ZCC members in near fist fight
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
ZCC members
The ‘abominable’ incident happened on Saturday morning at the church’s Aerodrome branch and was caused by the decision of the church leadership to merge branches in Botswana. According to media reports, the decision to merge the church branches was reached in March at Palapye.
A letter from Moria dated April 7, 2017, confirms that the decision was reached in Palapye on March 11, 2017. It read that the church accepted the suggestion by pastors and the Zion Christian Church Consensus Building and Mediation Team (CBMT) to merge the ZCC branches in Botswana, according to media reports. When Mmegi arrived at the scene on Saturday, minutes after the argument had dissipated, members of the two feuding factions could be seen standing outside the church premises that were locked.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...