In his debut album “Amarekere”, ASAP Shembe uses elastic bands (amarekere) as a metaphor for the emotional roller coaster he goes through in the songs. “It’s the battle of tension and friction, the ...

Bishop Phakama Shembe has taken his flock on a new religious path by adopting the Jewish Bible. But, in embracing his brothers in the Jewish faith, the controversial bishop has caused another stir in ...

'It's divine intervention that dictates who will be leader," says Xolani Mcineka, a Nazareth Baptist Church member, between sips of a cooldrink at a restaurant in a Durban hotel. It is Saturday ...

The party says comparing Mduduzi Shembe to fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri is wrong because Shembe has not broken any laws. MKP says Bushiri fled from justice while Shembe remains in the country and ...

HISTORIAN and well known academic Prof Jabulani Maphalala has challenged the Nazareth Baptised Church community to create more public awareness about the origins, history and relevance of the church, ...

Carrying Zulu warrior shields and draped in leopardskin, the men of South Africa's Shembe church move hypnotically as they go through the steps of a traditional religious ritual. But the spotted pelts ...

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 ...