A 58-year-old church elder from Cradock’s Reformed Apostolic Church who last year predicted his own death and funeral for Saturday was alive on Sunday night. The churchman’s brother Roy Isaacs, said his brother Freddie Isaacs’ was alive and at home. He refused to make any further comments. Isaacs, a builder and one of eight apostles of the church, had a vision in September that his time on earth was over. He reportedly stopped eating last week, and since then has been attended at his home in the Eastern Cape town by his family and other apostles. On Saturday about a thousand members of the church were expected from all over the country for the funeral, which was expected to begin at 11am. The town hall had already been hired for the funeral service. The funeral was to be followed by a festival of song. Buses were laid on to bring congregates from Johannesburg, Kimberley, Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal and a number of other Eastern Cape towns. – Sapa