AdministratorWho owns KwaSizabantu mission?
Erlo Stegen
Erlo Stegen, founder and leader of the KwaSizabantu mission, at the 90th birthday function of IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi (left) and former president Jacob Zuma in 2018.
What is happening at KwaSizabantu?
In September 2020, News24 released an exposé alleging that Kwasizabantu is a cult with allegations from former members of abuse—including rape. This sparked an official, ongoing probe by KwaZulu-Natal local authorities.
How is the reputation of the KwaSizabantu KSB mission?
The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa said on Wednesday that the practices at KwaSizabantu Mission in KwaZulu-Natal were damaging the reputation of other churches. A number of allegations of human rights abuses and money laundering have been levelled at the mission in a News24 expose.
Who is Marietjie Bothma?
Marietjie Bothma, a woman who grew up at the controversial KwaSizabantu Mission, has implicated mission leader Erlo Stegen’s daughters in sexual abuse at the mission, in testimony before the CRL Rights Commission.
Where is KwaSizabantu company operating?
Kwasizabantu Mission (KSB) goes back a long way in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. It was founded in 1970 by South African evangelical and revivalist preacher Erlo Stegen. Built in a rural area on 540 hectares of land, it is one of Africa’s largest missions, with thousands of worshipers.
Who owns aQuellé water?
KwaSizabantu, a 50-year-old Christian mission in KwaZulu-Natal, founded by Erlo Stegen, owns the aQuellé sparkling water plant and supplies the bottled water to various retailers.
Why is Aquelle off the shelves?
Massmart on Tuesday suspended sales of the product following serious allegations against the owner of the branded water. Makro staff were seen removing the popular water brand aQuellé from shelves.
Who started aQuellé?
The mission, founded by Erlo Stegen, owns the aQuellé sparkling water plant and supplies the popular sparkling water to various giant retailers in the country. KwaSizabantu also owns Emseni Farming which supplies fruit and vegetables to retailers such as Woolworths, Checkers, Shoprite and Spar.
Who is Marietjie?
Marietjie Venter is professor in the Department of Medical Virology at the University of Pretoria, where she also heads the Zoonotic Arbo and Respiratory Virus, Centre for Viral Zoonoses.
Who owns valpre water?
The Coca-Cola Company
Valpre is a bottled spring water by The Coca-Cola Company available in South Africa. The brand is bottled in two forms, “still” and “sparkling”. Coca-Cola South Africa announced on the 12 October 2009 that it will establish a new Valpre Water Bottling plant in Heidelberg, Gauteng.
Who produces Aquelle water?
aQuellé is owned by Ekhamanzi Springs that is owned by the mission. When you drink aQuellé, you are directly contributing to the financial well-being of a “house of horrors”, as one of KSB’s survivors told News24 in our documentary, Exodus.
What is the best bottled water in South Africa?
PH BALANCE Mountain Falls is unique in that it is perfectly balanced at a pH7, regarded as the perfect natural water. A large percentage of bottled water in South Africa is well below pH7 at between 4.6 and 5.8, which is classified as 500 times more acidic than pH7.