SA man escapes death after being lured to Zim by Satanic cult

35-year-old Donald Eunice of Orange Free State, South Africa, is lucky to be alive after a satanic cult alleged to be part of the Johane Masowe Echishanhu Church lured him to Zimbabwe.

They reportedly wanted to use him as a conduit for human body parts and ritual murders.

Eunice told Bulawayo24 News yesterday that he was recruited into the church in 2010 when members visited South Africa from Zimbabwe.

He says he was given three lucky charms to use in prayer until early this year, when he had a dream, in which he was instructed to come to Zimbabwe for a higher calling.

'I explained that I had no money but the vision persisted. I was instructed not to tell my wife of 13 years and my two daughters aged 13 and 9 where I was going," said Eunice.

He said he got a phone call from a church member based in Bulawayo telling him to follow the instructions in the dream he had been receiving.

"I eventually borrowed money and hitchhiked my way to Zimbabwe, believing the holy spirit was leading me. I went to a church leader (name withheld) at Davies Granite in Bulawayo and he told me the church needed me to bring body parts of small children from South Africa. He said I would become rich and the church would give me a brand new Toyota Hilux," explained Eunice.

"I flatly refused and the Madzibaba said I would go mad and by the end of this year, my children would be dead."

"I arrived in Zimbabwe on 5 March and met the Madzibaba on the same day. Soon after, I lost my mind and I spent time wandering around egodini (Basch Street Tetrminus) Where I was eating from dustbins." he said.

Eunice said some people said he should go to see Prophet Ngwenya in Pumula for help.

"I do not really remember how I got to Pumula but I know I walked and ate raw mealies that I harvested from fields along the way. Fellow vagrants assisted me. Although I did not really know what I was doing, I think God was with me," he said.

Eunice said: " I could not meet Ngwenya because it was too crowded. Luckily, on Thursday last week, I met Pastor Ayanda Mabhena and people from his church, the Twelve Apostles and God, showed them I was lost. They prayed for me, gave me food, clothes and shelter. God made me remember what had happened and I gave them my wife's phone number."


Pastor Mabhena

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Pastor Mabhena said when they called Eunice's wife in South Africa, she said he had just disappeared from home and everyone thought he was dead.

"As a church, we are raising money to send him back home. He lost his passport and belongings when he became temporarily insane. We are working with the police and community to repatriate him," he said.

The Councillor in charge of Pumula East Clyton Zana also confirmed the story.

"It is a very scary thing to hear that we have satanists in our midst. God is good because he has taken care of Donald. We pray that he will also protect his daughters from evil," said Clr Zana.

His wife, Meipone was waiting for her husband to come home.

Ntando Moyo, a member of the Bulawayo United Residents Association said the government needed to look into the conduct of churches to protect residents.

The Madzibaba is yet to be reached for comment.