Who is the owner of KwaSizabantu?
Who is the owner of KwaSizabantu?
Erlo Stegen
Erlo Stegen, founder and leader of the KwaSizabantu mission, at the 90th birthday function of IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi (left) and former president Jacob Zuma in 2018.
How is the reputation of KwaSizabantu?
The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa said on Wednesday that the practices at KwaSizabantu Mission in KwaZulu-Natal were damaging the reputation of other churches. A number of allegations of human rights abuses and money laundering have been levelled at the mission in a News24 expose.
Where is KwaSizabantu situated?
South Africa
Kwasizabantu (also KwaSizabantu, Kwa Sizabantu, KSB) is a non-denominational church mission originating in South Africa, which has grown to include centers in several countries.
Where is KwaSizabantu company operating?
Kwasizabantu Mission (KSB) goes back a long way in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. It was founded in 1970 by South African evangelical and revivalist preacher Erlo Stegen. Built in a rural area on 540 hectares of land, it is one of Africa’s largest missions, with thousands of worshipers.
Who is Marietjie Bothma?
Marietjie Bothma, a woman who grew up at the controversial KwaSizabantu Mission, has implicated mission leader Erlo Stegen’s daughters in sexual abuse at the mission, in testimony before the CRL Rights Commission.
What happened at KwaSizabantu?
KwaSizabantu Mission, near Kranskop in northern KwaZulu-Natal, faces allegations of rape, child abuse and human-rights violations. Allegations of sexual abuse and negligence at the controversial KwaSizabantu Christian Mission again surfaced on Tuesday, as three witnesses spoke at public hearings.
Who owns aQuellé water?
aQuellé is owned by Ekhamanzi Springs that is owned by the mission. When you drink aQuellé, you are directly contributing to the financial well-being of a “house of horrors”, as one of KSB’s survivors told News24 in our documentary, Exodus.
What happened to Aquelle?
Most retailers have restocked aQuellé bottled water, even though various independent investigations into KwaSizabantu are still ongoing. The aQuellé water brand was pulled from the shelves of several retailers after News24’s exposé on KwaSizabantu in 2020.
What’s wrong with aQuelle water?
Various retailers have already taken action against the brand, following allegations of impropriety, abuse and money laundering at the religious mission linked to the water brand. Retailers Pick n Pay and Makro have demanded answers, while Woolworths has halted buying from a supplier owned by KwaSizabantu.
Has aQuelle been discontinued?
It is with huge disappointment that the organisers of the 2021 edition of the aQuellé Midmar Mile have been forced to make a last minute decision to transfer all 2021 entries to the Virtual aQuellé Midmar Mile event.
