A handful of South Africans on Wednesday staged a protest on the streets of Johannesburg against what they call “false prophets”.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions condemning church leaders who are taking advantage of congregants to mislead and abuse them.
Some of the protesters said their action was needed if a stand was to be taken against the activities of these ”men of God”.
South Africa and other African countries are struggling to deal with the activities of preachers who promise to perform miracles on their church members but end up abusing and duping them.
Some of these preachers have gone to the extent of spraying insecticide on their members in the name of healing them.
A small group of people pray before they march against false prophets. The people have gathered outside The Joburg Theatre and will march to the CRL and South African Human Rights Commissions. @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/28xAd6zvpF
— Amanda Khoza (@MandaKhoza) March 14, 2018
The Police in Rwanda recently arrested six church leaders for attempting to defy a government order that requires churches to comply with building regulations and noise pollution.
The government of Rwanda last month closed down a total of 714 churches in different parts of the country’s capital Kigali for failure to meet minimum standards for their operations.
Last year a popular Durban televangelist was arrested for allegedly raping and trafficking women and girls from his church.
Timothy Omotoso, a Nigerian was arrested at the Port Elizabeth Airport by armed security personnel in a washroom at the airport.
Omotoso is alleged to have trafficked women and girls from various branches of his church to a house in Umhlanga Rocks, Kwa- Zulu-Natal, to be sexually exploited.
Source: Africafeeds.com
