PHD Ministries founder and leader Walter Magaya has threatened to stop sponsoring the Warriors after interim coach Norman Mapeza refused to attend a church service yesterday evening because he needed to travel to Zvishavane where FC Platinum is based.
Speaking on Star FM Magaya said:
If hosting the national team causes a problem whereby even the head coach is not happy I then may be unable to continue.
Not because I cannot afford it but because I do not want to cause any commotion or any problems it must be a choice for someone to be part of us and my aim is never to cause havoc but to cause peace and love.
I respect the head coach of the national team and I salute him for the win. I give it all to him and he has done very well.
But for the record we are a family and we think the family did good by coming to the church ,but the failure to come to the church by the head of church and what I heard he said at the gate shows that maybe I have done a mistake and I would not want to continue to do a mistake.
So for next time until I speak to the president of ZIFA and the team manager my decision is I don’t want to disturb them again or their peace.
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may we know what the coach allegedly said at the gate before we can make informed comments
Religion is between man and his god and noone has the right to make judgement or expect him to share beliefs or pray in the company of any one. If Magaya is not happy about Mapeza not coming to his church then Mapeza should quit the warriors and Magaya can conntinue sponsoring the warriors. The warriors team is made up of many people who cannot all be expected to share the same religious beliefs. Magaya must grow up and aceept this fact and Mapeza if ever he said anything negative about Magaya’s çhurch must learn to keep his sentiments to himself.