Finally, foreign 'pastors' and 'prophets' will be treated like any other visitor: ninety days and that's it. And so it should be. After all, what qualifies these people to call themselves 'men of God'? Many, if not most of them are money-hungry predators, preying on desperate and unfortunately very gullible Batswana, more than willing to part with their last pula's and thebe's in exchange for a religious miracle.
People pay more than ten times the normal price for tap water and cooking oil once it has been 'anointed' by these charlatans. Only days ago, a Nigerian 'prophet' by the name of Peter Bollaward was deported from the country. There was P40 million in his ministry's account. P40 million, harvested from ordinary Batswana. P40 million, harvested from people in return for 'things he does for them in the name of God'. People want to be cheated. Every weekend, many thousands of Batswana visit the 'fire churches'. When it is time to make contributions, they are told that 'Modimo ga a batle disilvera'. God only wants paper money. If I would ever visit one of these services, I would solemnly donate a sealed envelope, with at least five neatly folded sheets of toilet paper inside.
