The story begins more than a century ago, in 1910, when the prophet Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe founded the Nazareth Baptist Church, or iBandla lamaNazaretha. Today it is one of the largest African ...

DURBAN: Traffic is back to normal in the city according to the Durban Metro police after thousands of Nazareth Baptist Church Ebuhleni branch members marched to the Durban City Hall today. Metro ...

DURBAN - THOUSANDS of members of the Nazareth Baptist Church eBuhleni branch marched in Durban yesterday in support of Mduduzi Shembe, whom they regard as their leader. About 6 000 members of the ...

Thousands of Nazareth Baptist Church devotees embarked on their annual pilgrimage to a sacred mountain north of Durban, which marks a holy start to the new year. Carrying their walking sticks and ...

The charismatic leader of the eBuhleni faction of the Nazareth Baptist Church, Mduduzi “uNyazilwezulu” Shembe, has condemned the scourge of crime and violence in the country. “Cars are bought on ...

'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 Baptist Nazareth (Shembe) Church’s succession woes moved towards the theatre of the absurd this week with two leaders of the church’s smaller factions threatening to excommunicate members of its ...