In a teacher’s ruling, the Supreme Court issued a media order confirming the unusable rights of Peter Jack Midinda’s children to extract and reformulate the remains of their father, 50 years after his death.
Madza is known by the Apostolic Community Corps as Johane Masowe.
This decision is an important legal and spiritual victory for a crown and a ji -Midza, and gives them power – with the legal frameworks in force – to honor their father’s heritage and memory in accordance with their family and cultural obligations.
The case arose from a lengthy and bitter conflict with a faction of the Church of the Gospel of God, which prevented the firmness of the Metha brothers from reaching their father’s cemetery in the Gandanzara shrine in McCondi, a sacred burial place near Ross.
Baba Johan, a distinguished religious figure and a spiritual guide for millions, died in Zambia on September 14, 1973, at the age of 59. His remains later based on what was then Rodissia (now Zimbabwe) and entered the shrine.
The efforts of the Supreme Court in 2017 have proven to mediate the dispute by giving the two sides equal in access to the incredible burial site, with the continuation of hostilities. MASDZA’s request request from the court to determine two important questions: whether they have the legal right to extract their father’s remains and whether the court can order such extraction.
Judge Tuwanda Chitabi, in his rule, supported the right of the brothers to extract the remains of their father, subject to compliance with legal procedures, but he refused to grant relief for the request to extract the bodies directly.
“The applicants have the right to kill the remains of the late Johann Masoy Shunio Mayadza, buried in the Gandanzara shrine, Ross, subject to the due legal procedures,”
The judge also explained that the relief granted, in itself, in itself, allows an immediate output, but instead requires adherence to the procedural dictates shown in the graves law.
Judge Chitabi emphasized that the cultural and family assurances of applicants were on a good basis, indicating their insistence that it was a traditional and moral commitment to bury their parents, and to preserve the permanent family heritage.
The legal advisor to the brotherhood, lawyer Luis Orei, issued by Mr. Nickel Moganagwi, argued that denying access to their father’s burial site caused wrong bias, and cut their relationship with the remains of their late father.
Lawyer Oriri presented that Baba Johan, one of the religious injured people, did not want to become a symbol of worship or a mausoleum of the two fruits or a source of benefit to the leaders of the Gospel of the Church of God.
An opponent of the request, the vice president of the church, the Irika office, which is represented by lawyer Silvertter Hashti, argued that the deceased expressed their desire to bury him in the Gandanzara shrine and rejected the request as trivial, citing a corridor for more than 20 years.
The judge noted that the parties were involved in the relevant litigation over the years, which showed the delay in submitting the current application.
Mr. Mushangwe praised the ruling as “Epochal”, describing it as a very important decision with long -term effects that go beyond justice management.
“This ruling brings joy and comfort and a clear way to solve the malicious problem of fighting in order to the right to honor their parents in death. It also carries spiritual importance, because it involves one of the religious stars in Africa.”
Although the court’s order is the permit and does not directly impose the process of extracting the bodies, it provides the legal clarity and the authority necessary to move forward within the limits of legal requirements.
Judge Chitabi’s ruling emphasizes the importance of the balance of cultural necessities, legal procedures, and holiness in burial sites, while reaffirming the role of the judiciary as the final ruling on justice matters.
This ruling not only restores the dignity of the MASDZA family, but also a remarkable reminder of the permanent links between the family, traditions and law.
It raises the shadow of the conflict that has long been waving on the horizon on the last place for Pope Johan, allowing his children to honor his memory in peace and unity.
Since 1932, when Shonhiwa Masdza, later known as Johane Masowe, received his divine call to the Prophet’s Ministry, the gospel of the Church of God was synonymous with worship in open spaces, a practice that has become a permanent distinctive feature.
Magaga now stood at the age of seventy, on the brink of victory after bearing a 52 -year -old legal and emotional battle to reach his father’s burial site.
His voice, heavy with both fatigue and relief, trembled as it is reflected in the journey. “This journey was unbearable, but we are happy that justice has finally prevailed while we are still alive,”
He said.
For other Magaga and family members, this victory is not just a legal teacher, but it is a profound personal and spiritual reclamation of their heritage. Herald
