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Faith: Chairperson of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission, Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva. Photo: Supplied

The church must grow up 

Christians being treated as cows to be milked is not an insult. It is an observation. The monetisation of fear, blessing, prophecy, oil, water, soil and access has turned pulpits…

Reverend Musa Xulu

Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion

Xulu said a draft Christian sector self-regulatory framework released in December had been rushed through meetings presided over by the chairperson of the Commission for the…

Determined: Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva (above centre) arrives at Hillbrow police station to lay charges against Pastor Paseka Motsoeneng, of the Incredible Happening Ministries, who asked his followers to fund his legal fees as he prepared to battle the Cultural, Religious and Linguistics (CRL) Rights Commission in court. (Vathiswa Ruselo/Sowetan/Gallo Images)

Danger of exposing the dark side of prophets and pastors

The head of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistics Rights Commission investigated church leaders abusing their congregants and refused to be distracted by threats on her life

Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva

CRL Rights Commission to go to ConCourt after Ngcobo massacre

The commission said it wanted to determine whether religious regulation was within Parliament’s constitutional mandate, following the shooting

Church of God congregants await spiritual healer Samuel Radebe.

Sars gets wise to prophet taking

The vast sums of money preachers rake in have drawn the attention of the revenue service

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