{"id":285380,"date":"2017-01-16T16:47:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T16:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=285380"},"modified":"2017-01-16T16:47:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T16:47:26","slug":"zimbabwean-pastor-arrested-for-prophesying-mugabes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/zimbabwean-pastor-arrested-for-prophesying-mugabes-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwean pastor arrested for prophesying Mugabe&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a church pastor for announcing a prophecy that President Robert Mugabe would die this year in October.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Mugadza is facing charges of undermining the authority of the president for making the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Mugadza\u2019s lawyer says his client doesn\u2019t believe what he said was an offence.<\/p>\n<p>The pastor last week held a press conference, at which he predicted Mugabe would die on 17 October.<\/p>\n<p>Defence lawyer, Gift Mtisi, says that his client believes he was merely conveying God\u2019s message.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people have been arrested and tried in recent years on similar charges of undermining the president.<\/p>\n<p>Mugadza was also arrested and detained in 2015 for holding up a placard telling Mugabe that his people were suffering.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Eyewitness News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a church pastor for announcing a prophecy that President Robert Mugabe would die this year in October. 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