Pastors tell Ramaphosa to step up
Church tells deputy president he will be SA’s leader
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has been told by leaders of the Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church to stop beating about the bush and to put himself forward in the ANC presidential race. Ramaphosa was at the eGibisile Home in Empangeni, in KwaZulu-Natal, on Tuesday at the invitation of Prophet “Unyazilwezulu” Shembe. He joined thousands of congregants in a three-hour church service to celebrate the life of Shembe church founder Isaiah Shembe. Taken aback by the request, Ramaphosa said he had not come to ask for a position. “I didn’t come here for anything else or position. I came here for two things: that is to learn about inkosi Shembe and to ask for you to pray for the ANC and the government,” Ramaphosa said. However, this did not go down well with some church leaders who clearly had been briefed on why Ramaphosa was visiting the church. Senior pastor Mthandeni Ntombela led the charge. “You must talk straight and tell inkosi you are here to ask for the position of the president of th...
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