Penuel Mnguni, who heads the End Times Disciples Ministries in Soshanguve, was arrested at the weekend after the SPCA laid charges against him.
He is been charged with animal cruelty after pictures of him feeding snakes to some members of his church.
He is currently out on bail.
The SPCA’s Mishack Matlou says he is disappointed that there haven't been any conditions set for Mnguni's bail, following allegations that the self- proclaimed pastor fed rats to his congregants on Sunday.
Matlou says these practices are traumatic to children who attend the church.
“When a child sees someone eating a snake, they will be traumatised.”
Mnguni was accompanied by a team of minders who shielded him from media attention with some even hurling insults at journalists.
Mnguni had been trying to avoid media attention this morning, sitting in his car while he waited for his case to be heard.
Mnguni is a disciple of another controversial pastor, Lesego Daniels, who rose to fame by making his congregants drink petrol and eat grass.
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