Shembe church succession, funeral details being finalised The Nazareth Baptist Church, popularly known as the Shembe church, will announce details of leadership succession after Vela Shembe’s ...

Ximba was in the news last year in May when he announced at a press conference that only the Ekuphakameni were allowed to use the name Nazareth Baptist Church, Shembe or iBandla lakwaShembe.

Worshippers from the Nazareth Baptist Church are to hold a series of mass services in a rare and endangered indigenous forest. Shembe church in row with environmentalists Home Page ...

For the Nazareth Baptist Church, also known as the Shembe, leopards are seen as a symbol of pride, beauty and wealth, while their skins are viewed as essential attire for church elders who wear ...

Metropolitan Life and the Nazareth Baptist (Shembe) Church announced a groundbreaking partnership that promises to advance financial inclusion and empower communities in South Africa. Officially ...

Durban - Another faction of the Nazareth Baptist Church, popularly known as the Shembe Church, was launched in Pinetown on Sunday, the Isolezwe newspaper reported. Mthembeni Mpanza formed the church ...

Few things really humble me‚ but my visit - with presidential hopeful Cyril Ramaphosa - on Tuesday at Nazareth Baptist Church eGibisile Shembe Home‚ in eSikhawini outside eMpangeni‚ brought ...

JOHANNESBURG — Vimbeni Shembe, a leader of a major but divided South African church, died Monday. He was 77. President Jacob Zuma, who announced Shembe’s death, did not say what caused it.

Former slay queen Nicole Nyaba is said to have turned over a new leaf and joined the famous Shembe church. South Africans' ...

A trial involving two feuding factions of the Nazareth – also known as the Shembe – Church was delayed in the Durban High Court on Tuesday. SC Rajesh Choundre brought new evidence that he said ...

A titanic court battle is looming within the Shembe church after one of its five factions was awarded the exclusive right to use the church's name, hymns, prayers and religious uniform. The ...