a�?CHURCH PAID ME R500 FOR FAKE MIRACLEa��

FOR three long months, Margareth tried to make peace with her guilty conscience.

But now she has come to Daily Sun to confess how she sold her soul for R500 a week.

Margareth Hlatshwayo (38, ABOVE) from Ivory Park near Tembisa, Ekurhuleni said she is terrified that God will punish her.

She said she heard she could get a job at a church in Joburg and would be paid R500 the same day.

a�?I didna��t know what kind of job it was,a�? she said.

When she arrived at the church they told her the lies she had to tell to get the money.

a�?I was told I must act in a holy way and pretend I was healed. I had to testify to living a horrible life before.a�?
Margareth knew what she was doing was wrong but she couldna��t resist.

a�?I needed the money to feed my three children and I couldna��t turn down the offer so I did what they told me.a�?

That started Margaretha��s life of lying.

a�?I lied to people and agreed to everything the pastor asked me,a�? she said.

a�?I said I was unemployed but I had recently got a job through Goda��s power after the pastor prayed for me. I have not had a job for the past four years. My only job was telling lies at church.a�?

But then the pastor stopped paying her on time.

a�?The pastor kept promising that he was going to pay me. Sometimes he would give me R300 and sometimes nothing at all.a�?

She said some people were lying that they were wheelchair bound before the pastora��s prayers saved them and now they could walk again. Margareth said she only did it to get the money but now her conscience is killing her.

a�?Ia��m so ashamed.a�?

Another woman who went to the same church confirmed what Margareth said.

a�?I was paid for two weeks but when the pastor stopped paying me, I stopped going.a�?

Daily Sun spoke to the church leader, who called himself a prophet.

He didna��t deny he knew Margareth but he denied paying people to testify.

a�?If you want to speak to me for information you need to come to my office. I dona��t know you and Ia��m not prepared to talk to you any longer,a�? he said, and dropped the phone. a�� Daily Sun