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Mugabe blasts 'fly by night' churches
15 Nov 2014 at 20:29hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe has criticised some 'fly by night' churches which are bent on fundraising instead of preaching the gospel and looking after the spiritual needs of the people.
The President was addressing mourners at the funeral of his nephew Takudzwa Wesley Goronga in Marondera this Saturday.
The late Takudzwa was a final year student at Monash University in South Africa and was found dead in a wardrobe in his room at the institution after he had gone missing for days.
Police in South Africa are said to be still investigating Takudzwa's death.
President Mugabe compared the mysterious death of his nephew with the way his brother Albert drowned in a swimming pool at his home, recalling how the death left him with many unanswered questions.
The President spoke of the importance of family unity and spiritual nourishment and truthful honest spiritual leaders who are different from some 'fly by night' pastors who have mushroomed.
Mugabe said although there is need for Zimbabwean students to have exposure to the outside world at different universities in the region and beyond, there is also need for careful assessment of those environments as some children sent to study outside the country return home with some negative habits such as doing drugs.
The President said Monash University, Melbourne Campus has produced leaders such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, adding Monash South Africa had expressed interest in participating in the Presidential Scholarship Programme.
The late Takudzwa was a final year IT student at Monash.
After going missing a fortnight ago, he was found dead in a wardrobe in his room at the institution.
Hundreds of people converged at the Molai homestead in Marondera where Takudzwa was raised by his uncle and aunt, Adam and Sandra Molai following his mother's death in 2004.
The President was addressing mourners at the funeral of his nephew Takudzwa Wesley Goronga in Marondera this Saturday.
The late Takudzwa was a final year student at Monash University in South Africa and was found dead in a wardrobe in his room at the institution after he had gone missing for days.
Police in South Africa are said to be still investigating Takudzwa's death.
President Mugabe compared the mysterious death of his nephew with the way his brother Albert drowned in a swimming pool at his home, recalling how the death left him with many unanswered questions.
The President spoke of the importance of family unity and spiritual nourishment and truthful honest spiritual leaders who are different from some 'fly by night' pastors who have mushroomed.
Mugabe said although there is need for Zimbabwean students to have exposure to the outside world at different universities in the region and beyond, there is also need for careful assessment of those environments as some children sent to study outside the country return home with some negative habits such as doing drugs.
The President said Monash University, Melbourne Campus has produced leaders such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, adding Monash South Africa had expressed interest in participating in the Presidential Scholarship Programme.
The late Takudzwa was a final year IT student at Monash.
After going missing a fortnight ago, he was found dead in a wardrobe in his room at the institution.
Hundreds of people converged at the Molai homestead in Marondera where Takudzwa was raised by his uncle and aunt, Adam and Sandra Molai following his mother's death in 2004.
Source - zbc
