Bishop Zondo’s rape trial delayed again as cleric changes lawyers

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The rape and sexual assault trial of Bishop Stephen Bafana Zondo, which was scheduled to start in the high court in Pretoria on Monday, has been delayed again.

She claimed Zondo had repeatedly raped her in the 1980s in Sebokeng.

An indictment submitted to the court alleged that in May 2020 he had tried to bribe her into dropping the case with an offer of R25,000.Another was allegedly raped by Zondo at his church premises, while the others reported being raped in Evaton between 2013 and 2018. Bishop Stephen Zondo from Rivers of Living Waters Ministries. Archive imagevehemently denied the allegations since they surfaced, claiming there was a smear campaign aimed at discrediting his ministry.

Outside court on Monday, a handful of Zondo’s supporters demonstrated while carrying a large banner with the words “The church is under attack”. , where allegations made by former congregants of his church were to be heard. He took the matter to court but failed in his bid to interdict proceedings. The commission heard from several witnesses who not only accused the man of the cloth of sexual abuse, but also made allegations of philandering, witchcraft and financial misconduct against Zondo and the church.

 

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