SOAN:TB Joshua faces South African lawsuit

Leader and founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, TB Joshua, could be facing a lawsuit from bereaved relatives of South African worshippers who died at his guest house building which collapsed over two weeks ago. Religious leader and claimed faith healer, TB Joshua, is not very popular with South Africans right now.Calls for the leader’s prosecution and appeals to ban Joshua from visiting the country have circulated on social media.

Now, the brothers of two women who died in the tragedy are calling for other bereaved to join them in launching legal action against Pastor Joshua.On September 12, 115 people – including 84 South Africans – lost their lives when a multi-storey guest house belonging to his church collapsed and was reduced to a pile of rubble.

Thanduxolo Doro and Mpho Molebatsi waited at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport for days after the collapse for news of their sisters, who had been visiting SCOAN.

“It is not that the building collapsed, rather what was done after the collapse – we didn’t get any news from the church,” Mr Doro, whose sister Vathiswa Madikiza died, told the BBC.

“When I contacted them they wouldn’t tell me anything. We saw reports that emergency workers were denied access initially, access that could have saved lives. The actions of the church after the incident are very telling,” he said.

“I need to do this for her. Even if I stand alone, I am determined to see that something is done,” he told the BBC.

“I understand that some families are afraid to take on someone who purports to be God’s messenger and I don’t blame them but I will do this.” Some 25 survivors of the collapse are continuing to receive medical care following their return to South Africa.

Officials say 16 of the wounded are in critical condition, with some having had limbs amputated and other complications.

Source: http://thisisafrica.me/

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