via Itai Dzamara Prayer Rally in Pictures – Nehanda Radio Jul 11 2015
HARARE – Thousands of people on Saturday attended a prayer rally to mark four months since the abduction of journalist turned activist Itai Dzamara.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, expelled Zanu PF members – former war veteran’s leader Jabulani Sibanda and former MP Temba Mliswa – attended the prayer rally at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield.
Ousted former Vice President Joice Mujuru who was expected to attend is said to have pulled out for unexplained reasons. Former Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo said the former vice president will be “engaged elsewhere”.
“She will not be attending, I have talked to her,” Gumbo said adding Mujuru will “be busy with something else” without elaborating.
Family spokesman, Patson Dzamara, said the event was organized by Bishop Ancelimo Magaya of Grace Ablaze Ministries International.
The prayer meeting was abandoned last month following some disagreements between the Dzamara family and church leaders who were organizing the event.
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