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ORGANIZED RELIGION (Church or Tsonga)

Description:

Generally conservative and supportive on the current regime, because they have more influence, and more freedom to operate.

But you can find individuals and local organizations inside this pillar in almost every example of pro democratic struggle that those individuals were supporting the pro democracy movements.

Sources of power:

1. Authority of being between you and the supreme being,

2. Enormous human resources not only priest, but the believers, ready to act and support Church decisions,

3. Skills and knowledge to perform all those religious rituals,

4. Huge material resources, buildings, real estate, gold..

5. Damning sanctions (excommunication), and of course

6. Intangible factor of obeying the Church obligations and rules.