Miracles church to set up university

According to Gutis followers, Bindura was the setting for alleged supernatural signs, including an angel said to have stood with Guti while he was preaching here in the 1960s.

Church faithfuls still report seeing angels when they visit the Bindura mountain where Guti used to pray and meditate. A cathedral now stands at the foot of the mountain and it is here that the university is to be built. The total cost of the project was not disclosed.

Guti, who will be the universitys chancellor, said the institution envisaged producing high quality graduates who will contribute to the socio-economic development of the country.

ZEGU will start off by operating from Harare and, when fully established, will have faculties of theology, agriculture, environment and tourism, information and communications technology and health science.

Vice-President Joice Mujuru said: The university has come at a strategic time when there is critical shortage of human capital in various sectors of the country.

The chair of the Zimbabwe Council of Higher Education, Professor Christopher Chetsanga, said there was more scope in this market segment, and challenged the new university to become a hive of scholarly excellence.

Guti’s ZAOGA church has now been established in 106 nations , with more than 2,000 churches in Southern Africa alone. Guti has ministered for over 55 years and has founded seven Bible colleges.