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refused to show any of the money and could not even give proof as to what they had bought with Those who are banking on the purported the money. windfall of miracle money at Lambani for The origin of the bundles of cash that was their Christmas plans are in for a big letdown. displayed during the church service is not known The secret is now out - there is no miracle up to now. The police also do not have a clue money at Lambani. regarding the hundreds of thousands of rands In August this year, rumours spread like displayed during the church service. wildfire that a church in the area was praying for Many people, including religious leaders, have people and then they got “miracle amounts” of come out strongly against the “miracle money,” money in their bank accounts. saying it was misleading God’s people. Now People streamed from all corners of the coun- many have come out in the open and are alleging try to be the first to get the cash. Some even kept that the “miracle money” was just a scam by a vigil outside the pastor’s home to be the first the pastor and her spiritual father, Pastor Orbet ones to be prayed for. Muyanalo of Orbet Ministries. This paper ran a story of people alleged to Speaking in low tones, some of those who vishave received massive bank increases in their ited the church in August said they had lost a lot accounts. Some of those who allegedly got of money in the hope that they would get more hundreds of thousands in cash are said to have money in return. Ms Maria Mudau (not her real brought the money to the church for all to see name) said she visited the church after hearing of and that the pastor prayed for it. It was said to the miracle money over the radio. be happening at The Tower of Prayer Christian “I had to travel all the way to Lambani, which Centre in the village. is far from where I stay. When I arrived I found The church is under the leadership of Pastor many people from all over the area. They were Azwihangwisi Nemavhoyini, who is said to be all waiting for the pastor, who arrived very late. behind the miracle money. We were told to open our hearts and to hand over After intensive investigations in the communi- our old bank cards and cash in one plastic bag, ty, meeting the pastor who is alleged to be mak- so that they could pray for them. The money did ing “miracle money” and meeting people whose not come back and we were given our bank cards bank cards were prayed for, Limpopo Mirror can back and told to wait until the following Sunday. now safely say that there is no “miracle money” Till now, nothing has happened and my money at Ha Lambani. and my trust in the pastor are all gone. I just beNo one in the village is prepared to stand up lieve this was a scam as no other person received and testify that they got the “miracle money”. All any miracle money. This pastor is a con artist they are prepared to say is that the pastor is in the who should be exposed once and for all. She is best position to talk about the money. They also tarnishing the name of God for her greedy ends. By Elmon Tshikhudo
If there is any association for pastors, I just feel that they should blacklist her,” she said. Contrary to expectations, life has not changed for locals. They still have to endure poverty, even though rumours of the miracle money abound. A resident who preferred anonymity said: “We know this woman, she is a big liar. No one received any miracle money. You can see we are all suffering here and if there were any money, we would be the first to know,” she said. She said the pastor had marital problems and could not help others as she was failing to resolve her own. “This woman needs God. She needs help before she could make claims of miracle money,” she said. A few months ago, the pastor caused a stir when, live on the air, she said she regretted having accepted an invitation to feature on an SABC TV programme, because her husband phoned during the programme and said he condemned the claims of miracle money and that they were malicious. In our follow-up, Pastor Nemavhoyini, who had failed to provide any proof of people who got the money after promising to do so, was very hostile, saying that the paper had nearly destroyed her church. “You wrote a very malicious article and I want nothing to do with you,” she said. Subsequent enquiries to her were met with answers like ‘’Vha khou toda mini kha nne, a thi tsha amba na muthu,’’ which loosely translates into ‘’what do you want from me, I am no longer speaking to people’’, before she hung up the phone.
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