PASTOR ZAKHELE MALAZA’S FUNERAL HE GROOMED ME TO BE MAN OF THE HOUSE – SON

BOYANE – The late Pastor Zakhele Malaza’s eldest son Thapelo, said  he is ready to take the responsibility and be the man of the house following his father’s passing.

Thapelo said he was grateful that his father had groomed him well to be the man of the house and look after his family, and that now it was his responsibility to put into practice the teachings he got from his father, whom he was close to. This, he spoke during a moving speech that he  delivered during the funeral service for his late father held at Boyane yesterday.
The late pastor, who was the founder of the Gospel Powerhouse International (GPI), succumbed to an illness while undergoing treatment in South Africa. Malaza was laid to rest at his parental home at Boyane.

Thousands of mourners were gathered at the Malaza homestead to pay their last respects. Among those present was Jesus Calls Worship Centre (JCWS) Founder Bishop Robert Kasaro, International Tabernacle Church Founder Reverend Absalom Dlamini and High Praise Centre founder Benjamin Dube, Senator Princess Ncengencenge among many others.

Support

Thapelo thanked his family and everyone for the support they have given him during the difficult time. He said it was a difficult time for all of them, but he embraced that he needed to be strong for his mother and siblings. He said a family friend called him last Saturday and told him that he was now the man of the house and those words resonated deeply with him. “I asked myself kutsi vele sengimi kanjalo nje the man of the house. Masiya eDvudvisini sengimi vele babe welikhaya,” he jokingly said. He jokingly said his father used to attend meetings at the Dvudvusini Chiefdom and now that responsibility had been passed on to him. He said inasmuch as it was overwhelming, his father had groomed him well for the responsibility on his young shoulders.

He recalled that when they were allocated the land at Dvudvusini, he was present and the elders told them that the place belonged to him, his father and mother and now that his father had passed on, the land belonged to him and his mother until his younger brothers came of age.

Responsibility

He said it was now his responsibility to do for his brothers what their father did for him. He said he was confident that he was ready for the task at hand because of the teachings his father instilled in him, as well as the grace he had laid upon his life. He promised that he would stay true to his father’s teachings and be the leader in his family. He further mentioned that his late father groomed a lot of pastors in his life including Senator Princess Ncengencenge, who is also a pastor. He shared that  the princess had been in their lives for as long as he could remember and they had testimonies because of her. He said growing up, the senator would make sure that she checked on them time and again, and made them feel loved which they appreciated.

Thapelo thanked the support and the way his late father was honoured. “All I have to say is thank you for everything, the support and the way my father was honoured. We really appreciate everything you have done for us,” he said. Speaking on something he felt he left out earlier, Thapelo said he noticed that it was easy to forget the praise team and the band. He said his father was close to everyone as well as the praise team and the band. He said while sitting and listening to the music, he could hear his late father in the music which meant a lot to him. “As I was sitting listening to the music, I remembered  that my father used to pick me up on Saturday nights and take me to the practice sessions, where he would sometimes ask me what I thought about the music and ask for my opinion and suggestions,” he said.

Sermon

He appreciated the hard work put into the music by the praise team and the band and said they felt the presence of the Lord through the music. He revealed that he used to tell his father that he praised and worshipped the Lord through music and he heard the Word of God through the music and sometimes did not even need to hear the sermon. He prayed that the spirit that was in his father would be in the praise team and the band and said they should continue to grow and do better. Thapelo said the funeral service was an appreciation service and a celebration of his father’s life. He said they have cried a lot and mourned and it was time for them to appreciate his father’s life.“I was telling my mother that I wished my father’s memorial service would be a musical event because that is what my father loved. I believe he was the angel of music,” he said. He said the angel of music was taken from Heaven and replaced through his father.

Worship

He said he believed that in Heaven they were praising and rejoicing because the angel of music had been replaced.  Thapelo said his father was not a man of pain and they should not remember him for the pain he suffered at the end of his life, but for his love for praise and worship, as he was a man who had a lot of praise in him. He said even though his father may not be with them physically, he would be there with them every Sunday in spirit. He said yesterday was not a day to be remembered for his father’s departure, but for his arrival stating that his father was not gone but had transitioned and changed state.

“This was a transition from the physical to the spiritual and him being here with us in spirit means we have access to more than we could have accessed if he was here physically because my father now has direct access to God and God is by his side,” he said. Adding, he said as much as they were all in pain and mourning the death of his father, they should not forget who he was, what he stood for and the God he prayed to.He said his father’s passing was a wound that would heal in time and not an amputation. “The scars will heal over time and we should know that this season of pain will pass,” he said.

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