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Shembe Nazareth Church

Ace Magashule turns to the clergy for support ahead of his asbestos trial
Politics
/ 20 February 2022

Ace Magashule turns to the clergy for support ahead of his asbestos trial

The former secretary general was cast out of the ruling party in May last year after he refused to step aside, as per the ANC’s rules over corruption, fraud and money laundering charges.

By Lizeka Tandwa
Imisebe’s Shembe legacy unsure
Article
/ 8 December 2017

Imisebe’s Shembe legacy unsure

The church’s leader gained support for pursuing it’s founder’s ideals

By Kwanele Sosibo
Shembe church succession, funeral details being finalised
Article
/ 27 November 2017

Shembe church succession, funeral details being finalised

​The Nazareth Baptist Church, popularly known as the Shembe church, will announce details of leadership succession after Vela Shembe’s sudden death

By Kaveel Singh
​Why Vela Shembe won’t be king
Article
/ 22 December 2016

​Why Vela Shembe won’t be king

The court has ruled on the Nazarene church succession battle, yet bitter divisions remain.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Holy hair: The long and short of it
Article
/ 2 April 2015

Holy hair: The long and short of it

Present-day Nazarites have relaxed strictures around hair but Rastas resolutely hold on to their dreads.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Shembe church opts for fake skins to save leopards
Article
/ 13 November 2013

Shembe church opts for fake skins to save leopards

Members of an indigenous Zulu church called Shembe have agreed to wear fake leopard skins, in a bid to preserve South Africa’s leopard population.

By Sapa
Shembe’s spiritual legacy lost in the battle for control
Article
/ 5 April 2012

Shembe’s spiritual legacy lost in the battle for control

With five factions and counting, secular judgments have failed to heal the divisions that have fragmented the Nazareth Baptist Church.

By Kwanele Sosibo

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