'Go tell it on the mountain'

Mmegi correspondent GALE NGAKANE takes to the hills where he declines a drenching "in the name of the Lord," preferring to remain a passive witness to exorcism ... or claims of it.

FRANCISTOWN: People who tune in to Christian television channels associate the faith with preaching, but not healing, speaking in tongues, divination, or exorcising evil spirits.
South Africa has such a television channel called 'Divine Times' on which a lady pastor, Irene Tshifhiwa, extracts snakes, frogs, pieces of metal and other objects from the bodies of people who confess to being devil worshippers married to Satan himself with whom they leave undersea.

Another channel, also in South Africa, is that of Pastor Kobus. Here, bundles of crutches and fleets of wheelchairs are in full view as the preacher paces about, touching his 'patients' on the forehead and other places.

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