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Friday August 13, 2004

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Church unshackles patients following govt pressure

Eight mentally ill patients at the St John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Etwatwa, east of Johannesburg, have been unshackled following pressure from the department of health. Earlier reports said church officials had shackled the patients as a means of curing them from their mental illness.
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Wednesday August 4, 2004

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Pastor: We had to chain them

Johannesburg - A church on the East Rand has apparently been keeping people in shackles on church grounds for the past couple of years "to drive their demons out".
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‘Church of chains’ holding 8

Johannesburg - A North Rand church has been holding eight people in chains as it believes they are possessed by demons.
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Friday July 30, 2004

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Church taken to HRC for chaining mentally ill patients

The Central Gauteng Mental Health Society (CGMHS) has lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) relating to the shackling of at least eight mentally ill patients by the St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Etwatwa, east of Johannesburg.
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Thursday July 15, 2004

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The shackles of mental disability

Mduduzi has got used to his foot chains. It is, he has been told, part of his healing process.
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