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THE widow of the late leader of the Nazareth Baptist Church knew who he chose to succeed him, the high court in Durban was told. The general secretary of the institution, known as the Shembe Church, Chance Sibisi, testified yesterday that she had…

Tens of thousands of Shembe faithful headed to the Nhlangakazi Mountain at Ndwedwe, north of Durban, this week on their annual pilgrimage.

Thousands of white-clad Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church pilgrims left the holy mountain of Nhlangakazi after spending two weeks of worshipping there and returned to Ebuhleni on Thursday after a three-day walk.

Thousands of followers of the Nazareth (Shembe) Baptist Church prepare for their official pilgrimage up the Nhlangakazi Mountains at Ndwedwe, north of Durban, yesterday.

ONE of South Africa's largest church groups believes it was instructed by God to wear leopard skins.

A FIERCE leadership battle for control of one of Southern Africa's most powerful African churches will be fought in court this week.

I AM greatly disappointed by the article "Shembe snarl at mock leopard skin" (The Mercury, July 30).

A CONSERVATIONIST who is on a quest to stop Nazareth Baptist Church members from wearing leopard skins and is offering to sell them fake skins at R600 each, has been kicked out of a church meeting at Ebuhleni, Inanda.

CLASHES between rival factions of the Nazareth Baptist Church are feared at its holy mountain in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, after two pilgrims were attacked there at the weekend.