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When crime is cloaked as religion

Religion is often the business plan of fraudsters who lie effortlessly to their congregants

Johann van der Westhuizen

Anglican sisters attends a thanksgiving church service held in her memory at the Anglican Cathedral in Harare Zimbabwe. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

In poverty-stricken Zimbabwe, thieves target churches and priests

Congregation coffers attract desperate thieves as churches are known not to bank their donations

Marko Phiri