eKuPhakameni is a small town in
KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
that was set out by one of the largest African Christian sects, the
Nazareth Baptist Church
The Nazareth Baptist Church (Alternatively called "The Nazarite Church" "iBandla lamaNazaretha") is the second largest, African initiated church based in South Africa, founded in 1910.
It reveres Shembe as a prophet sent by God to restore the t ...
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Isaiah Shembe
Isaiah Mloyiswa Mdliwamafa Shembe (c. 1865John Langalibalele Dube (1936) ''uShembe'' (Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter Publishers Pty Ltd) – 2 May 1935), was the founder of the Ibandla lamaNazaretha, South Africa, which was the largest Af ...
, who founded the sect in 1911, bought land in the
Inanda area for his church and called the town eKuPhakameni ''(place of spiritual uplift)''. Shembe who died in 1935 is buried at eKuPhakameni and the grave is regarded as a shrine. Large festivals are held here in January, April, July and September every year.
Populated places in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
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