THERE are an estimated 6-million members of the Zionist Christian Church in South Africa. That is more than the membership of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), and it is only counting one church.There are all kinds of other independent churches, not to mention the old denominations.And South African churches have had no problem with mixing religion and politics — and the African National Congress (ANC) has a long history with the church. Its first founders counted ministers among its ranks.It pays for the ANC to use churches to campaign.But it is President Jacob Zuma who elevated this kind of campaign to the next level. In May 2007, in his days as ANC deputy president, the Ntuzuma Full Gospel Community Church ordained him as an honorary minister, and pledged support to him at the 2007 ANC national conference."We want a leader who sees poverty and walks and lives among poverty-stricken people in Nkandla, rather than a person who learns about poverty through the Int...
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