Residents in Harare of the Anglican denomination are on Sunday December the 16th gathering at Africa Unity Square to commemorate their court victory over the controversial Bishop Nolbert Kunonga who was wrestling control of the Diocese from the legitimate leaders.
Kunonga who was Monday ordered by the Supreme Court to surrender all properties, had caused havoc for over six years as he siezed several properties using the help of the police.
Announcing the special meeting, churchman who is also Harare Residents’ Trust leader, Precious Shumba said the event will mark the beginning of a new phase in the diocese.
“16 December 2012- All Anglicans are to gather at the Africa Unity Square from 9 a.m to mark our victory over evil, and mark the beginning of the phase of rebuilding the Anglican Diocese of Harare,” Shumba said.
Hundreds of worshippers are expected to throng the tiny island of the Unity Square which is just a few hundred metres from the former battleground – the Harare Supreme Court building.
The head of the Anglican church in Zimbabwe Monday urged local parishioners to renovate dozens of churches they had been chased from by a breakaway bishop loyal to president Robert Mugabe – after the supreme court ruled the rogue cleric and his followers had no right to use them.
Bishop Kunonga who is accused of preaching and practicing violence, was on the 19th November in a Supreme Court ruling, ordered to surrender all church properties he had seized from the leaders. Bishop Chad Gandiya the legitimate clergyman over the powerful diocese is now head of the church in the area.
Commentary by Rev Derrick Chisungo
The court victory of the Anglican Church against Nolbert Kunonga was welcome by many across the world as a victory against demonic powers that want to derail the Christian agenda. This was because Kunonga had terrorized the church, confiscating assets and spearheading a divisive agenda within the congregants and causing undue stress, suffering and anxiety especially among the church leadership and fellow congregants. Many watched from the terraces and wished God had timely intervened. Using political connections and other heavy-muscle selfish politicians, Kunonga had become a menace to the Christian society in Zimbabwe as he soiled religion by mixing it with politics. Such an independent judgment by the Supreme Court helped re-assure Zimbabweans that there was still rule of law in Zimbabwe. Many had remained pessimistic as they assumed that most likely Kunonga would influence the judiciary using his political connections, but nothing of the sort happened! To the pleasure of many, the judiciary acted professionally and served justice to the troubled congregants thereby marking the beginning of a new era in the depressed Anglican Church. The judgment dealt a big blow to a man who had come to play God, through evicting other church members from properties while using thugs and a surreal reign of terror that had no consequences before the eyes of the police. For once God was watching and his long hand intervened as judgment came from the ultimate court on the land. Without any recourse to any other appeal avenue, this landmark ruling has pruned and trimmed Kunonga’s blooming feathers. Now his options are closed before the courts of the land. Mr. Kunonga, this is a great lesson to you and your apologists (disciples), get down the high horse and live like a civilized man who once knew God. Do not be like Saul and never mess with the will of God. Persecuting Christians will never be tolerated by any progressive society that is God-fearing and any such conduct has regrettable consequences from the Almighty. Even in our culture, there is karma. You have learnt your lessons Mr. Kunonga, time to repent and seek forgiveness! If you defy this court ruling and choose to take the law into your own hands then you are inviting more karma to follow you.
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mad bishop kunonga achakwanisa here kuiita secpca zokurentera vafundisi vake nekuvaka machechi ake here,i wonder hana vanhu,achaiwanepi mari??
Bla Miki I did not think that a retarded troll like you could read anyway.
So these gays want to celebrate what?
Ko iwe n’anga Mutorodog wafadzwawo nei sekunge unoenda kuchechi? Mukadog l did not read you junk, l’ve no time for your rubbish.
Heyi! Handisati ndambofara sezvandaita panyaya iyi. Ko uripi nhasi Kunonga? Inonzi Zanu PF iyoyo chiwororo unoshandiswa ugosvipwa futi semate.
Worse wakada kutamba nebasa raChanagamire Samatenga. Manje wadya izvozvo.
I think zvirinani ujoine Youth ye Border Gezi
Just because one zanoid judge gives a fair judgement does not mean that the whole zimbabwean justice delivery system is impartial or non partisan. The problem is the continous political interference of the executive in an already compromised judiciary. At times rational sanity and simple reasoning has to prevail over the mind blowing stupidity displayed by the executive whose objective is useless political mileage at the expense of justice. Just as much if you have cops who see it being normal to take bribes in one instance and in another they severely assualt theives caught red handed would you Mickey mouse say that is professional? There is nothing hypocritical in this scenario, justice delayed is justice denied as this issued should have been resolved ages ago. Early this year the Chief Justice Chidyausiku admitted that poor renumeration and corruption were main impediments to fair and non compromised judiciary. How many people have been found guitly of treason since indepedence? NONE, How many people have been arrested on politically trumped up charges…THOUSANDS and how amny people have been found guilty to date..NONE.
Bla Dog, it has taken six years for justice to happen, for freedom to the Anglican masses, starved of a decent place and atmosphere of worship. Now you want me to applaud the flawed justice system which you and your other Zanu PF hounds still control?
The judges were simply ordered to rein in Kunongay, most likely for political mileage. So who will respect judges who follow orders from “above”? Given another “order” today, they can easily reverse that decision… so I don’t buy this false sense of justice whatsoever. You can go and report to your master that your barking has yet again proved useless, dog!
So, tell me Gaygodzva, this court ruling by judges you always accuse of being pro Zanu Pf does it sound fair to you? What a bunch of hypocrites.
A victory for voices of reason. But why did it take so long? wasn’t it obvious from the beginning? This is how Zanu PF operates, as Steel Wire correctly says. Now they want legitimize themselves, portray themselves as the good guys by fixing a mess they created in the first place!!
Mai chisamba chi chamunozivo kunze kwenyaya dzebonde kikikikiii!
Mweya wangu inzwa tenzi muponisi arikureva, arikutaura kuti iwe unondida here. Ndakasungura iwe ndikarapa ronda rako,ndikatsvaga iwe pasi ndikakupa ruvheneko.
kana mai vakarega kuchengeta mwana wavo ini ndino kutondera MY SOUR HEAR THE LORD can all Anglican hail the Lords doing by this song Amen…. We always tell them, remind them disciples of Satan that justices will on day prevail but they ignores forget that even powerful rulers of the Ancient faces their injustices
ko ana mai chisamba varipi
This is the ZANU PF way. Ngatidziidzei varume, kangani kubvira 1980 tichiona vanhu vachisvipwa semarutsi kana vachinge vapedza nezvako? In other words this is the begining of the end to Zanu Pf but alas for those who are being used! I can now see a light at the end of a tunnel but today I would like to warn those youths from Zanu Pf who are being used by opportunistic politicians to rape their own sisters, burn houses,kill innocent MDC T supporters that time will only catch up with them. Dai kwa Mutoko vaiveregawo izvi zvichida vangadzidza.
Dayindiri ini ndatombosvika pamusha pa Hwedza apa tanonzwa kuna va sekuru kuti chii zve chakanganiswa. Ko inga gono remusha ndakabisa wani. Veduwee zvinhu zva mwari hazvisi zvekutambwa nazvo izvi. Vanaa Kunonga munozviisa muna Taisireva’ hamheno henyu.
vaKunonga muchiri nenguva yekukumbira ruregerero kuna Mwari. The truth shall set u free.