By Thabiso Thakali
Johannesburg - The fate of Marikana peacemaker, Bishop Jo Seoka now lies in the hands of a committee of bishops asked to follow up recommendations of a task team that investigated his troubled Pretoria Diocese.
Seoka – who is also the president of the SA Council of Churches – was expected to learn of his fitness to hold office this week at the SA Synod of Bishops, but the decision was deferred until another committee had considered the report.
The bishop, who was at the centre of wage negotiations between Lonmin management and striking Marikana miners, has been accused by some in his diocese of being autocratic and of financial mismanagement of R500 000 of Diocesan Trust funds.
Seoka has previously denied all the allegations to this newspaper, saying he had not “stolen anything and I am not a thief”.
