Kwasizabantu

Kwasizabantu (also KwaSizabantu, Kwa Sizabantu, KSB) is a non-denominational church that reaches out to people of all racial and cultural groups to bring a message of repentance and hope, as well as providing spiritual guidance, educational support and counselling. The KwaSizabantu ministry originated in South Africa, but has grown to include centers in several countries. [1] Some other organisations which started out of the work at KwaSizabantu are the Cedar International Academy (previously, Cedar College of Education) and Domino Servite School. Most Sunday services and other important events conducted at KwaSizabantu Mission are video live-streamed. Previous events are available in English, isiZulu, German and French on the Mission KwaSizabantu Livestream channel.

History

Kwasizabantu Mission was founded in 1970 by Erlo Hartwig Stegen (born in 1935 near Durban). Stegen had been a travelling evangelist among the Zulu population of Natal since the 1950s up to 1970. In 1966-67, Stegen's efforts culminated in a revival, accompanied by mass conversions and miraculous healings. In 1970, its base was established at a place called KwaSizabantu (Zulu for "the place of help for people," or "the place where people are helped"). This became the ministry's eponym.

This mission station is situated on a farm of 550 hectares between Greytown and KwaDukuza (also known as Stanger) in KwaZulu-Natal, and is currently one of the largest and most successful mission stations in Africa.[2] The Mission has a few non-profit initiatives, as well as some successful commercial enterprises which fund its activities.

One of the non-profit initiatives is Radio Khwezi, a community radio broadcasting station which started broadcasting in 1995.[3] Radio Khwezi is available in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands region on FM 90.5 and 107.7 and is available worldwide through live streaming on the Internet. Radio Khwezi broadcasts a variety of programs aimed at informing and edifying the community. The Sunday services of Kwasizabantu Mission are broadcast live from 11h00 South African time.

On 12 August 2006, Kwasizabantu Mission officially opened the Emseni Care Center (meaning "place of grace"). The Emseni Care Center provides free care and counselling to HIV and AIDS patients. Some of the patients have fully recovered.[4]

The KwaSizabantu Mission houses the water factory aQuellé[5] and has 8.5 hectares of advanced greenhouses where sweet peppers are grown hydroponically.[6] KwaSizabantu Mission also has an extensive avocado farming enterprise. The produce is packaged in a packaging facility on the mission station for Woolworths, Checkers, Spar and other local markets.[7] Some of the produce is exported. It also produces dairy products which are marketed through their Bonlé brand.[8] They also have a Saverite supermarket on the premises with its own bakery and deli. The profit of the different enterprises is used to help those in need and to further the aims of the Mission.

The director of the KwaSizabantu Mission in Kranskop, the Reverend Erlo Hartwig Stegen, was named co-recipient of a major international award — the Robert W. Pierce Award for Christian Service — by World Vision International on 9 December 2007.[9] In 2013 Rev EH Stegen was awarded the Chancellor's Medal by the North-West University (NWU) for his humanitarian work among poor rural communities.

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References
  1. "KwaSizabantu Mission". KwaSizabantu Mission.
  2. "Kwasizabantu – JOY!".
  3. "Radio Khwezi".
  4. "Articles by or about Kwasizabantu Mission". KwaSizabantu Mission. 20 March 2014.
  5. "aQuellé".
  6. "Increased crop production all year round in perfect climate conditions - Munters". munters.com.
  7. "Kwasizabantu - the place where people are helped". 23 July 2014.
  8. "Bonle". bonle.co.za.
  9. "Witness". News24.
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