In a witchcraft related case, a United Methodist Church pastor
stationed in Uzumba District recently got a hair cut from witches
while he was asleep, reports say.
Pastor Teddy Mundondo from Nyamhara village in Uzumba allegedly woke
up in the morning, only to find his hair missing. However some gossip
mongers are alleging that 3 women are being suspected to be behind
this spine-chilling incident.
Pastor Mundondo could neither deny nor confirm the incident but only
said he could not divulge his personal problems to the media. He went
on to say as apastor he faces various temptations.
"I can not speak to the media on issues that affect my life or church
business. You would rather approach church leaders, not me, for they
have the powersto speak on behalf of the church. Do you think it's
nice to publish that a Pastor mysteriously got a bald shave? Why do
you want to cause troubles in pastor's life?" said the man of God.
Prior to getting hold of pastor Mundondo, our news crew had previously
approached his wife, Rudo Kanokwiza, who confirmedthat her husband got
a hair cut at night from unknown people during his sleep. Mai Mfundisi
Rudo said the incident took placea few weeks ago after she had visited
her rural area in Bocha.
"IT'S TRUE, the incident took place while the Pastor was alone.He said
he then visited Mrs (namewithheld) where he collected his hair that
had been shaved duringthe night. He also said he dreamt of the whole
incident during the night," said the pastor's wife.
When reached for comment, the woman who was allegedly foundin
possession of the pastor's hair, professed ignorance over the matter.
"A lot of people are calling me with private numbers asking me if it's
true that I gave mufundisi ahair cut in his sleep. All along I didn't
know anything. Another young man who is also a member of our church
(name withheld) is the one who revealed to me that people are saying '
ndakagera mufundisi zuda '. In fact I was in Harare when the incident
took place," said the woman.
She added: "I hold a leadership position in the church and this is not
going down well with the pstor. Next year we were supposed to send him
to school, but since he doesn't socialize well with others, we can't
do thatanymore. My children actually want to sue him. On another
church member's funeral (name withheld), this pastor preached about
me. He said he shall witness all witches being burnt in hell when the
time comes," said the woman.
However, another villager in the area CONFIRMED that he saw the pastor
coming to collect his hair at the woman's homestead.
"I saw Pastor Mundondo riding his motorbike, arriving at the woman's
homestead. He said he had come to collect his hair. Shortly I saw this
woman comingout of the house, carrying a plastic bag containing human
hair. Upon being handed over hisbelongings, the pastor returned to his
homestead. If you can, please see also the woman's neighbour (name
withheld). She will bear witness to this incident," said the man.
Tatenda Makono, who is also the pastor's neighbour, CONFIRMED the incident.
"I was with the pastor the previous night. In the morning I saw him
riding his motorbike with a bald head, heading to this woman's
homestead. When he came back, he was carrying a plastic bag. I
couldn't ask him about it but through the grapevine I learnt about
it," said Makono.
Efforts to get a comment from United Methodist Church Head Office
proved futile as the Admin Assistant, Rev Marewangepo wassaid to be
away by the time of going to press
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