Celani Sikhakhane brings you KwaZulu-Natal’s latest news.
Inanda: Thousands of the Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church embarked on a 90km trip barefoot heading to the holy mountain of eKhanana for the January annual pilgrimage. The trip started on Sunday from Inanda near eKuphakameni where the church was originally formed in 1906. The journey which included the young and old church members is expected to take three to four days until they reach the mountain of eKhanana where they will spend weeks there. The barefoot holy journey is led by the church leader of eBuhleni Mduduzi Nyazilwezulu Shembe. Business is also booming for locals where the church members are passing by heading to the mountain as they buy food, water and other needs along the way as they pass through three municipalities day and night to get to the mountain which is north of Durban.
Margate: In the early hours of Monday, two suspects were killed when they engaged police in a shootout in the policing area of Margate in the Uvongo area near Port Shepstone on the KZN South Coast and five unlicensed firearms including two AK47 assault rifles were recovered. Police were acting on intelligence relating to individuals in possession of unlicensed firearms. Police officers approached the targeted house and announced their presence but there was no response from inside. The members entered the house and upon entering, the two occupants inside the house fired shots at the police. Police returned fire and two suspects were killed. Two AK 47 assault rifles were recovered as well as three pistols. No police officers were injured during the shootout.
Nquthu: Police investigation in Nquthu under the Search and Rescue Unit are still searching for the body of the cattle herder who was washed away by the floods into the uMzinyathi river over the weekend. It is understood that the cattle herder was looking for cows at kwaMalanga village in Nquthu, north of KwaZulu-Natal, when the floods caused by heavy rains swept him into the uMzinyathi River. This is the second incident that has happened after the Christmas holidays in Nquthu after another man was swept away while in a tractor by the floods on the local river of Nondweni. His body was found at White Umfolozi between Ulundi and Babanango three days later.
Pictured above: The leader of the Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church Mduduzi Nyazilwezulu Shembe of eBuhleni and KZN business man Prince Mabheka Rumlutchman led thousands of the Shembe Church to the eKhanana Mountain for January annual pilgrimage.
Image source: Supplied by the Shembe Church
