The era of fake prophets who hide behind the name of God to
attack the national leadership and extort money from the public has ended,
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has said.
He said people should now unite and work towards a Zimbabwe
desired by all citizens.
Vice-President Chiwenga made these remarks while addressing
thousands of Christians who came to pray with him at his rural homestead in
Hwedza following his discharge from hospital where he was receiving thorough
medical attention after he was affected by the White City bombing incident.
The Christian community that came to pray with the VP was
led by the Roman Catholic Church.
After the White City bombing incident in June, VP Chiwenga
could not receive thorough medical attention at the time as he soldiered on to
complete the Zanu-PF campaign trail.
In his usual jovial mood, VP Chiwenga attended a church
service and interacted with Zanu-PF members who also came to see him for the
first time after his return from South Africa last week before he delivered a
speech that lasted more than 30 minutes.
“There are others who are now calling themselves prophets,”
said VP Chiwenga. “Aripo uyo anonzi ani, Talent. That should come to an end
today. Zvatoperera pano. We don’t have that culture where one moves around
attacking leaders under the guise of preaching the word of God. God does not
say move around attacking other people.
“We want people to go to church and pray to God. This habit
of using the name of the church to extort money is not good. How can you say
that on the one hand you are practising satanism and on the other you say you
are a prophet, what kind of a prophecy is that? It’s not good and we don’t want
that.
“Tiri kutaura ini madziChiwenga kuno uku. Tiri kutaura
padzinza. Vamwewo vakateerera kuti kuno ndokwazviri. Isu tinorova. So that
should end and work towards building the Zimbabwe we want. The Zimbabwe we want
is the one we explained that it is endowed with vast minerals. God has blessed
us with good soil and we should utilise it to develop our country.
“We are all Zimbabweans from all the corners of the country
and no one is superior to the other. Ndozvatakaita musi wa20 November 2017 kuti
tinoda kusiya nhaka yekuti vana nevana vazoziva kwete kana inini ndagara zvangu
chete ndizvo zvinofanira kufamba. Iwewe sani?”
VP Chiwenga called for unity of purpose among Zimbabweans.
He said there were some who wanted to exploit the current economic challenges
for political ends but they would not succeed.
“Chikuru kugadzirisa nyaya yehupfumi hwenyika yedu inova
vamwe vakufunga kuti zvavo zvaita,” said VP Chiwenga.
“Aihwa hapana chaita. Apa tinoda kutauririrana zvakanaka
kuti tisaridze ngoma nedemo togara pfumo. Hazviitwe. Ino nyika tichavaka
nenzira inogutsa munhu wese. We are going to rebuild this country together to
have a Zimbabwe that we all desire. That is what we are working on.
“We don’t want people to play games with this country. Many
people lost their lives to liberate this country. It does not make sense for
one person to accumulate wealth while others are suffering. Where will you
enjoy that wealth from? What we want is unity to build the Zimbabwe we want.”
Among high-ranking officials who attended the church
service were Ministers Perrance Shiri (Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and
Rural Resettlement), Joel Biggie Matiza (Transport and Infrastructural
Development), Apollonia Munzverengi (Minister of State for Mashonaland East
province), Mr George Charamba (Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and
Cabinet), Politburo members Cdes Sydney Sekeramayi and Dr David Parirenyatwa,
among others. Herald
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