ZCC prophet who fought with lions speaks out

A story about a ‘holy-spirit filled’ Pretoria based ZCC prophet who was attacked by lions after challenging them to a fight has gone viral. But did it actually take place?
According to the report, a Pastor Alec Ndiwane from the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) in Soshanguve outside of Pretoria was with church members in the Kruger National Park when they came across a lion pride feeding on an impala.
“It is believed the prophet went into a trance”, the story reads, before he “opened the car door and went charging towards the lions. Alec must have then come to his senses as he quickly realised this was not going to end well and made an immediate turn and ran back to safety”.
Some of the reports included a picture of a man kneeling with his head on the ground with two lions jumping at him.
Is this proof that the incident really happened?
‘No such incident reported to Kruger National Park’
Africa Check tried to verify the attack with the ZCC. A priest we spoke to at its head office said the church does not talk to the media and suggested Africa Check visit its headquarters at Moria in the Limpopo province to put in a formal request for comment. The number listed for the church in Pretoria just rang and rang.
Kruger National Park spokesman William Mabasa told Africa Check that they were aware of the story making rounds. According to it “a game ranger who was nearby fired some shots with his gun to scare the lion away”, leaving Alec with a serious injury to his left buttock.
But Mabasa said no such incident was reported to the Kruger National Park and called the article a hoax.
“The Kruger National Park is not aware of any such incident taking place anywhere in the park. It would have been reported to us if any of our rangers had taken part in this incident as reported,” he said