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| File Photo: An undated photo of Prophet T. B. Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. |
There are people in South Africa who
do not want the Prophet T. B. Joshua to visit their country until they get a
satisfactory explanation about the collapse of a building which the SCOAN used
as guesthouse in which 84 South Africans perished, GRAPHITTI NEWS has gathered.
South African media report:
The South African government should
not issue a visa to Nigerian preacher TB Joshua, the ANC Youth League said on
Tuesday.
“TB Joshua should not be allowed to
come to South Africa until we know what happened to our fellow countrymen at
his church,” spokesman Bandile Masuku said in a statement.
“We will make sure we engage with
the department of international relations and co-operation to make sure they do
not issue him with a South African visa.”
Around 115 people, including 84
South Africans, were killed and dozens trapped when the multi-storey guesthouse
attached to the Synagogue Church of All Nations, run by Joshua, collapsed on
Friday, September 12.
Some 350 South Africans were thought
to be visiting the church, in the Ikotun neighbourhood of Lagos, at the time.
Joshua, one of Nigeria's best-known
evangelical preachers referred to by followers across the world as “The
Prophet” or “The Man of God”, on Sunday pledged to travel to South Africa to
meet the survivors and their families.
On Monday morning, a plane carrying
25 South Africans injured in the collapse arrived at the Swartkop Air Force Base
in Pretoria. Social workers received two South African toddlers, aged 18 months
and two years, orphaned by the collapse.
Another child, aged six, was also
part of the group of injured South Africans that arrived from Nigeria.
Acting Cabinet spokeswoman Phumla Williams said
the three children were in good hands.
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