By Falles Kamanga
The public has, in the past three weeks, seen a flurry of bad, inaccurate, one-sided, hateful, disdainful and vile articles and headlines against Prophet Shepherd Bushiri published, mostly, by City Press Newspaper.
Most of these stories, not all of them, have been written by a female reporter for City Press Newspaper named Ntombizodwa Makhoba [who I will call Ntombi].
Let me make it clear.
Prophet Bushiri—due to the accident that happened at his church and, also, his arrest—has been a hot news topic lately. The question, then, could be: Why is my article centered on City Press Newspaper only and, specifically, on a reporter called Ntombi?
Well, the answer is simple: I have done my analysis of how different media houses have been covering Bushiri and I have noted something sinister with City Press and specifically Ntombi.
From January to date, City Press has done several articles attacking Bushiri’s persona and character and below is what I have noted:
- None of their articles has a voice of Bushiri in it. As honest, fair and balanced journalism demands, City Press makes a series of accusations of Bushiri without even thinking of getting his side of story. Is this journalism?
- In all their stories, they make outlandish accusations of Bushiri using faceless and nameless sources. All their sources are anonymous. Is this journalism?
- In some of their stories, they go as far as cropping Bushiri’s pictures, putting him with people he wasn’t with, just to make their story real. Is this journalism?
- In other stories about ECG church, they always twist facts to ensure that it is not the story of the church, but Bushiri. Even in an incident involving two ECG members somewhere in Ndola, Zambia, or Lephalele in Limpopo, they will blame and accuse Bushiri for it. Is this journalism?
- In another story, done by Ntombi, she is accusing Bushiri of deterring her to get into Malawi to find out more about Bushiri. She writes in her article that she went to Malawi and immigration officials there sent back because she did not meet requirements to enter Malawi. How does that become a Bushiri issue? And is this journalism?
The question one would ask why is City Press and its Ntombi do all this against Bushiri? Or what has Bushiri done to City Press and its Ntombi to deserve such an apparent campaign to destroy his name and the ministry he founded and heads?
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To get to the core of this, one needs to understand what City Press Newspaper is, what does it stands and what has always been their mission as a newspaper.
City Press Newspaper is run by Media24, a print media arm of the South African media company Naspers. Naspers is an ALL-WHITE OWNED, broad-based multinational internet and media group headquartered in South Africa, offering services in more than 130 countries. Through Media24, Naspers do not just own City Press. They also own other South Africa’s key media houses such as News24, Daily Sun, Netwerk 24 and BloedNews.
Besides that, Naspers also have a bigger stake in another ALL-WHITE OWNED media company in South Africa, Tiso Blackstar Group. Tiso Blackstar Group owns several South Africa’s media houses such as the Sunday Times, Business Day, Sowetan, Daily Dispatch, Sunday World, Times LIVE, 702, Eye Witness News and Cape Radio.
From this, what you are getting is that CITY PRESS is just one of the many mouthpieces of what, in South Africa, is known as the WHITE MONOPOLY CAPITAL (WMC)—a grouping of a handful rich and powerful white businessmen who, through their larger stake in different major companies, controls the entire economy of South Africa.
In other words, the fight here is not necessarily between City Press and Bushiri. Rather between WMC and Bushiri. City Press has just been chosen as a trusted errand boy, with Ntombi on the front, to carry out their master’s mission.
Now, you need to understand that the agenda of WMC is two-fold: One, to maintain the ALL-WHITE OWNED grip on South Africa’s economy; and two, destroy any attempt by a successful black person to have too much unifying influence on the black community.
Now here is why WMC isn’t comfortable with Bushiri.
Bushiri is a young man born with a gift of success. At 36, he has chalked an enviable business success and, most importantly, he has built a reckoned spiritual empire that is unifying black people under the roof of his word and influence.
What WMC doesn’t like about Bushiri is not necessary his success in business and in the ministry. Their greatest fear is that Bushiri is an independent force unifying black people under his influence. They know he has the power, just at the stroke of his word, to direct black people towards a direction that would shake the foundations of WMC. Are you getting the point there?
WMC controls black people, just like apartheid days, by keep them divided, by making them hate each other, yes, by ensuring that black don’t have a common position on issues.
Bushiri’s capacity to attract and speak to more than 60 000 people every week, and even more than that through his media, is a pressing threat to WMC’s goals of keeping black people divided.
This is the main reason WMC, through its errand boy City Press, are on a well-funded grand scheme to dirten and tarnish his image so that black people see him as a problem, not a solution.
And Ntombi is one on the frontlines!
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14 responses to “Why City Press Newspaper’s reporter Makoba wants to destroy Prophet Bushiri’s Ministry”
Do you call this article of yours journalism or you are just defending your god bushiri? If he is so powerful just keep quiet and let him defend himself unless he pays you to be his puppet.
It is people like you who are making our profession a joke. Since when do ‘journalists’ use their emotions to report on matters? This article does not qualify to be called a news article.
I fail to understand the motive behind publishing such a n article, and I don’t know why it only hit home when the fellow journalist reports about Bushiri.
Journalism is not an emotional game, it is based on facts and only facts. Not what you as a person think of Bushiri and his ‘business success’.
We need not to attach race or nationality on this matter and argue like adults who are not only analysing issues from one side (the side that we are forced to know).
He is called Chipiliro Gama not all that prophet nonsense
There is nothing like wanting to destroy Bhushiri. God is exposing all these false prophets. Ntombi is not the only person denied entry because of Bhushiri. There’s a guy in Zambia who is till today can’t enter South Africa to collect his money from Bhushiri. If Bhushiri is innocent why not allowing the guy to come in. Because he has money to buy everyone does not mean his money can buy the truth. The truth will set all of us free one day. If he has brainwashed those in his church, it doesn’t mean he has brainwashed all of us sorry. You are prepared to sell your government just to gain what he is giving you. It’s a shame.
Well said, they must leave the man of God alone, only the Spiritual mature will agree with you Gloria, but the spiritually blind and deaf will not.
Well said, only the Spiritual mature will agree with you Glory but the spiritually blind and deaf will not.
City press has been here in South Africa for ages.before bushiri even know what South Africa look like.it cannot change know because bushiri is the so called prophet.
What is bushiri Daniel Monyela, he is called Prophet Shepherd Bushiri (a man of God)
I agree with you this is a brave young reporter
What does ALL-WHITE OWNED media company in South Africa has to do with this, if it is not xenophobia, it must be racism. What is wrong with you African people? As if all Chipiliro-The Black Jesus stories coming out of MALAWI are positive, simply check reports coming out of Malawi Independent and Nyasa Times.
The divide and RULE strategy was successfully used by the apartheid regime for a particular period of time, it did not last forever. It will not work this time, all your lies and transgressions against the people of South Africa will eventually be exposed and I assure you PRISON is your only final destination.
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What kind of journalism is this, if at all? Stupidity at its best. Ntombizodwa Makhoba is a brave woman who is trying to perform her duties, and people like you Author are the devils trying everything in their power to make certain that she does not succeed.
Leave her alone please, allow her to enter your beloved Malawi and report on your beloved Chipiliro-The Black Jesus.
I have noticed that most are threated by the success and the boldness of this man Prophet shepherd bushiri. He was umdermined by many as he started with the ministry and now the fact that he has risen against all odds and has a very powerful courage to take on every oppurtunity and turn challenges to stepping stones for his advantages has created a lot of fear to many. He seems to have nothing breaking him so far that one would wonder how does he do this.. Anyways God has given him so much wisdom
Its true Gloria,if this was done by white person from america,there won’t be any comment,that is why in South Africa when a white men come they he’s an investor bit when a black man comes he’s a kwerekwere