She requested an e-hailing service from Pinetown to Umhlanga going to work. She unfortunately never arrived at our place of work. I waited for her arrival and she did not show up. Her WhatsApp last seen is 08:45 on Thursday 23 April 2026. No one has heard from her since. (2/3)
Today we commemorate 116 years since the Prophet Isaiah Shembe established the Nazareth Baptist Church which is more affectionately known as kwaShembe on 10 March 1910.
This is one of the first African Indigenous Churches in the SADC region. Its founder his holiness the Prophet Isaiah Shembe was a Messiniac figure who played a central role in the preservation of African Traditions and Culture.
At a time when the dominant political epoch of the time sought to eradicate all that is African, uMqaliwendlela went against the tide and taught Africans that there was nothing wrong with coming to God as an African, He taught that you did not need to adopt white customs to be closer to God.
For this reason, He can be viewed as one of the pioneers of Black Conciousness before it was defined as such by Steve Biko.
We celebrate the Prophet and his work along with all Shembe followers.