Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) officials are still at a loss on what to do with self-proclaimed devil worshippers, but they hope a solution will be found soon.
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ZPS deputy commissioner, Huggins Machingauta last week said they wanted the two Satanists to leave but there were legal complications in the case.
“It is our wish that they leave our institutions immediately, but there are legal complications,” he told a stakeholders’ meeting.
The two Satanists, George Renee Lungange and Ngezi Ngendo Bragxton, have in the past few weeks caught the attention of Zimbabweans, as they asked to be allowed to practise their religion in remand prison.
The request was flatly denied.
Authorities are in a fix as the two are in Zimbabwe legally — they were granted asylum — complicating any form of repatriation.
Machingauta said Zimbabwe was mostly a Christian nation and could not allow the practice of Satanism.
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Home Affairs co-minister, Kembo Mohadi recently said there was no room for Satanism and the two would be deported soon, but that may prove difficult to do.
Zimbabwe Association for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Offender (Zacro) official, Elisha Chidombwe conceded that the case of the Satanists was complicated.
“I think we should call pastors and prophets like [Emmanuel] Makandiwa to come and exorcise them,” he said.
Chidombwe said their continued stay in remand prison was not ideal as they could influence other prisoners.
Zimbabwe, despite combining Christian beliefs with traditional practices, widely considers itself a Christian nation.
Authorities have declared that there was no room for Satanism in the country.
Lungange and Bragxton, refugees at Tongogara Camp, were arrested after they wrote to the Social Welfare ministry requesting that they be given a licence to operate a Satanic church in Zimbabwe.
The two insist they have done nothing wrong and should be released as Zimbabwe has freedom of conscience and religion.