Some KwaZulu Natal municipalities have set aside over five-point-eight million rand to provide services, such as water and mobile toilets, for thousands of Nazareth Baptist Church members, who are undertaking a pilgrimage in the Ndwedwe area mountains this weekend.

The eThekwini, Ndwedwe and the Ilembe districts will be providing services to all factions of the Shembe Church. So we thought to use this opportunity to get to understand the history of the church outside of the controversy in an effort to educate ourselves on their on their existence and how they got to where they are today. To help us navigate this issue, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Dr Ngogi Emmanuel Mahaye - Chairperson of the Isiqabetho (Division of scholars in the Shembe Church)