstep

OM sees God working in the lives of a few of the thousands of asylum seekers in Austria.




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Planting churches in hard soil

In a country with few evangelical churches, OM Austria aims to establish a worship point in every town with a population over 5,000.




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Small town, big God

During Easter, the oldest town in Austria celebrated the life of Jesus and furthered the dream of planting a church.




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Distributing Bibles at the Reindeer Festival

Partners of OM EAST distribute copies of My First Bible to Nenets children on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Arctic Russia.




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Delivering Bibles before the tundra melts

OM EAST and a local partner prepare to send copies of the Right Choices Bible to the Nenets tribe on the Yamal Peninsula.




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Schoolbags for children in Muslim villages

OM EAST, in partnership with OM Bosnia, is getting ready for their annual Schoolbags Project in north-west Bosnia-Herzegovina this summer.




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Courage for the Crimean Tatars 

A Crimean Tatar man shares how he gained courage and learnt vital truths through reading Into the Den of the Infidels, produced by OM EAST.




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No people too remote

OM EAST’s latest publication reaches the Nenets tribe in Siberia—a place where few foreigners have ever been.




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Over and above what was asked

God provides for OM EAST’s Bosnia Schoolbags Project this year in special and surprising ways.




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New booklet for red light ministries

OM EAST produces a new booklet that brings a message of hope to women working in prostitution.




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Bayash studying the Bible

OM EAST is helping meet the need for Bible study booklets to help Bayash Christians grow in their faith.




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Have you ever seen the beautiful Georgian script?

OM EAST responds to the need for Christian books in the Georgian language.




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Speaking to the Arli heart

OM EAST’s publication captures the attention of the Arli in Serbia.




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An unexpected letter

OM EAST rejoices at God’s provision sent by post.




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A work in progress

OM EAST develop new booklet for red light ministries.




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Building Bridges

Building Bridges—a name well suited for the ministry at the integration centre in the Linz area — seeks to connect Austrians, immigrants, Christians and Muslims.




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Stirrings under the veil

One week before Ramadan, 17 participants share God’s love with hundreds of Arab tourists in Zell am See, Austria.




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Changing the fortunes of the Bayash 

OM EAST helps bring God’s truth to a people who believe they are cursed.




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Talking point in Georgian churches

OM EAST shares about a significant event in the Georgian church: OM EAST’s publication of the Right Choices Bible.




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God is raising up the Roma  

Roma pastors and leaders from across Eastern Europe and the Balkans gather together for a Roma conference.




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Imagine the smiles on their faces

OM EAST offers a special start to the new school term for hundreds of children in Bosnia-Herzegovina.




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Gypsy Smith in Serbian

OM EAST is publishing Rodney “Gypsy” Smith’s autobiography to help inspire Roma believers in Serbia.




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The hidden pearl

Jesus came to find us, like the merchant looking for fine pearls.




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Media for minority languages

Graphic designers, translators and distributors from 130 organisations meet to develop media for minority languages in Eurasia.




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Shared joy in Serbia

After years of work and anticipation, Gypsy Smith has been published in Serbian, a cause for rejoicing in a Roma church in Serbia.




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Students equipped for His work

On 26 June, students from Austria Training Centre’s first year completed training in church planting, evangelism and discipleship.




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OM EAST and local partners raise a banner in Roma villages

This summer nearly 1,000 Roma children in Roma villages throughout Central and Eastern Europe heard the Gospel.




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Reaching out to the world next door

One team member's impressions from the 2015 Salamu Aleikum outreach to Muslim tourists in Zell am See.




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Building bridges in Graz

OM Austria has worked with immigrants for 10 years in the "Building Bridges" Team. In 2016, the team will begin working with refugees in Graz.




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Turkey outreach with OM Building Bridges

The OM Austria Building Bridges team gains valuable experience during a short term trip to Turkey.




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Participants share about refugee outreach in Austria

Thirteen participants from all over the world spent a week getting to know and supporting the refugee work in Linz. Six share about their experiences.




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"I have come from a faraway country"

Thirteen participants in a weeklong outreach recently interacted with refugees, supporting OM’s refugee work in Linz.




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Building bridges with "Building Bridges"

Short-termer Elizabeth from the USA shares some of her experiences working with the Building Bridges Team in Linz, Austria for a month.




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Calm in the storm

Crisis turns into blessing as a local church reaches out to refugees arriving in Europe.




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The sound of Easter

Thirteen musicians and singers arrived in Vienna from all over the world, to take part in the musical outreach, ‘The Sound of Easter.’




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Austrian summer outreach

Stories from ReachAUT, an outreach in Austria organised by the Liebenzeller Mission in cooperation with other Christian organisations, including OM.




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'Finally we have found a place'

“It is wonderful and we are very grateful to God that we can live here,” Javid said. “Finally we have found a place where we can live our faith in Jesus in peace."




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International with lots of charm

"The Lord gave me a verse out of Isaiah 50:5...I started to understand that I had a lot to give, and that God’s ways for me might lead me differently than I had thought," said OMer Evelyn.