Prayer can end mob justice,say pastors
Pastors in Bushbuckridge speculate that the recent mob incidents justice are a result of evil spirits.
MBOMBELA – An evil curtain has covered Bushbuckridge in the form of mob justice and only prayer has the power to destroy it.
This is according to several pastors around the area who claim that evil acts such as these were predicted long ago and they were now coming to pass.
These interpretations were sparked by the recent mob-justice attacks that claimed three lives in separate incidents.
In the first, the community of Saselani Village went on a rampage after a pregnant young woman was kidnapped, gang-raped and shot dead by five men.
The angry residents apprehended two of the suspects and beat one of them until he died and burnt the other to death.
Last Sunday a 27-year-old man was also beaten and burnt alive by the community of Shatale, approximately 15 kilometres from Saselani, after he killed a young woman for refusing to accept his love proposal.
It is alleged that the man asked the woman to be his lover and when she refused, he hit her with a stone on the head and she died on the spot.
The community then hunted the suspect down, cornered him and poured petrol all over him before setting him alight.
“The end is near and more evil is still going to transpire. It’s about time Christians claimed their position of praying to God to heal the land as it has been written in the Bible.
Unfortunately the government has no power to fix these kind of problems as they are too ‘spiritual’.
We as believers need to wake up, keep watch and pray,” said Past Aaron Mkhonto of Saselani.
“You’ll hear that there isn’t enough evidence to keep these vultures behind bars.
Some are given bail and the cases just disappear like nothing happened and we can’t go on like this.
We end up resorting to taking matters into our own hands,” said a resident from Saselani.
Executive mayor of the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality strongly condemned these acts, saying residents should have faith in the police and their ability to take action against criminals.
“We discourage community members from taking the law into their hands and allow the law to take its course.
They must work together with the police and community policing forums,” said Khumalo.
