THE kwaSizabantu Mission in Kranskop has strongly defended itself against allegations that members have been abused but makes no apology for its methods or beliefs. KwaSizabantu, the largest Christian mission station in the southern hemisphere, stands on a 340 hectare farm, boasts a conference centre that seats 10 000 and offers accommodation to more than […]
Author: Natli Ashane
By Megan Powers A controversial Christian mission in KwaZulu-Natal, accused this week of abuse and cult-like behaviour, allegedly doubled as an anti-liberation agency for military intelligence and the security branch in the ’80s and early ’90s. Well-placed sources told the Tribune this week that a sophisticated system of information gathering within the Kwasizabantu mission near […]
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Mission school accused of abuse
By Megan Powers Allegations of physical and psychological abuse, sinister mind control and ostracism at a Christian mission in KwaZulu-Natal have been made, sending shockwaves throughout the country’s religious circles. On Saturday theologians and clerics from around the country held a closed crisis meeting in Durban to determine what action should be taken. The Kwasizabantu […]
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Buthelezi: beating is traditional
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said in Cape Town on Thursday that virginity testing and the beating of children are accepted practices of Zulu tradition. Buthelezi was responding to recent allegations that virginity testing and child-beating are taking place at a Christian mission station in KwaZulu-Natal. The IFP leader is known to be a […]
YET another woman has come forward with allegations of systematic beating and virginity testing of children at a KwaZulu-Natal Christian mission station, with an increasing number of callers to the Witness confirming that such activities took place. A 21-year-old woman, who was born at the mission and went to school there, described in detail how […]
Mission story opens up hornet’s nest of virginity testing and abuse. A 24-year-old woman has described in detail how she and other girls – some as young as six – were made to undergo virginity tests at the beginning of every term at a Christian mission station in KwaZulu-Natal. The woman has described how she […]
We had witnessed such beatings before. We were gathered in what they called “The Upper Room”. She lay whimpering on the carpet, her body and legs pinned down by two elders as their colleague explained to his audience that their 16-year-old friend had sinned and would now receive God’s just punishment. Her whimpers became louder […]
The book “God among the Zulus” – true or not true? I, Erwin Redinger, have been asked to comment some more on the books of Kurt Koch and Erlo Stegen: God among the Zulus and Erweckung unter den Zulus. I had previously commented on them, and this should be read in conjunction with the first […]
In June 2001, the leadership Mission Kwasizabantu released an official Statement, internationally, to various parties to explain why KSB and its founder Erlo Stegen made a court application in March 2001. The document has been drawn up by KSB’s advocate, founder of the South African based Christian Lawyers Association, Dieter Achtzehn, “on behalf of Mission […]
On Wednesday, May 30, 2001, the Supreme Court of South Africa, KwaZulu Natal adjourned its hearing of the matter between KSB and Barney Mabaso and others until September 5th because of Kwasizabantu’s request to withdraw their application but without costs. Mission Kwasizabantu’s advocate announced that the Mission would like to withdraw the application against the […]