the same 60 minutes on d, w 4, we say they're never giving up every weekend on d. w. the hello and welcome to another edition of the 77 percent. you already know, this is the show dedicated to africa is youth. who are the majority on the continent? i am your host, eddie micah, julia. you can all ready go on your knees and say a prayer because we're going to talk about religion. religion can be a waiting for people to seek solutions. so find in that piece. when life hits them with so many challenges,

but some preachers can exploit this. let's find out. and new episode of our series dig into the we investigate the phenomenon of faith past this . we use god, read on the gospel to manipulate and exploits vulnerable. people. now show by hands, if you've said a prayer today, i'm going to show most of you raise your hands and that's no surprising because religion please in major role in many african societies, religion can be simply described as a system of faith and worship, where people communicate with the spiritual power or powers by fig prophets and the number i call churches continue to flourish by taking advantage of barble people. in south africa, we expose some of the most heinous, sexual offenders in the countries of recent history, who commits crimes in the name of god. these go to kind of time when for

us to process, we advise that statements that prefer to statement is happening now. right in front of the bible seas said you positions and give to the poor in recent to you as a was a self proclaimed prophets of come to deceive. the full was and cherish wadley positions . will continue to be on each one thing. it will be multi millionaires will continue to be multi billionaires and will continue to preach of jesus who died on the cross was fucking miracles and prophecies post as a lowering costs of believe us into the charges to save from the money and abuse them all to leave a life of luxury the it has it has broken, right? this whole experience we came up every day. ok, at least the church and i'm not we don't,

we approach on the church mafia is out to destroy you live. the only one that was really perfect. oh yeah, no, no. this is what they do. the false prophets are everywhere, but the victims also unites an ton against them. time to say share is on the does not go into charges anymore. too painful of the memories for these interview, however, she agrees to meet in one close to a home in your hands. back of the gifted single vividly remembers all she and the young girls were lou. it like gospel music to join a congregation close to the home called the jesus dominion international church.

i think that's for me. that's what gripped me into the church. i always loved music . god wanted to be a singer. for as long as i, you know, could read and, and just hearing them and how the saying they sounded like angel timothy, almost also the touch found setup a single gospel plaid god buttons of the he met sunday on the left. in this for quoting a lead singer, she moved to the touch of drones together. we talked to the young women. they believed these to be this type of this thing. 3 is just to realize that most of those really intentions, fungible and away from the friends and findings. the process started to sexually abuse them when he rips only for the 1st time. she is a mind, i'm convinced that the past couple months have been to the powers that can destroy the what he said to me was that, you know,

i was, i was 14. so if, if i told anyone, you know, the man of god could be facing jail time, which is something that cannot happen. he, he told me that this was to be covenants between himself, myself and god. and that if, if i were to tell anyone i would be breaking the covenant and the punishment for breaking a covenant was death. so it was a sunday finished on the recordings from the time we see each other is only putting off a smile for the cameras. in reality though, she was caught in a web of fear and intimidation. we'd have to ment, underwood ever more, goes into his scheme zone. do finally must a distant to speak to her mother will help heart to flee the charge and go to the police in 2017 special forces of police, arrested him. what also of the airport before he could escape to he was nothing

major. yeah. the 1st witness gave a herring testimony of her paws to timothy on the toaster. and they just be 60 violated her. at the age of 14, he is elia. the biggest lie that he's ever told was that he's a man of good, or he is an abuse. he is a pretty tough. he does not care about other people's feelings. he is not sophistic and the world revolves around him. it's not talked about enough how. like a survivor has to do so much work to literally close themselves out of this image, this survive or this victim image and all the expectations that come with it off the telling your story. who isn't as much as you supported? yes. you're also some of punished for telling a story by society. now, all of

a sudden you countries, so certainly now it was a sudden you can't, you can't be a sexual person because how, how else can you be a sexual person? if you are 60 assaulted a group testimony in cottage, many victims to speak out, an almost also is cutting to the 1st thing $63.00 times as a fripp human trafficking on record tearing. but soon these troubles of, for, from over police intelligence from a higher security, please on informed to that keep them in what's offered a bone to on head you know, this is a very sad story that evokes a lot of anger. now, while the case is still pending, the glimmer of hope is that past that one more to so has been behind boss for almost 6 years. he's being charged with rape, record sharing, and human trafficking. we'll get back to that story soon. but 1st, we have to say such a big past is not only in south africa,

the most perfect and prophecies fucking points and gun. um yeah. very privileged, very elections, web protest claim to new outcomes gullible for the west. also, consequently, get you with some preachers location are they prosecute, say, when the victims reports to the police with freedom of worship and train and guidance goes through the same. these are remain a sensitive, long list of theme of crumbling down our religious right. the 1st preference no does not use people's respect for religion. about 20 yards. it go is called to the convinced is follow us up to us taking them to heaven. one evening he reported to get them in a church, a bunch of him. about 700 people died. did they come to my 2nd today was to have this sort court meant of god's claiming supernatural powers from

predicting for to vote on election results to claiming to cure diseases. like cons, there's tell evangelists allegedly paying people to pretend that they've been healed. this past was asking people to send the money at every opportunity and or recent tragedy spots. an outcry as follows, of a pastor at tennis coast stopped himself to death. in the hope of redemption, kenya has in the past taken steps to regulate some of the churches, but nobody really wants to meddle with were that just freedom. but when tragedy strikes, it's a wake up call and most churches don't want this happening and they want sadie, it's really happening all across the continent. have you heard about such fake passed the incidents in your area? so i'll start with us and we're not going to talk. the name about channel is dw underscore the 77 percent. so hey, feel free and connect with us on that thoughtful fall. let's get back to the issue of faith passed as committed crimes. a case in kenya,

i sent chills down the spines of many. let's find out more. on the flip side, when you are at the low points in your life, any form of head can be very enticed. in kenya, for instance, it goes to the preacher reports in the to it is pull us to fast on to meet jesus is victim stuff today and that starts to quote, for $32.00 preachers come on cost africa and then lucky claims i live in catastrophic consequences. behind so is it time to stump the welcome to the flip side, because in kenya, it's not an isolated one. this preacher through this comes with guns around us cause people to eat grass racks. and before you totally show us, the liquid we met, at least is just endless. but what's all it is for just having

come on is that the place have an was in the appreciate. some people capitalize one text or screenshot it, they use it to money to late people and they used to explain to people's emotions into exploits people's needs. some of these creatures remote shy away from this claim, the extreme was wide, difficult condition language in abject poverty. in some cases they would use the elite is in an extreme is in so that the need of a seem to have direct contact god and therefore whatever the safeguards and therefore whatever they say courthouses and then people just do whatever these toner funded fixed. you need to know the differences between the gospel according to jesus christ and this new so called trust. very to go to the help people say because of all of your needs, come to jesus, give me all your money and then you'll get health and work ethics training as it gets a 2nd hold on because of all the because all the partners that kind of be sold well

best of ourselves to death. so it's clear that from start to preaching is, quote, is what the main question is. a soul plus birds pretend be stopped. and the original gospel of christ being for the best. initially, the judge party that understands, don't treat another way to prevent this from happening is not clear to speak so far to possibly independent religious bodies. quotes the quotes is in, in the range of under less government. i'm really just bodies. oh, it's the washer us to protect them from his 1st period to purchase. that has been the flip side. thanks blue out for that. one thing is for sure. that should be a way to protect vulnerable people. for sparts and preachers are quite coming across the continent back inside africa, we look at how some past is a finding sneaky ways of an origin themselves. on

the sunday morning in the old coast of pretoria members of jesus nation together to prepare for their weekly songs, many of them praying to one prophet ship that we should be weas. affectionately referred to as mid to one. what's your claim? see? can q a heads a v and even make people wealthy? however, such miracles come with a cost concrete guns bring them cash. cellphones and other valuables hoping for the profit to provincial deadlines. the that'd be the end of

the properties. no, we have to be phone except smiling from a pasta machine is on the run, wanted full fraud and money laundering. the people give the cause. patients and education funds and lost everything. it went to 19, the profit was arrested out on pain. however, he money to free the country. meanwhile, he's touched, remains active in south africa, written by trusted left nuns. as here in pretoria, the the congregation moved inside. well bond is warming up, the believe us. there are also allegations that will she to use discharge to groom young women for sexual relationships and fretting those who dare to speak count. to

day pasta, my ballooned, one of which is beautiful. sounds mix of prophecy for a young woman desperately trying to find a job, the up to the prophets, to be charge of members to call to envelopes with money, which they hand over to the pasta. we are not allowed to feeling that

despite the allegations of fraud on sexual assault against their touch, lita, many congregants to fiercely defend him. the people, the greek mental and nobody or the front of my life. just listen to my life. well, my kid is real human, right? i appreciate it. i have the all my life. so whatever mucho and the dog do, you know if the word doesn't forgive him, hey, good. the good. so little nations believes that a comfortability must come before forgiveness the johns, but best journalist who regularly expose it suddenly just comments like, what's your, your on tv, on these blog, uncle solomon has become one of the most vocal up. what and so friendly. just tell our tons in south africa,

this is about the church. this is about the atrocities that are happening by the church for me to buy a few. a people called preference to that non profit scaffold perfect because they keep taking a bunch of people that use women. they take money from people who get smart, intelligent, and very good sales people. because they have anything to you. you just need to package yourself very well, put on a time a suit and have a way that you can speak with a tara to get a place, the social media long, some, some cars, and all that. speak the right deceitful language. but the problem is beek on the problem is not limited to south africa. washrooms or receive calls for help from across the continent. recently received a message from a young woman in levels. what last thousands of euros to a prophet test named your message, you must see thanks to items encouragement. the young woman went to the police and opened the case against the massey was no wanted by the authorities.

today i shall just following up on the case a to b. c. because i've seen since he's been arrested. what are the police say, you know, because she has a court case and hopefully some sort of just gonna come the new place i moved to i was to disclose my address was there might be sold to some people watching me or something like that. yeah. so even though you must see is not in police, custody of victims may still be a true false prophets like cough, often operate as a part of a criminal syndicates with henchmen whose job is to intimidate on spread fia

washrooms knows that from a personal experience. some of these people came to my house in the night 3 times and attracting my wife. course nothing to do with it were coming to kill you. what children and the sad part of it is. no one is doing much body. we have say we kind of nice way to live say state time to play nice is it's time for us to set this up is that's right. we all have a road to play in stopping feet past this for me using and abusing people. people like to comb financing from move well, we had at the end of the report having trying to draw attention to the problem. but there is constant of position. so low in 2017 for quite

us each of the former comfortable rights and language commission. i investigated all criminal organizations, what operating full charges she interviewed, hundreds of touch leaders and victims under recommended ways to establish profile of a site. report was ignored by political leaders and ultimately cost it. and when i was a little of a huge jump, the deputy president said she is staring up too much trouble. yes. a, it's a, it's a seller's problem. is this a sad problem, but it's unfair putting it to kind of problem. because to find that when those 10 free elections, for instance, sets in political decide to go to this searches looking for, for you kind of step that's a system. it's a nice the closest to your watching did up your news. these are life pictures being brought across from

caliber effect to him and foreign minister. i don't, you know, bad bulk is about to speak. that's just a very good evening. the events and the 7th of october i 80 a month ago over a month ago. and the images that i've seen a ones that i would never be able to get rid of my, the bodies of women, children, young people who were not just murdered in an apartment of the way, but in a most cruel manner were also mutilated and deprived of dignity, these are images and therefore brutality seem to have no, and now everyone in israel is impacted on by this

one way or another and the suffering of people who have lost relatives is terrible as is those who don't know what's happening to people who have been kidnapped, not to mention all of the rack and the science that are being fired off, how much continues to have over $200.00 innocent people in the power children or people women of attempted to gaz every hour every day, every night that these people are going through is something we cannot imagine, not least for children, they must be released immediately without any conditions. once

again, i expressed my on wavering stall, a de solidarity with israel, and that of germany are astounded. derek is not just express aptitude and outwards in a policy. it also expressed in the cooperation projects we have for overcoming trauma or involvement in the rebuilding of destroyed keep would seem because life in these places are must return. and i set my as ranges counterparts that i have spoken with various different partners, a region as well, and talked about that with him because the world is looking at this more. that is the way of didn't want. it was triggered by the atrocious attack of how much one israel has to wage in order to protect it. people and these are just

a met desire that israel has life and then right as we have to defend their people is something that is being abused by how my, who is using people as human shields and all the same. there is a commitment to international humanitarian law which protects civilians and they're very clear guidelines for protecting them. on the one hand visit sodium population must be protected and there needs to be a distinguishing between civilian and military goals. at every moment there must be a balancing between a military targets and a means used to achieve them because one thing is for sure the response to the question of how israel is proceeding and gaza is also something that will impact

on the long term security of israel as i made clear to my arab partners whom i spoke to, i said it with israel, it is about security has not developed revenge. i have also said that to my is really friends, that deep friendship is based on doing everything we can as jeremiah need to ensure that israel can protect it is going to by the and the security of israel is something that is very important for us all the same we are pushing for humanitarian pauses in the fight. and have said that you, many, cherry and pauses inside must be implemented quickly and must be expanded because the humanitarian situation, particularly in north gaza, is

a disaster. and that the suffering must be used in ramallah. i spoke to family members who are also grieving for the people. they have lost their families who were completely buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings. children who are in hospitals, but because there is no few and no oxygen, these injured children cannot be health. we say is there is concern was that every truck that drives into guys that is a security risk. and this is why we have offered specific help to ensure that trucks trained to go into the guys that can have security checks even faster. and we've talked about other ways in means of helping this happen. because every medical kid, every bottle of water, all of this is so urgently needed by everyone in gaza when i was in the west bank.

i also spoke to the foreign minister and we have agreed that it is crucial that it be understood that west bank must not be dragged in to this world pool of violence. and i expressed my deep concern to my as randy friends about the legal settlements of his release. and the urgency of attaching this question is greater than efforts. we also must condemning the strongest possible terms, the violence of his randy, settlers. it cannot be that the situation here is made even worse. the palestinian aust, funding me must receive all of the money that has been sent to it by international donors, theatres of palestinians, of being driven away from the land and expropriate to do some things that i spoke

of just as i condemned on my left terrorist attacks and pushed for non violent protests because even in the worst possible hour of this crisis, we have to think long term. and we have to think about what is going to happen afterwards. and whatever happens after which will only succeed in both sides work together clearly, how much must the come back to. there cannot be any further risk of terrorism from guys or for israel. however, there cannot be any occupational reduction of territory expulsion of colors during the storm. gaza, a solution cannot be made at the expense of the positives without the investment at the end of the day. we have to think back to the 2 state solution because this is the honor sustainable option that will give peace and security for both is rarely and palestinians. the only way this can be guaranteed the bridge heads on both

sides of clearing are recognizable herculean task. now is to build a bridge between the 2 bridge and we will need everyone involved, everyone who believes in peace and security once that for their own children. for that we will need everyone, not least, a willingness to strive for this and by society. so it will be meeting a jewish and, and is really who are pushing or reconciliation even though both of them have personally suffered from the of terrorist attacks. and how much and their commitment salesman, with humility and makes me believe that piece in the future is possible even if it seems a long way. thank you very much. we

have heard that in gaza, they are bashed us around the hospitals there. have you spoken with your is really colleagues about the barrels that are happening right near hospitals and impacting on them august, keep this kind of there is no simple response to this complex situation individually. that's why i have referred to the specificities of humanitarian law. that's a beautiful, it is clear that protection of a civilian population and the decisions as one of you might be dug of your life, military and military goals like, you know, i per severely item protections are ones that have to be factored in. people as best as possible, every minutes is one or 2 and this means that special location is offer such as far as to home. they are going for content and soon i print out a text message,

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