SOUTH AFRICA
News 24
Dumisane Lubisi
Friday. The scene: Port Elizabeth Magistrates’ Court.
Inside, televangelist Timothy Omotoso is appearing on charges of human trafficking after a number of women made allegations that the pastor had sexually abused them.
But the real scene to watch is outside, where two groups are gathered.
One is demanding that Omotoso should not get bail because of the alleged crimes he committed.
The other, made up mainly of women and members of his church, has come to defend the pastor.
The posters they hoist say it all: “Let them talk daddy, they know nothing”; “Tim Omotoso my father”; “Omotoso Nation Aisijiki”.
This jarring show of support for the oppressor by the oppressed has played itself out before.
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