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Prophet Uebert Angel

Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau
SOUTH African sports channel SuperSport is banking on Liverpool to win the English Premier League title, claiming that would void a $1,5 million lawsuit filed by Prophet Uebert Angel of the Spirit Embassy.In December last year, SuperSport published on its website what it claimed was a prophecy by Angel in which he said God had shown him that Liverpool — then tied on points at the top with Arsenal — would be the 2013/14 league winners.

Angel denies ever making the prophecy, and his lawyers have filed a defamation claim at the Harare High Court demanding $1,5 million.

SuperSport, defending, admit Prophet Angel never made the said prophecy, but insist the lawsuit is premature as Liverpool may yet clinch the league title — whether or not Angel made the alleged prophecy.

“SuperSport admit that the words quoted were published, but continue to deny that they were defamatory and point out that the event predicted has not as yet transpired so as to make it impossible to state whether or not such words are false,” said SuperSport’s lawyer, Advocate Eric Morris, instructed by Atherstone and Cook law firm.

He argues that defamation can only be proved if Liverpool fails to clinch the title.

Morris also argued that Prophet Angel failed to properly cite the names and addresses of the two defendants in the case, effectively breaching Order 3 of the Rules of the High Court of Zimbabwe.

The lawyers argue that Prophet Angel wrongly cited SuperSport as the first defendant when the company is called SuperSport International (Pty) Ltd. They also say the prophet wrongly cited the second defendant as MIH Group when its proper name is MIH Holdings (Pty) Ltd.

The company’s lawyers say MultiChoice Africa is an independent company registered in Mauritius and that its property cannot be attached in settlement of SuperSport International’s debts.

“Funds for DStv subscriptions are paid to MultiChoice Africa Limited, a company with limited liability, registered in terms of the laws of Mauritius and a company which has no connection of any nature whatsoever with the first and second defendants, so that the defendants have no call on the assets of MultiChoice Limited whose assets cannot be attached under Section 15 of the High Court Act,” reads the plea.

In the article published on www.supersort.com at the end of December 2013 (“Zimbabwean prophet predicts Liverpool to win title”), Prophet Angel was quoted as saying: “Liverpool, I am with you this year and God has shown me he is returning you to your glory days.”