Farai Dziva|Church leaders in the city of Masvingo have castigated Emmerson Mnangagwa for making blasphemous utterances.

Yesterday Mnangagwa equated himself to God and castigated the opposition.

Mnangagwa said even in Heaven God had problems with the devil but He still remained the Creator. He said this while responding questions from journalists during a news conference held at the conclusion of the third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission Summit in the capital, Harare.

“It is our view that we don’t need to commit the mistakes of those who have gone ahead of us. We need to leap frog in terms of our development to catch up with other developing countries but to do so, we need their hands like what South Africa is doing – holding our hand, moving with us and then other countries. That’s what we are doing.

We will not be swayed by negative forces because even the Lord upstairs was not able to keep his house in order — he had Satan. So, these things happen but He still remains there as the Creator,” said Mnangagwa.

Church leaders in the ancient have declared that Mnangagwa should retract his utterances as a matter of urgency.