Shivambu’s Mayibuye consultation panel describes rape-accused Pastor Zondo as a community leader

JOHANNESBURG - Floyd Shivambu’s newly formed Mayibuye consultation panel has described multiple rape-accused Pastor Stephen Zondo as a community leader.

At a media briefing on Friday, Shivambu unveiled Zondo as part of Mayibuye’s leadership committee.

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Zondo is currently on trial for multiple sexual assault allegations and raping seven women from his congregation.

However, Shivambu said he had not been convicted of anything.

“He is a religious leader who has been leading for a very long time. He has been playing multiple leadership roles in his community and even in other organisations that we came from – he was coordinating an otherwise very large inter-religious movement. We did not make a mistake.”