President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his administration respects freedom of worship as enshrined in the Constitution.
He made the remarks while addressing thousands of Zion Christian Church (ZCC) congregants gathered for the church’s annual Easter Passover festival at Mbungo Estate, Bikita, in Masvingo Province on Sunday. The Herald quoted Mnangagwa as saying:
The relationship between the State and the churches remains solid as we value freedom of worship.
We assure you that you are free to exercise your right to religion. As the Second Republic, we guarantee freedom of religion.
We need that cooperation between the Church and the State. Church people are patriotic about their country.
They do hard and honest work, they love their country.
Mnangagwa had been invited by the church to commission a dam they constructed and a clinic.
He commended ZCC for supporting the Government’s education system through the construction of 18 schools, both primary and secondary schools, which include Mutendi High School.
Mnangagwa promised the congregants that the Government is willing to offer land to ZCC for the construction of a university.
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