Judgment reserved in Shembe leadership succession case
iStock The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a case concerning the leadership succession in the Shembe Church. The applicants wanted leave to appeal the whole judgment and order of the Supreme Court of Appeal. They argued a trust deed would allow them to make a choice which would go before a committee to decide on a leader. The case concerning the leadership succession battle in the Nazareth Baptist Church, also known as the Shembe Church, at Ebuhleni is back in the spotlight, this time in the Constitutional Court. Mduduzi Shembe, the son of the late leader Vimbeni Sh...