It is a spectacular turnaround in the scandal surrounding the allegations of abuse against the KwaSizabantu Mission. Almost four years after the CRL Commission began so-called “investigations” into the incidents, these have proven to be superfluous: As it now turns out, the commission had no legal authority for such investigations at all. The news portal […]
A six-year prison sentence was demanded for a Christian preacher from Middelstum, Groningen, at the Groningen court on Tuesday for years of sexual abuse of a young woman. The preacher Jan Willem M. (54) is said to have carried out sexual acts with the woman in Middelstum and in Well, Gelderland, between 1999 and 2010. […]
The public prosecutor’s office in Groningen in the Netherlands has applied for a six-year prison sentence against Jan Willem M. (54), a former preacher of the KSB congregation in Middelstum, NL. The man is alleged to have forced a young woman to have sex in the closed religious community Kwa Sizabantu for years. “These are […]
Erlo Stegen, der Gründer der KwaSizabantu-Mission, ist gestorben. Der Missionar, der die umstrittene, sektenähnliche Missionsstation seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr 1952 leitet, war in den letzten Jahren kränklich. Er starb am frühen Dienstagmorgen, 26.9.23., im Alter von 88 Jahren. Die Mission bestätigte seinen Tod und bezeichnete den streitbaren Mann als “innovativen und einflussreichen Visionär”. Stegen, […]
KwaSizabantu Mission has described its leader, Erlo Stegen, as a visionary who devoted his life to “God’s cause”. The missionary died on Tuesday. He was 88. A divisive figure, he led the cult-like mission behind multimillion-rand enterprises such as aQuelle and Emseni Farming. Erlo Stegen, the founder of KwaSizabantu Mission, has died. The lifelong missionary […]
The CRL Commission received numerous letters from victims of Mission KwaSizabantu with detailed accounts. This is a letter from Monika de Jager. It, too, failed to impress the Commission. From: Monika de Jager Sent: Friday, October 2, 2020 11:35 AM To: ‘Mpiyakhem@crlcommission.org.za’ <Mpiyakhem@crlcommission.org.za> Subject: Kwasizabantu To whom it may concern. My name is Monika de […]
The Cultural and Religious and Linguistic (CRL) Rights Commission report on its investigation into alleged abuses at KwaSizabantu (KSB) Mission is evasive and irrational, and news reports based even more misleading. An analysis by Philip Rosenthal, Director, ChristianView Network. 1. Firstly, contrary to news reports, cannot ‘clear’ or find any religious organisation guilty of the […]
KwaSizabantu repeated a series of lies so often that almost everyone believed them to be the truth. And then they called it “revival”. The political propaganda method “The Big Lie” (große Lüge in German) was first mentioned by Adolf Hitler is his memoir Mein Kampf published in 1925. The methodology was perfected by Joseph Goebbels […]
The fight against the scandalous practices at Mission KwaSizabantu (KSB) is entering a new round, but first it took a diversion. The battle between the abuse victims and KSB turned into a duel with a South African constitutional body, the CRL Commission. After all, after five people from the circle of witnesses against KSB filed […]
Ascension Day is actually a day to commemorate Jesus’ ascension into heaven. But on Ascension Day in 2019, there was obviously something much more important than Jesus at Mission KwaSizabantu. For in a two-hour meeting – it cannot be called a church service – Lidia Dube registered her claim to leadership in KSB. Although she […]