Churches unite to pray against illegal activities

MBOMBELA – The provincial chapter of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) has joined the fight to restore sanity to one of the city’s notorious streets, Anderson, by organising a prayer session to rid it of prostitution and illegal drug trading.

This call was made by the organisation after numerous attempts by the security cluster in the province to intervene to stop the illegal activities in that street. They felt that as churches, they also need to have an input, and a Godly intervention could be the answer.

The prayer session will be held once a date has been set by all members of the Sacc. “Churches are quiet, we don’t say anything about the immoral activities that are taking place in Anderson Street in the CBD.

I believe that it’s about time that as churches, we stand together and confront the monster that is destroying the future of our children because if we are going to fold our arms and don’t do anything, we are not going to have good future leaders in the new generation,” said the Mpumalanga chairperson of SACC, Past Lucas Dlamini.

This comes after the organisation raised a serious concern regarding the illegal activities in this street even during broad daylight, such as prostitution and selling drugs which is allegedly destroying or killing many young people of the province.

“Our children are dying because of the bad things they are exposed to or doing in that street. We need to pray and ask for God’s intervention. There are evil spirits that have encompassed our children’s behaviour and focus in life and we can’t win this battle alone,” explained Dlamini.

It’s allegedly believed that foreigners from Nigeria are the masterminds behind these illegal activities, especially the selling or smuggling of drugs in the area.

“We’d like to call upon our brothers and sisters from our neighbouring countries to work hand in hand with us to implement a spirit of good citizenship and loyalty in embracing moral values,” he concluded.