POPULAR television personality, Rebecca Chisamba has castigated the current obsession with superstition among some Zimbabweans, which she said was “saddening”, especially for a Christian nation.
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The talk show presenter, popularly known as Mai Chisamba, was apparently irked by reactions to the recent blast that occurred in Chitungwiza, which some people blamed on “man-made lightning”.
Others peddled claims that the explosion, which killed five people including a traditional healer and businessman, was caused by some supernatural powers associated with “goblin manufacturing”.
But preliminary police investigations have so far indicated that the blast could have been caused by a bomb or a landmine.
Mai Chisamba had no kind words for those who were linking the blast to superstition.
“All this talk is nonsense which is being done by idle minds. “Our people should value praying, and they should know the difference between praying and going to church,” said Mai Chisamba.
“The problem is that nowadays, we have too much mob psychology, whereby thousands flock to churches but do not know what they are doing there.”
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She was apparently referring to the proliferation of new churches where many seem to flock to for miracles.
The church leaders also claim to possess powers to heal the sick, even those suffering from cancer and Aids, as well as making barren women conceive.
Mai Chisamba, who hosts the popular Mai Chisamba Show on ZTV, said superstition had destroyed love in many families and encouraged bad practices like selfishness.
“I work with society and in some cases, you find someone with loads and loads of clothes they are not using but cannot give these to others because of fear they could be bewitched,” she said.
“People should know God first because those who go to church are the same people who go to n’angas [traditional healers].”
She continued: “You find someone who is worth thousands of dollars consulting someone who has neither a roof above his head nor shoes on his feet for luck. I wonder if it ever occurs to such people that the people they are consulting also need the luck.
“My heart bleeds on seeing such things because we are being brainwashed to an extent that we are going back to the Stone Age.”
