{"id":13575,"date":"2021-08-18T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T12:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2021\/08\/18\/sexual-assault-charges-against-bishop-makamu-dropped\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T12:28:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T12:28:07","slug":"sexual-assault-charges-against-bishop-makamu-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2021\/08\/18\/sexual-assault-charges-against-bishop-makamu-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2021-05-20-at-10.48.45-780x470.png\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped\" is_main_img=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tie-icon-camera\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped. It looks like the worst is over for church bishop and TV presenter Bishop Israel Makamu after his sexual assault charges were dropped. The Sunday World  publication has reported that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) withdrew the prosecution against Bishop Israel Makamu on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane revealed the withdrawal\u00a0follows\u00a0a consultation session that was had with the complainant. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAfter careful consideration of all evidence and the mediation process between the complainant and Makamu, the NPA is convinced that the interest of justice dictates that prosecution no longer be pursued<\/em>\u201d she said<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Makamu\u00a0was recently accused of\u00a0sexual assaulting a female member and employee\u00a0from his Endless Hope Bible Church in Alberton. The accuser who was allegedly a teenager at the time opened a case against the Moja Love host on the charges of sexual assault, claiming that the Bishop made sexual advances at her.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Makamu was then arrested\u00a0and granted bail at the Palm Ridge Magistrates\u2019 Court of R2000 on May 26, 2021. This after a recording of the Bishop having a conversation with the complainant asking for sexual favours. The accuser also revealed that the Bishop has also on on one occasion called her during the night and touched her inappropriately then tired to kiss her. <\/p>\n<p>When the scandal came to light, the accuser and her father alleged that Makamu offered them hush money worth R1 000 000, but her father refused to take the money and demanded that the Bishop apologise for his inappropriate behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>In his defence, Makamu said that the recording was maliciously cut in a way that would damage his reputation and he is innocent. Moja Love then released a statement revealing their decision to temporarily relieve the Rea Tsotella host of his duties until further investigation of the case.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2\";\n\t\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped. It looks like the worst is over for church bishop and TV presenter Bishop Israel Makamu after his sexual assault charges were dropped. The Sunday World publication has reported that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) withdrew the prosecution against Bishop Israel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[161,163,162,165,164,160],"class_list":["post-13575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-assault","tag-bishop","tag-charges","tag-dropped","tag-makamu","tag-sexual"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2021\/08\/18\/sexual-assault-charges-against-bishop-makamu-dropped\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped Sexual Assault Charges Against Bishop Makamu Dropped. 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