‘THERE’S NO LIFE AFTER DEATH’

MBABANE – A Jehovah’s Witnesses senior member says there is no such thing as life after death.

Thousands of mourners who attended the prayer service of the late Thobile Phindile Fakudze were made to believe that when one dies, it all ends there. This means there is nothing like a soul which continues to live or make its way to heaven, as most Christians believe. This was said by Abednego Dlamini, who is one of the senior members of the Jehovah’s Witness Church.

The late Swaziland Electricity Company (SEC) general manager’s personal assistant was buried yesterday at the Sidwashini Cemetery, after a short prayer that was held at St Mark’s High School at 6am.
There was no vigil.

The short prayer service was conducted by Dlamini, who is said to be one of the senior members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church. Jehovah’s Witnesses do not give each other titles like pastor, bishop or any other.
They are all members, depending on seniority.

The St Mark’s High School Hall was so packed that at the back, some of those who had come to pay their last respects to the deceased had to stand on their feet for the duration of the service.

Luckily, since the service was run by Bofakazi Bajehova (Jehova’s Witnesses) as they are affectionately known, there was only one speaker who shared the word of God for about 30 minutes before ending the sermon, which marked proceedings to the cemetery.

According to the English Dictionary for Advanced Learners by Macmillan, “a soul is the spiritual part of a person that most religions believe continues to exist after their body dies.”

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