Private media barred from Nzira funeral

Suspected Zanu PF youths manned entry points at the late Apostolic sect leader Godfrey Pegnick Nzira’s Julanifiri Santa Shrine in Chitungwiza on Tuesday where they turned away mourners perceived to be opposed to the late spiritual leader’s views.

Youths wearing the green National Youths Service uniforms (also referred to as Border Gezi or Green Bombers) could be seen manning all entry points in the morning before Nzira’s body was taken for burial at Chitungwiza cemetery in the afternoon.

Nzira, the self-proclaimed prophet who rose to fame after claiming to have powers to help people overcome health and spiritual problems, died at the shrine on Sunday night.

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