Mrs Fisakuphi Maryjane Madlala
Pastor Fisakuphi M Madlala was born in 1955 from a semi-well-to-do family since her father was
having the sugar-cane farms and the butchery. The challenge was that as children they had
not that privilege of feeling as children of a farmer. The life of her parents was difficult until
1962 when her parents had to be separated. Her mother, Mama Langa, had to move with
them as children from Stanger, KwaMaphumulo, to Durban in Claremont where her aunt, her
mother’s sister was living. At age seven she worked for the lady who was her mother’s
sister’s friend. As time goes on and her mother had to take so that she can attend school.
The person whom she was working for proposed that she can pay Mama Langa a sum of R3
so as to retain her. Mama Langa insisted to get hold of her until the lady allowed them and
they left. As the family they used to be tenants several times in Durban and surroundings. It
was in 1964 when she started the school at Lutheran Church.
Her eyes got opened when a man was preaching. While at school they had nothing to eat
and it was during these times when she used to preach during the free periods in the class.
For three consecutive days her brother used to feed her with her brothers with roots of sweet
potatoes.
It needs to be noted that her acceptance of the Lord in 1964 saved her through until 1974. It
was in this year, 1974, when the former Sister Fisakuphi was a tenet at Claremont that she
visited the tent of the late Pastor Richard Sihlobosenkosi Ngidi (Pastor RS Ngidi) after she
was invited by the lady of the Cele family. This lady used to collect her to these tent revivals
of Pastor RS Ngidi. This was revival that brought the turning point in the life of the then-
Sister Fisakuphi by being filled with the Holy Spirit. After she received the baptism of the
Holy Spirit the Cele lady stopped collecting her for tent revivals.
Pastor Fisakuphi liked to be the professional teacher and was prepared to go to
Mpumalanga College of Education in Hammersdale in 1975 on February 4th . It was on the 3rd
February when the Lord spoke clearly to her that she cannot be the teacher. It was like the
heaven is opened the Lord spoke like lightning three times to her. The Lord held her groin
and informed her that He has turned it. On her waking up from there He gave her Mathew
2:15, the last part of this verse. In all this she was persistent to become the teacher on basis
of that she wanted to help her mother since they grew in many sufferings. When explaining
this to the elders in the congregation they insisted that she must pursue her career of being
a teacher and allowing her to go to the college. This was really helping her will but then the
hand of the Lord was against her such that she was inflicted through pneumonia, moving
from clothes wear of size 38-28. This was in 1976.
In 1976, as weak as she was, she joined the Crusade of Pastor RS Ngidi. In the same year
the Lord visited her and relieved her from the spirit of shyness and sorrow. The Lord helped
her through II Corinthians 12:8-9, since she was still so weak even by then. It was after that
revival when she was admitted to Edendale hospital, in Pietermaritzburg, because of her
persistent ill-health. During the visitors’ hour she was visited by Pastor Guy Ntuli and the
then former brother Bongani Madlala to pray for her. Their prayer was solely based on that
let the Lord Al-Mighty relieve her from pains and she rests peacefully. It is this brother
Bongani to whom the Lord revealed the marriage, after sixteen years, about the same
person that they were pleading for her rest in peace.
From 1970s she was doing house-to-house outreach without any car, carrying suitcases,
living at people’s homes and doing all work that is expected to be done by a female person
of her age. In all these she learnt to do whatever she was required to do as David did to
Saul, I Samuel 18:5. The main things that helped her to understand her calling are 1) The
way one obeys the Lord and 2) The conduct. Obeying the Lord means to do exactly what the
Lord says. When the Lord called her she had nothing and her background of living anywhere
made her to accept whatever the Lord says to her, Mathew 8: 20. It was during these years
when she learnt to live like a sent person through reading the Word of God and praying to
Him. She used to serve the people of the home where she was sheltered for revivals. All
work like cooking, ironing, washing and cleaning for the people of that home that she did
made the people of that home to listen to what she was preaching. She used always to
remember what Pastor RS Ngidi advised them, as tent crusade members to do, “Obey the
Lord and people will reap from our lives if we work and not be lazy ”, he would say. When
staying in people’s home she was not a burden to anyone, II Corinthians 11: 9 and Acts
20:33.
In Fawn Lease there was a revival that lasted for six months. This revival was run by Sister
Fisakuphi and the other team ladies. They were accommodated at chief Ngubane’s home
and the chief was accused of keeping them at his home. These were house-to-house
revivals and this where Pastor BS Madlala’s half- brother, brother Boy Mchunu, was saved.
One day the brethren from Kwa-Sizabantu visited the revivals. The day after that, during the
day before the afternoon outreach Sister Fisakuphi was visited by a man who was asking
what was she saying in her testimony if she says she will not die. He insisted that she rather
say “I will die and leave after death.” Sister Fisakuphi made it clear to that man that the Lord
has not sent her to die in Fawn Leas hence she will not die.
That man wanted her to accept that she will die. After that discussion they requested to pray
with that man. While they were praying that man divided into two people three times.
Downhill that day there was going to be a service in a certain home. When she was
preaching she could not finish since a sharp pierce of like an iron rod was in her heart below
the breast. She could not breathe and the Spirit of the Lord was breathing on her behalf. The
morning after that incident she was as pale as like a person who has been sick for almost
ten years. Despite such an attack house-to-house outreach was continuing. After a week
they were visited by brethren from Pietermaritzburg sent by the Lord. It was at that prayer
with the when one of the lady workers screamed. When she was asked why she cried that
she was worried of an iron rod that came out of Sister Fisakuphi when they were praying.
This is the day on which she was relieved from the attack.
It was in 1983, nine years after being in the ministry, when she had a first car in her calling.
After that she had the Station Wagon, the Toyota Cressida which was miraculously offered
to her. In 1984 there was revival at Gamalakhe in Port Shepstone. It was in these years
when it was very difficult to reach the South Coast through evangelism and outreaching. The
greatest oppositions were from the families of believers. Pastor RS Ngidi gave a blessing to
Sister Fisakuphi for outreaching in South Coast since it was more than the word difficult to
preach there. This where the Lord demonstrated Himself,
A man who would be described as dead was brought to the revival and was healed.
The sick were called and invited and the lord gave sight to the blind.
The man who had his pupil turned backward received normal sight from the Lord.
This happened without the laying of hands to the sick. The man could sit and run
joyfully.
This is the day on which Pastor Rex joined the moving ship of saints.