Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has blasted Pastor Evan Mawarire who was behind the #ThisFlag campaign that called on Zimbabweans to stay away from work, saying he is not a “true preacher”.
Local media report Mugabe to say thet if people like Mawarire don’t want to live in the country they should “go to those countries that are sponsoring them.”
Mawarire is currently in neighbouring South Africa.
He was detained for inciting people to stay away from work over the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe, where the government has struggled to pay salaries of civil servant and the army.
Mugabe is quoted as saying, “First Corinthians, what does it say? Love one another. So beware these men of God – not all of them are true preachers of the Bible.”
“I don’t know whether they are serving God. Well, we spell God G.O.D. They spell God in reverse.”
