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Raymond Jaravaza
IF outrunning one another with outrageous prophecies and healing claims were an Olympic race, Zimbabwean prophets would undoubtedly leave some of the world’s fastest athletes biting the dust or better still make it to the World Cup of Outrageous prophecies.
From discovering an HIV cure to speaking to God and arresting the devil, Zimbabwe has no shortage of drama on the pulpit.
1) The prophet who handcuffed the devil
In 2017, one Prophet Talent Madungwe claimed to have arrested Satan, much to the delight of his followers but ridicule from his critics.
Social media called him a “mental patient”, and he seethed with anger.
But he was not done. He later claimed to have seen God in addition to being the Almighty’s advisor. Calls for Madungwe to be checked into a psychiatric hospital grew louder but he remains unfazed.
2) The man who turned his congregants into cars
Wonders never cease to amaze and a Bulawayo prophet has an appetite of taking his miracle claims to a whole new level.
Musa Nherero Khumalo of Iminyela suburb claimed to change his congregants into cars, the same automobiles of their choice.
“If you want to buy a car, you are going to be a car,” he ranted to his followers and in response the church goers cheered and clapped while some spoke in tongues.
3) The HIV curer
Prophet Walter Magaya learnt it the hard way that making unsubstantiated medical claims on products that have not been tested and approved by the relevant authorities can land even the famous prophets in jail.
After claiming that his “Aguma” is a herbal cure for HIV and Aids, Magaya was slapped with a $700 fine for contravening the Medicines Control Act.
4) The miracle money prophet
When a plan to dupe his followers with claims that he could perform “money miracles” backfired, one prophet Ephias Jengeta was left with egg on his face.
For the Harare prophet, claims that he was endowed with the power to instruct God to produce money found few takers when he was attacked on social media.
The man of the cloth backed down. “Let me make it clear, that was not miracle money in the sense as it is portrayed in social media. This was money out of my pocket to the congregants,” he later defended himself.
5) The prophet who claimed to turn water into wine
Attention seeking antics got the better of Prophet Clever Kudzanai Mugambiwa from Kwekwe after he claimed to have repeated a miracle that was performed by Jesus Christ — converting water into wine.
He was blasted for being an attention seeker.
Bongani Ndlovu