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CRL Rights Commission to investigate ‘resurrection’ pastor

Pastor Alph Lukau of the Alleluia International Ministries church in Sandton, Johannesburg, faces a summons from the CRL Rights Commission

Omotoso was nabbed in April last year in a dramatic arrest operation at the Port Elizabeth International Airport. (Lulama Zenzile/Gallo)

Pastors’ and healers’ prey get help

Support is on hand for those who have been sexually abused by the people they trust the most

Wrath: Six police officers died during an attack on the Ngcobo station

The case for regulating religion

No faith should be immune from consequences for harming or even wilfully deceiving its followers

Nakhane Touré stars in  ‘Inxeba – The Wound’.

Disagreement cannot extend to censorship

Critics argue the film threatens to reveal the secrets of ulwaluko, Xhosa initiation rituals that are purposely shrouded in mystery.

President of the WFPMA Pieter Haen spoke at the IPM convention

‘Inxeba wounds our cultural practice’

The boycotters say the film inaccurately reflects initiation. Others call their reaction homophobia

Religious groups fight back against a commission that does not hear them, but CRL points to irregularities (Paul Botes/M&G)

Government and religion at odds

Commercialisation of religion, and the abuse of people’s belief systems at the core of the impasse

Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva

A woman speaks truth to the prophets

The head of the commission investigating abuse by religious leaders is being attacked by some, who accuse ‘that woman’ of being the Devil’s servant

Cherrie-picking cultural values

Dropping Stoned Cherrie because even black people think they’re "too black"? That’s almost as funny as trying to lecture Zapiro on respect.

Take the shower back? No

Take the shower back? No, Zapiro will not yield

Zapiro is unfazed by criticism from the culture commission, which has called on the cartoonist to stop drawing a shower head above President Zuma.

Commission calls for regulation of initiation schools

The culture commission has called for national legislation to regulate initiation schools, and in so doing reduce the risk to young men’s lives.