When Joshua started out in 1987, he focused on the spiritual and economic needs of Nigerians
The popular televangelist, who recently died, preached a prosperity gospel that promised followers health and wealth if they had faith – and gave money to the church
Faith healers, psychics, celebrities and others sell their holy water, prayers, bracelets, vitamins and other gimmicks to vulnerable people.
People are desperate to escape poverty and are turning to charismatic churches that promise them healing and material rewards.
Soured relations between South Africa and Nigeria are delaying the repatriation of the remains of some South Africans who died in a church collapse.
The government denies the Mail & Guardian’s findings of bartering by Minister Radebe, but editor Angela Quintal underlines that the paper has proof.
A department of health worker died after contracting malaria while assisting with the repatriation of SA victims killed in Nigeria’s church collapse.
Only 74 of the 85 bodies of the South Africans killed in the Nigerian church collapse have arrived the Waterkloof Air Force Base.
Cyril Ramaphosa says government can’t force Nigeria to speed up returning the remains of the 84 South Africans who died when a building collapsed.
Despite reports of bodies of 84 South Africans who died in a Nigerian church collapse being returned by the end of October, details are still unclear.
Exactly how much of Nigeria’s $510bn GDP megachurches make up is difficult to assess, since they are, like the oil sector, largely opaque entities.
It’s still unclear when the bodies of South Africans killed in last month’s church collapse will be brought back home.
Readers argue why the Nigerian preacher cannot be allowed to distance himself from the tragedy with his collapsed building.
The Bible warns about false prophets, yet charismatic pastors such as TB Joshua are amassing fortunes from exploiting the poor and desperate.
Six people who were injured in the fatal accident have been released from an SA hospital and have been cleared of any dangerous infections.
Scaffolding for hire is just a small sign of a large informal industry.
Nigerian officials were tight-lipped about the scope of a probe into a fatal church building collapse in Lagos that killed 84 South Africans.
The ANC Youth League said it would not allow preacher TB Joshua entry into South Africa until an investigation into the church collapse is conducted.
Prophets come and go, especially when they stop serving their function in society, writes Verashni Pillay, who hopes that TB Joshua’s time is nigh.
Kwanele Sosibo asks whether the spiritual healer has capitalised on his ‘talent’ by the increasing need for a more renewed approach to Christianity.
A plane carrying survivors from the church collapse in Nigeria was expected to arrive in South Africa at 7am, but officials say it has been delayed.
TB Joshua’s church has turned from attacking potential rescuers to helping them. So has Nigeria’s government but it’s a case of too little too late.
In 2011, "prophet" TB Joshua was third on the Forbes list of Nigeria’s five richest pastors with a net worth estimated at close to $15-million.
The death toll of South Africans in Nigeria’s deadly church collapse has risen to 84, amid tensions between the two countries over rescue missions.
Scoan preacher TB Joshua said Nigerians, South Africans and other overseas nationals were "martyrs of the Kingdom of God", in the building collapse.
Rescuers have recovered more dead bodies from the rubble at the Scoan building collapse, but say they still have not been able to identify the bodies.
Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane deflects raising doubt over the strength of diplomatic ties between SA and Nigeria following the disaster.
Confusion reigns over the death toll and Nigeria refuses to allow South African search teams access to the site of the collapsed church building.
The "prophet" of Nigeria’s Synagogue Church of All Nations is claimed to have healed a man in a wheelchair, a deaf woman, and even cured Aids.