Bishop Makamu hosts the controversial TV show “Rea Tsotella” on Moja Love channel on DStv.

In the recording that has gone viral week, the “Rea Tsotella” presenter is heard asking the woman if she was alone as he planned to go and see her.

This is the reason why Bishop I Makamu voluntarily stepped down from Moja LOVE Tv. pic.twitter.com/VdkoHTUfPO

— Man’s NOT Barry Roux (@AdvoBarryRoux) May 11, 2021

He then proceeds to ask the lady, “o tlo mpha? (will you give me)”, to which the lady, who also happens to refer to him as “daddy”, replies with a “no” multiple times before giving in and saying she would do so on Sunday.

In a statement Head of channel Bokani Moyo, Makamu indicated the recording was done in 2017 and maintained his innocence when the channel spoke to him.

“Bishop Makamu says the lady in the recording worked for him and their conversation was not sexual in any manner and it was altered to extort money from him. He says he thought the matter had been resolved back then but it suddenly emerged again three weeks ago. Bishop Makamu suspects his character is being assassinated.”

She added: “As a channel, we take this recording very seriously. We have started with an internal investigation and are reaching out to the lady in the recording to find out the events around the recording.

One of our properties, Amabhishop, reveals behind the scenes shenanigans that pastors do and bishops engage in and impose on the public. We cannot ignore a recording of this nature where one of our hosts is implicated. We have to establish the facts and truth before Makamu comes back as part of the team.”