Cultural and indigenous expert, Dr Nomagugu Ngobese says King Misuzulu KaZwelithini, being an official member of the Shembe church, signifies defying colonial religious beliefs. This is after the King ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — Vimbeni Shembe, a leader of a major but divided South African church, died Monday. He was 77. President Jacob Zuma, who announced Shembe’s death, did not say what caused it.

President Jacob Zuma expressed his condolences on the death of Shembe Bapist Church leader, Vimbeni Shembe. "We have learned with great sadness of the passing of Inkosi Shembe. He played a key role in ...

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has wished the Nazareth Baptist Church well on its 113 th pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain of Ekhenana in Durban. The Nazareth Baptist Church also known as ...

The devotees climb the mountain as part of their annual 10 day pilgrimage. The church was founded in 1913 and is one of the largest African traditionalist churches in Africa. They walk up to 68kms ...

Durban – Millions of followers of the Nazareth Baptist Church will have to wait until Tuesday to hear who their legally appointed leader is. Two factions within the church, popularly known as Shembe, ...

MEMBERS of the eBuhleni faction of Nazareth Baptist Church, popularly known as the Shembe Church, yesterday started their annual sacred pilgrimage to the holy mountain of eKhenana, in Nsuze, eNdwedwe.

A growing religion in southern Africa is posing a threat to the survival of wild leopards. For the Nazareth Baptist Church, also known as the Shembe, leopards are seen as a symbol of pride, beauty and ...

The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a case concerning the leadership succession in the Shembe Church. The applicants wanted leave to appeal the whole judgment and order of the Supreme ...