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Zimbabwe's battle for the church vote on
14 Jul 2013 at 19:18hrs | Views
The battle for the church vote is not new. in 2010 after MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai was forced to cancel his scheduled visit to the Zion Christian Church Mbungo Shrine in Defe, Gokwe, after state security agents reportedly threatened and intimidated the church with unspecified action.
This year, Tsvangirai has also been on a religious crusade attending a series of "prayer for peace" rallies, mass prayer meetings mainly organised by the Zimbabwe National Pastors' Conference, a grouping of mostly Pentecostal church leaders.
Early last year Vice-President Joice Mujuru visited Mafararikwa for the church's ceremony where she addressed more thousands of people.
Mujuru was assured of more than a million votes. Whether this will materialise or not remains to be seen.
Since then, Mujuru, who is a member of the Salvation Army, has been criss-crossing the country addressing several indigenous church gatherings like the ZCC and the Vapostori sect.
This year, Tsvangirai has also been on a religious crusade attending a series of "prayer for peace" rallies, mass prayer meetings mainly organised by the Zimbabwe National Pastors' Conference, a grouping of mostly Pentecostal church leaders.
Mujuru was assured of more than a million votes. Whether this will materialise or not remains to be seen.
Since then, Mujuru, who is a member of the Salvation Army, has been criss-crossing the country addressing several indigenous church gatherings like the ZCC and the Vapostori sect.
Source - standard
