A frustrated and angry self-proclaimed prophet, Paseka 'Mboro' Motsoeneng, told journalists outside the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court that it was his godly right to pray in court. This is after Magistrate Ipfi Mammburu asked him to stop praying and look at him.

HIS RIGHT TO PRAY

Mboro, who is accused of threatening teachers at his grandchildren's school with pangas and guns, emphasised that he spent 40 days and 40 nights burdened by his case and the least the court could do was to let him pray. "I've just spent 40 days on this case and they keep lying every day in court," he said. "I've been in jail already. I didn't look at the magistrate; I looked up. I didn't know that it is unlawful not to look at the magistrate because by looking at him there will be claims that I'm intimidating him. I was just tired and lifting my hands and he knew that once you put your hands together, it was obvious that you were praying, so because of that, he thought I was not listening to him, but I was. He was giving me the bail conditions again," he said.

TRANSFERRED TO THE REGIONAL COURT

Mboro added that he has stayed close to Jesus. "I stay in Jesus for me, not for business; it's not my choice; if I don't stay close to him, I'll end up in violent.' Mboro, his son Revival and bodyguard Camillot Baloyi appeared in court today facing multiple charges that include kidnapping, possession of dangerous weapons and assault. They were arrested in August after an incident at a school in Katlehong, on the East Rand, which was captured on video and went viral on social media. The self-proclaimed prophet was seen wielding pangas at the teachers while his bodyguard walked around the school premises armed in what is believed to be an AK47. The case has been postponed to 26 November and has been transferred to the regional court.