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Leadership Succession disputes and Economic Interests in the African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2026.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109066 Leadership Succession disputes and Economic Interests in the African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange Duncan, Graham A u13373065@tuks.co.za Magaracha, Joseph Tendai Leadership Succession Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gender equality Economic determinism African Initiated Church (AIC) Geneaology Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2026. Abstract The African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange (AACJM) in Zimbabwe, as an African Initiated Church (AIC), like many others, puts economic determinism at the centre of its activities. The AACJM has been engulfed in succession disputes since in 1963 at the death of its founding leader, Johanne Marange (1912 – 1963). Arnold (Anerod) Taguta, the elder brother to the founder, facilitated Abel Momberume to succeed his father (Johanne Marange) as the Church’s High Priest, which sparked off the initial leadership succession dispute. The Nguni model of succession was initially used where the father’s property is given to the first-born son as an inheritance. This frustrated the ambitions of some of his father’s deputies such as Simon Mushati, and prompted him to refer to the AACJM as a. Nguni Church (Chechi yema Nguni). At the succession ceremony, Abel, Maccabees (Makebo) and Judah Momberume were given Johanne Marange’s Church staffs, which at this stage were regarded as the founder’s personal property. Simon Mushati began to complain against the personalisation of the two Land Rovers purchased by the Church being treated as personal objects of inheritance. Mushati challenged the conflation of the family and Church institutions. The succession dispute has continued after the death of Abel Momberume (1992) through a series of litigation through court cases. Noah Taguta, the son of Arnold Taguta, did not appoint Abel Momberume’s son, Stephen, according to the Church’s and Nguni traditions. Instead, he usurped the leadership of the Church. This has attracted the attention of the media, and one can assume that economic interests are at the heart of all these leadership succession struggles. New models of leadership succession and their mechanisms have been developed to legitimise the social constructs of new factions and their leaders such as the control of sacred shrines, Church and biblical traditions. Constructs in contest for power are useful for excluding other members of the AACJM, where economic interests feature too strongly, and this has generally been the trend in most AICs. Theology and Religion bursaries Church History and Church Policy PhD (Church History and Church Polity) Unrestricted Faculty of Theology and Religion SDG-05: Gender equality 2026-03-19T07:45:01Z 2026-03-19T07:45:01Z 2026-05-26 2013-08-01 Thesis * April 2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109066 Disclaimer Letter en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Leadership Succession Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gender equality Economic determinism African Initiated Church (AIC) Geneaology Leadership Succession disputes and Economic Interests in the African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange |
| title | Leadership Succession disputes and Economic Interests in the African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange |
| title_full | Leadership Succession disputes and Economic Interests in the African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange |
| title_fullStr | Leadership Succession disputes and Economic Interests in the African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leadership Succession disputes and Economic Interests in the African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange |
| title_short | Leadership Succession disputes and Economic Interests in the African Apostolic Church of Johanne Marange |
| title_sort | leadership succession disputes and economic interests in the african apostolic church of johanne marange |
| topic | Leadership Succession Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gender equality Economic determinism African Initiated Church (AIC) Geneaology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109066 |