Batswana escape TB Joshua disaster

A guesthouse for international visitors within TB Joshua’s sprawling Synagogue Church of All Nations compound in Lagos collapsed on Friday with scores of worshippers feared trapped, injured or dead. While Nigerian officials put the death count at “over 40”, the South African government said 67 South Africans alone were confirmed dead.

Although reports circulated that two Batswana who witnessed the disaster were returning home yesterday, a Mmegi check of the Sir Seretse Khama Airport’s turned up nothing. “Between yesterday and today, there have not been any arrivals from Nigeria,” said an Ebola health-screening official.