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Ex-QDMS<\/p>\n

Late Nazareth Church leader Vimbeni Shembe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church, also known as Shembe, knew their new leader would be anointed at a meeting held on the south coast, the Durban High Court heard on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went to the meeting in April, I knew the leader of the church would be anointed, but I was expecting it to be Mduduzi Shembe,\u201d church member Wiseman Dladla said.<\/p>\n

A leadership dispute in the Shembe Church arose in April with the death of Vimbeni Shembe, the leader of the church’s largest faction.<\/p>\n

Last month, the court heard that \u00c4 according to a will \u00c4<\/p>\n

Vimbeni chose his cousin Vela Shembe as his successor.<\/p>\n

However, senior leaders of the church want Vimbeni’s son Mduduzi to take the reins.<\/p>\n

A recording of a DVD taken during a meeting where it was believed Mduduzi was anointed as the leader of the church was played in court.<\/p>\n

Dladla spoke of the manner in which Mduduzi Shembe carried himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Mduduzi departed from the house as he was going to the temple, members of the church kneeled and praised him saying Amen. You are the holy one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mdudu wore a hat, shoes and a gown at the meeting.<\/p>\n

Dladla told the court that only a leader of the church would be allowed to wear those items.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was clear that he 1\/8Mduduzi 3\/8 had been directed to be the leader of the church.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DVD also showed Reverend Mbongwa Nzama telling church members that the court had brought an interdict against Mduduzi and that the anointment ceremony would not take place.<\/p>\n

Dladla said that when Chief Mqoqi Ngcobo announced Mduduzi as the leader, he expected him to say he had been instructed by Vimbeni to make the announcement.<\/p>\n

He said he accepted the Vimbeni’s lawyer Zwelabantu Buthelezi’s announcement of Vela Shembe as his successor, because he had said \u201cthe Lord has said\u201d.<\/p>\n

After the lunch adjournment, Mduduzi came to court for the first time.<\/p>\n

The matter continues on Thursday, December 08, 2011. – Sapa<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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