Do not shoot the messenger

WITH just two years in office, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to have already forgotten his sworn mantra “the voice of the people is the voice of God” as he has gone on an unrestrained attack on the very people who epitomise the Creator and God’s representatives on earth — clerics.

The attack on Catholic priests is a sad reminder of how Zanu PF does not take kindly to wise counsel and quickly reverts to the default mode each time it is called to order.

For the Catholic priests, the latest attack might not have come as a surprise as they have enjoyed this love-hate relationship with the Zanu PF leadership since independence, although during the war, they provided the much-needed refuge to the same politicians.

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