Bishop Phakama Shembe has taken his flock on a new religious path by adopting the Jewish Bible. But, in embracing his brothers in the Jewish faith, the controversial bishop has caused another stir in ...

A titanic court battle is looming within the Shembe church after one of its five factions was awarded the exclusive right to use the church's name, hymns, prayers and religious uniform. The ...

'It's divine intervention that dictates who will be leader," says Xolani Mcineka, a Nazareth Baptist Church member, between sips of a cooldrink at a restaurant in a Durban hotel. It is Saturday ...

A COURT battle is looming within the Shembe church after one of its five factions was awarded exclusive rights to use the church's name, hymns, prayers and religious uniform The Ekuphakameni faction ...

THE battle for the soul of the Nazareth Baptist Church — also known as the Shembe church — is expected to take yet another turn following an announcement by a smaller faction that has secured the ...

The Baptist Nazareth (Shembe) Church’s succession woes moved towards the theatre of the absurd this week with two leaders of the church’s smaller factions threatening to excommunicate members of its ...

JUDEA, South Africa (Reuters) - No pill would cure his burning headaches so Njabulo Mjiyahko tried a holistic approach, visiting a religious healer who prescribed a spoonful of holy petroleum jelly ...