Report on Gandiya wrong

ill-informed about the role of the State in national affairs and the operations of the Anglican Church (CPCA). The meeting of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Tanzania, Central Africa and Southern Africa on Monday with President Mugabe on Monday was a courtesy call by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was in Zimbabwe to show his solidarity with the Zimbabwean Anglican community.
Bishop Chad Gandiya and Bishop Julius Makoni were part of the delegation as testimony of the strength and depth of solidarity within the Anglican Communion. The meeting with the President was meant to help him assess documented evidence of the persecution of CPCA Anglicans by the police who are rendering unhindered support to the ex-communicated Nolbert Kunonga.
What is political about Church leaders meeting the Head of State and Government? From The Herald article, it can safely be concluded and assumed that someone has panicked over the amount of evidence showing Kunonga’s and police complicity in the persecution of Anglicans, now in the hands of the President.
As the Archbishop rightly pointed out – Kunonga is using “homosexuality” as an attempt to distract the nation from seeing his devilish mentality. He is just desperate to take charge of properties of a church he does not belong to. This meeting represented a major breakthrough for the Anglican Church as the world now knows that the President held in his hands a dossier detailing the shocking levels of persecution of Anglicans by Dr Kunonga.
So, while Kunonga and his thugs were trying to distract the Archbishops’ visit, President Mugabe was inviting the Archbishops of Canterbury, Tanzania, Southern Africa and Central Africa, and Bishops Gandiya and Makoni for “a frank and honest meeting on the Anglican issues”.
The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Harare (CPCA) Dr Nicholas Chad Gandiya remains dedicated to advancing the work of the Anglican Church in the education, health and welfare sectors, guided by the principles of justice and access to equal opportunities by all within and outside the church. The visit to Zimbabwe by the Archbishops of Tanzania, Southern Africa, Canterbury and Central Africa demonstrated the strong solidarity that exists among Anglicans.
The Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has no business following up on his own judgement by commenting outside the courts by insinuating, through the media (The Herald, Saturday October 1, 2011, Daniel Nemukuyu) titled “Anglicans should not seek political interventions” when Anglicans continue to be persecuted despite the recognition of the right to worship in the Zimbabwe Constitution. Seeking alternatives in a polarised environment is not a crime under Zimbabwe’s laws so even if the Church leaders sought President Mugabe’s intervention, it is within their rights. Providing factual information on a situation is not an offence. The general view among Anglicans is that the police cannot deal decisively with the matter as they have become too compromised to discharge justice.
As a Church we do not believe the President will stoop so low as to interfere in Church matters. No one has a right to silence Anglicans using false legal knowledge and continue to misinform the public on things they are unfamiliar with. It is important for the Anglican Diocese of Harare (CPCA) to let the world know that the Herald, as a national newspaper ignored the persecution of the Anglican Church (CPCA), then under the leadership of Retired Bishop Dr Sebastian Bakare from September 2007-July 2009.
The Herald has again taken sides with Kunonga, as they have done in the past, yet Anglicans continue to be persecuted by Kunonga’s identified hooligans, masquerading as men of God. The police were openly biased and took things personally as they tear-gassed Anglicans and used baton sticks to beat up innocent civilians just pursuing their chosen denomination, weekly. The only person who has been in contempt of court is Nolbert Kunonga and his thugs, ably aided by the police, who defied Justice Rita Makarau’s judgement delivered on January 19, 2008 (Case Number HC345/08) which ordered that before the Anglican asset dispute is settled, the Anglican Harare (CPCA) Diocese must share premises for worship with Kunonga at times differing by 90 minutes, with the Kunonga services being conducted first.
My question is; was The Herald off the streets then, or was it unaware of these developments? As if nothing was happening, The Herald and Sunday Mail extensively covered Kunonga’s formation of the Province of Zimbabwe in February 2008, telling the world and his followers that he had become its archbishop, a long held ambition, and proceeded to appoint five “bishops” namely Morris Brown Gwedegwe (Mashonaland Central), Alfred Munyanyi (Mashonaland West), Harry Mambo Rinashe (Mashonaland East), and Caxton Mabhoyi (Chitungwiza).
But what remains a mystery is how the courts in Zimbabwe continue to refuse public information by accepting the dual roles that they accept for Kunonga.