HARARE- Vice President Joice Mujuru indirectly attacked Nigerian prophet
TB Joshua, telling a National Day of Prayer gathering at the Zimbabwe
Grounds in Harare that Zimbabweans should be wary of fake prophets who
are turning churches into money-making ventures.
Mujuru who was
the acting President while Mugabe was away, said local religious groups
should not allow foreign pastors and political leaders to dictate the
way they should worship. Her audience consisted of thousands of
indigenous Apostolic and Zion church members.
“Our churches have
come of age and we are people who know what we want on national events.
We should not allow foreigners to tell us what to do. I was happy to
hear that you conducted today’s event without any interference. People
should be on the lookout for fake prophets.
“In Zimbabwean
churches, I have never heard people celebrating someone’s death or
illness. True Christians assist people by praying for ailments not
expressing happiness about it.” Mujuru was referring to TB Joshua’s
February 2012 prophecy that an African leader would die within 60 days.
Although
TB Joshua did not specify the location, Zimbabwe was abuzz with
speculation given Mugabe’s ailing health and frequent trips to Singapore
for treatment. It eventually came to pass that the Malawian president
Bingu wa Mutharika died of a heart attack, not long after the prophecy.
But
TB Joshua has since made another prophecy that another old African
president will fall critically ill and be hospitalised. These prophecies
are not going down well with ZANU PF given Mugabe’s health and
surrounding speculation.
Over two weeks ago pro-ZANU PF church
leaders were wheeled out by the state media to make claims that TB
Joshua was not welcome in the country and that his teachings were
allegedly “judgmental, partisan and unorthodox.”
A week after
that a senior police officer labelled him a ‘false prophet’ that people
needed to be aware of. Officers at the Police General Headquarters in
Harare were shown a video that allegedly exposes TB Joshua as a
womaniser and sorcerer.”
Next to attack TB Joshua was the
excommunicated Anglican Bishop Nolbert Kunonga. The man who forcibly
grabbed Anglican Church property and used police and ZANU PF militia to
violently target parishioners not loyal to him claimed TB Joshua’s
prophecies were driven by Satanism and were “diabolic.”
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