CYRIL VULA CHURCH GATES! 24 January 2021
Comments A pastorprays for the unbanning of churches at Church Square in Tshwane on Friday. Photo by Karabo Rammutla.
PASTORS want President Cyril Ramaphosa to lift church closures in seven working days or face court.
Pastors met at Church Square in the Tshwane CBD on Friday, 22 January under the banner Pastors Against Church closure.
They prayed under police guard before 10 of them were taken to the Union Buildings to deliver a memorandum.
Spokesman Pastor Moafrika Maila said the closure affected pastors financially, but that wasn’t the main reason for the protest.
“People who work in churches such as gardeners, cleaners and workers are also suffering. Our members are still faithful with their tithes and offerings but other people are suffering.”