ANC heavyweights Fikile Mbalula and Pule Mabe formed part of the congregation at alleged rapist Bishop Stephan Zondo’s Rivers of Living Water Church, triggering an outcry from GBV activists.
Johannesburg – Controversial self-proclaimed televangelist and alleged rapist Bishop Stephan Zondo of the Rivers of Living Water Church has become the latest elections campaign gimmick for the governing party.
“The governing party must not be seen to be aligned to those who perpetrate abuse, especially against women in case they are not sending a message that is helping to fight gender-based violence which is a pandemic in the country,” she said. Activists from the Sister Keepers Movement said this was a desperate move from the governing party to garner support in the run-up to local government elections on November 1.“They shouldn't be, especially as the leading party, they are hypocrites, how do the victims feel, how should the victims feel?” Moemisi said, adding that people like Zondo should be ostracised.
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