NO Zanu PF leader will replace President Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe president when he steps down including his wife Grace Mugabe and presidential hopeful vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, United Family International Church (Ufic) leader, Emmanuel Makandiwa, has revealed.
In a controversial weekend prophesy streamed live on YouTube, Makandiwa declared that Mugabe will be replaced by a Zimbabwean presently based in the Diaspora literally throwing out from the succession puzzle, all Zanu PF members who have been reportedly angling for Mugabe’s throne.
Makandiwa told his congregants that he was “seeing a person coming from outside, who was running towards the people of Zimbabwe”.
“This person is running in the opposite direction to people, who are running towards him, I see a spider and this spider is following this person, who is the chosen one to lead the people,” he said.
Makandiwa said if that person were to join a reputable opposition when he returns to Zimbabwe, he would be the leader to take over from Mugabe. Mugabe, 92, has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist since taking over from Rhodesian strongman, Ian Smith, at independence in 1980.
Due to his advanced age and reported failing health, Mugabe’s looming departure from the political scene has triggered serious infighting in the ruling Zanu PF.
Ufic spokesperson, Prime Kufa, however, said Makandiwa’s message “was complex” to the extent that people were now speculating on its meaning, including linking it to the country’s succession.
“This is the way God reveals things to His people, we don’t know why He does it in that way. You will know that up to now we have prophetic proclamations made in the Bible that theologians are still trying to understand their meaning,” he said.
Kufa said Makandiwa was the only one who could interpret “the prophecy”, with those close to the charismatic preacher saying “he (Makandiwa) could not even explain it and has warned against making uninformed political interpretations on prophecies”.