Pastor Mboro's church burnt to ashes in Katlehong
By Nkululeko Khanyile
Published on 2024-08-06 14:00:00
Johannesburg,South Africa
Angry young people in schools uniforms across Katlehong has gathered at the premises of the Incredible Happenings Church and set alight that establishment to ashes on Tuesday morning.
Dozens of young people wearing different schools uniforms appeared in videos that are circulating online busy torching property of the Incredible Happenings Church which is situated in Katlehong.
That incident happens in the absence of Paseka Motsoenoeng known as Pastor Mboro who is the owner of that church which was burnt to ashes.
Pastor Mboro which was arrested on Monday night after he stormed in the local school accompanied by men armed with a gun and pangas on Monday afternoon.
The South African Police Service(SAPS) confirmed on Tuesday morning that four people who were involved in an intimidation and violence at Katlehong got arrested on Tuesday night.
Police said the four were arrested last night and will appear in the Palm Ridge court in due course.They are facing a variety of charges including assault,handling a firearm recklessly that could endanger lives and property,rendering security services while not registered,malicious damage to property and intimidation.
According to police statement,the replica firearm and the pangas have since been confiscated.One of the suspects was arrested for assaulting the Station Commander at Katlehong North police station when a group of people were demanding to deal with the local Pastor outside the police station.
The Department of Education in Gauteng has condemned violent incident which happened inside the premises of Matshidiso Primary School yesterday afternoon.
The department said according to a preliminary report at our disposal,a conflict between two families over the custody of the boy learners enrolled at the school,in Grade RR and Grade 2 has been escalating.It is said that the mother of the children passed away in April this year,leading to a dispute between the paternal and maternal sides of the family.
The department in the province has clarified that the father of these two boys had a fruitless meeting with the school principal and that led a violent situation.
"On the day of the incident,the father of the children had a meeting with the principal in the morning.Later in the day,the maternal grandmother,who is the alleged guardian of the children,also met with the principal as well to report and inform him about a conflict that occurred during a meeting held over the past weekend at the house of the paternal grandfather,who is the famous South African pastor.
"Following this,the Deputy Principal and some staff members refused to release the children without the grandmother's permission.This led to the pastor arriving at the school with bodyguards and weapons.
The incident unfolded on Monday afternoon after school when the father of the children came to fetch them,accompanied by two men,one of them being the pastor-who was armed with two pangas while the other carried an assault rifle.Teachers,acting on the alleged instructions from the grandmother,tried to prevent the father from leaving the school premises with the children.In response,the brandished a panga threateningly at the teachers allowing the father to leave with the children,"the department added.