GOSPEL artiste pastor Lawrence Haisa on Wednesday wept as he led different church organisations in song during the anti-xenophobia prayer held at Trinity Methodist Church.
BY VENERANDA LANGA
Haisa said the xenophobic violence was a very disturbing issue which needed to be tackled by all players in the country, including politicians, churches and musicians.
He said it was important for different artistes to come together against xenophobia and hold a national gala in support of the victims.
“The issue of xenophobia is very shameful because we have not seen a white man killing another white man, but we are now seeing black people killing fellow blacks. We appeal to those South Africans perpetrating xenophobia to stop it because we are relatives and friends,” Haisa said.
“There is no replacement for a human being. We can replace parts of cars or anything else, but not human beings. There is only one Pastor Haisa and there is no one else in the world who can be me or you. A human being is like an inheritance. We were given dominion on earth by our Lord, but the purpose of this dominance was not to kill one another.”
Haisa urged musicians to unite and sing songs that denounce xenophobia.
“We have to unite and compose songs for Africa. I am appealing to other musicians that we should begin to organise shows, or a gala whereby we will raise money which will be used to assist those who are bereaved and lost their relatives, or even those who lost their property and are now destitute due to xenophobic violence,” he said.
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During the prayer organised by members of the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations, comprising the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, Union for Development of Apostolic and Zion Churches in Southern Africa and the Christian Student Movement of Zimbabwe, the churches sang popular tunes, including those of the Vapostori sect.
When Haisa sang one of his popular tunes Burukai Mwari while kneeling in prayer, he wept.
