Church leaders and congregants in Harare took to the streets protesting against Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora's decesion to force the recitation of the national pledge in schools.
The church leaders said the pledge was against their Christian beliefs and must be dropped immediately.
The placard-waving church leaders, under the banner of the Prayer Network of Zimbabwe, later handed their petition to the ministry’s acting permanent secretary, Peter Muzawazi.
“Our main issue is that the pledge is against the Constitution, particularly section 60,” PNZ spokesperson, Assan Mtembo said.
Mtembo said they would give the government two weeks to respond, failure to which, they would hold more protests.
This came as Christian Voice International-Zimbabwe, led by Tapfumaneyi Zenda, and Zimbabwe Divine Destiny, led by Ancelimo Magaya, petitioned Parliament to force Dokora to drop the pledge.
- News Day
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