
Promise Dlamini (45) from Jumpika area, allegedly approached
the girls’ parents and told them that the two were being troubled by evil
spirits.
Dlamini allegedly told his victims parents on different
occasions that he had powers to deliver them through prayer but could only do
so at his homestead.
One of the girls is aged 15 while the age of the other one
was not given but is also said to be a
minor.
Dlamini allegedly led the girls to his homestead and during
the night, he allegedly forced them to sleep in the same blankets with him.
He allegedly told the minors that he did not have enough
blankets for them to sleep alone.
Dlamini appeared before Lupane magistrate Mr Ndumo Masuku
last Thursday charged with one count of raping the 15-year-old girl.
Dlamini was not asked to plead to the charge and the
magistrate remanded him in custody to Thursday next week.
The other girl told police that she had consensual sex with
the pastor and he is yet to appear in court on charges of having sex with a
minor.
Mr Sanders Sibanda is representing the state. Chronicle
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