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	South Africa: Sex, Murder Scandal Rocks Church By Cape Argus allAfrica December 17, 2007 http://allafrica.com/stories/200712170968.html A sex and murder scandal in a KwaZulu-Natal church has been exposed in papers before the Durban High Court with allegations that the leader has raped members of the congregation and has hired a hit man to wipe out those threatening to expose him. The urgent application was brought by five former members of the congregation of the National Christian Assemblies of God in Izingolweni, on the South Coast, against its archbishop, Christopher Sandile Ndlovu, and his sister, Zodwa Kheswa. Judge Achmat Jappie granted an interdict restraining Ndlovu and Kheswa from assaulting or threatening the five businessmen or hiring anyone else to do it. The names of the businessmen are being withheld to protect the identities of their wives, some of whom are alleged to be Ndlovu's victims. In the main affidavit before the judge, one of them, a Gillitts businessman, said they were all prominent members of the church and had, over the years, donated about R3-million to it. Ndlovu, he said, was the archbishop, also known as "the Prophet". Earlier this year, the youth leader, who is also one of the applicants, spoke out strongly against church members "who were aware of wrongdoings in the church" but had not revealed them. As a result of his preaching, he was approached by a number of women who reported that Ndlovu had coerced them into having sexual intercourse. "The general modus operandi was that he would tell them he needed to sleep with them to cure them. "If they did not consent then bad luck would befall their family," the man said. He added that over a period of time about 30 women came forward, including the wives of two of his co-applicants. When confronted by one of them, Ndlovu offered to pay compensation of R350 000 in "damages", pledging his vehicle as security. He said that the police were investigating seven complaints of rape and sexual abuse against Ndlovu. Ndlovu had subsequently laid unwarranted and malicious charges against three of the applicants. The man said they had discovered at a wedding last week that Ndlovu had hired Thulani Ndlovu to kill them. Thulani Ndlovu has submitted an affidavit confirming that he was approached by Christopher Ndlovu and offered a bottle store as reward for killing the men. However, he did not want to do it because one of them was his brother-in-law, he said. Their attorney, Kelvin Walker, told the Mercury on Friday that he had already arranged a meeting with a senior police officer to take the matter further. Ndlovu has until January 15 to file a notice of opposition to the interdict being made final.
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