PASTOR: PRESENT GENERATION ANGRY, TIGHTENING LAWS WON’T HELP

LOBAMBA – “The present generation is sick, bitter and angry, so strengthening laws will not help the situation.”

This was a message directed to the country’s authorities during the last day of the Somhlolo Festival of Praise held at the the national church in Lobamba yesterday. Pastor Sizolwethu Ndlangamandla, who represented the Conference of Churches, said authorities needed to accept and understand the situation so that they find a solution.

Intimate

“Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, we need to understand that we are dealing with an intimate issue from the heart here. People are bitter, angry and sick from the inside. We need to deal with the root cause as opposed to the symptoms. Strengthening laws cannot help the situation. This generation is sick spiritually. Scientists normally say ‘if you are not infected, you are affected’,” Ndlangamandla said in his preamble.
Representing Worth noting is that Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Pholile Shakantu was representing Prime Minister Cleopas Sipho Dlamini at the event.

Also present was Minister of Housing and Urban Development Prince Simelane, Minister of Home Affairs Princess Lindiwe, Hhohho Regional Administrator Princess Tsandzile, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Mphiwa and Indvuna Themba Ginindza. Ndlangamandla added that the present generation needed healing of its inner wounds. “It doesn’t matter how it started, but the fact is there are wounds inside,” he said. He stated that the wounds were felt by everyone, including believers. He made an example that some of the songs that were sung by Christians had some words which expressed hardship. The man of God then introduced the doctor whom he said could provide a solution to the sick, bitter and angry generation.
He said the doctor he referred to endured it all from Gethsemane before He started and accomplished His mission.

“He was trained to be a doctor of the rejected, neglected and lost because He was trained spiritually. His name is Jesus,” he said. The clergyman mentioned that people might try all sorts of medicine but they won’t heal unless they use the medicine related to the illness they were dealing with.
The man of God warned the present generation about the greatest enemy, which he said was sin. According to Ndlangamandla, people needed to take every instruction given by the doctor so that they could be healed from their sicknesses, bitterness and anger. “Remember that sin can keep you longer than you can live. It can also make you pay more that you have prepared,” he said.

Impasse

Even though Ndlangamandla did not mention anything about the ongoing political impasse in the country, it is a known fact that some youth are also voicing out their calls for democratic reforms. Ndlangamandla took to the pulpit after Pastor Duncan Mavuso from the League of African Churches.
Mavuso also observed a lot of changes in the present generation, most of whom he referred to as ‘2 000’. He said people who lived during the time of King Somhlolo were a few if there were any left. He stated that the best solution to the challenges affecting Eswatini could be a righteous meeting and proper fasting facilitated by the authorities. A righteous meeting, according to Mavuso, is one that is governed by morals.

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