‘Prophets should have foreseen Cyclone Idai’

Chief’s Council president Fortune Charumbira has mocked local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which, according to the International Organisation for Migration, claimed over 560 lives in Chimanimani and Chipinge two weeks ago.

Charumbira, who is also a senator made the remarks last week after Local Government minister July Moyo issued a ministerial statement updating legislators on the devastation caused by the weather phenomenon.

He questioned the prophets’ capacity to foretell future events, particularly natural disasters.

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