Life has not been easy for Thabisa Ralawe ever since she
mustered up the courage to expose a controversial pastor for his alleged bogus
healing.
In an interview with Sowetan this week, Ralawe
said the past two years had been the most difficult part of her life after she
exposed shenanigans at the church and that she still lives in fear.
The pastor, whose passport shows a different name to the
one he is known by, is from Zimbabwe He publicly apologised to Ralawe on a
video which was posted on YouTube recently and which was also uploaded on his
Facebook page in which he admitted to performing fake miracles and running a
cult.
Th pastor shot to prominence with his miracle healing
performances, including of wheelchair-bound people, before Ralawe spilled the
beans. She had served as the church's public relations officer.
Referring to the apology, Ralawe said: "I don't take
his apology seriously as he did not look sincere. He was just smiling right
through the apology.
"When I asked him why he decided to apologise now,
which is two years later, he said he had repented and had to face God. The
apology was part of his journey. However, he failed to tell me what he was
apologising for."
She said over the two years since she exposed the pastor,
she had received death threats, had her car tyres slashed and lost income after
he allegedly accused her of being bitter for him turning down her sexual
advances. Ralawe denied the allegation.
"I received three-year contracts from different
nonprofit organisations for motivational talks and to empower girls and
divorced women. After the allegations... they pulled out because of
reputational damage."
Ralawe said her "problems started when I was
introduced to the church in June 2017".
"That is when I met him. He was being attacked on
social media about the seminar he was going to host to address single people
who did not want to abstain [from sex before marriage].
"I managed to calm the situation. That's when he
offered me a job as the church's PRO."
Ralawe said there was something that always bothered her in
the church during prophecies.
"He always wanted the congregation to close their eyes
but one day I decided to keep my eyes opened. That is when I discovered that
there were people guiding him to choose congregants he would prophesy about.
"He had a list of people with their professed problems
and he would pretend as if he was directed to a person by God.
"I also realised that he had a couple of actors from
different provinces. There was a girl from Durban who told the church her
tongue was cut by her baby daddy. She was given water to drink and immediately
she regained her tongue.
"There were many miracles that did not make sense and
I felt so bad to be part of the scam.
"I am trying to get my life together but at the moment
I feel that the police had failed me [and] the pastor has since moved from East
London."
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Khaya Tonjeni confirmed an
intimidation case was opened by Ralawe. "There are no arrests that have
been made and the investigation continues," Tonjeni said. Sowetan
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