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Mizeki pilgrimage brings brisk business to Marondera
The annual Bernard Mizeki pilgrimage concluded yesterday, with thousands of pilgrims returning to their homes amid vibrant celebrations and a noticeable economic boost for local businesses in th...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:13hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza eyes growth with town expansion project
Chitungwiza is gearing up for a major transformation aimed at shedding its longstanding image as merely a dormitory town for Harare and emerging as a self-sustaining, resilient urban centre by the yea...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:34hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Government investigating defiant school heads
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has launched a crackdown on school heads who defied a government directive barring the expulsion of learners over unpaid fees, insisting that schools mu...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:16hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
8 Zimbabwe schools participate at SA sports festival
As the world marked the Easter holiday in honour of Jesus' sacrifice and resurrection, symbolising hope, life, and triumph over adversity, St Dunstan's College in Rynfield, Benoni brought that spirit ...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 09:37hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Namibia to require visas for U. S. citizens
In a significant policy shift reflective of the evolving dynamics of international travel, the Namibian government has announced that as from April 1, 2025, U.S. citizens and tourists from more than 3...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:46hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him
In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by crimin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1724 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa to officially re-open Mbare Market
NewZimbabweAllegations of racial bias resurface at Peterhouse Boys SchoolPeterhouse Boys School (PHB), a prestigious Anglican-run institution, is once again embroiled in controversy following ...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:07hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Openly gay Islamic priest shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa.The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:57hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett quits amid boy sex abuse allegations
Zimbabwean-born legal luminary Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett, whose illustrious career spanned South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the United Kingdom, has retired from the bar following allegations of historic se...Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 18:49hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Nandi-Ndaitwah elected as Namibia's first woman president
Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected as Namibia's fifth president, making history as the country's first woman to hold this position.She won with 638 560 votes, followe...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:47hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sister of UK child abuse victim blames the Church for brother's death
The sister of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while swimming naked at a Christian holiday camp in Zimbabwe run by child abuser John Smyth blames the Church of England for his death."The Church k...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:32hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
2 Royal baLozi graves in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Bulawayo's Athlone Cemetery is the oldest formal graveyard in the modern city, being established in December 1893 in the vicinity of what was known as White Man's Camp. There are many significant pers...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:12hrs | 1112 | by Paul Hubbard, Independent Researcher, Bulawayo
Road rehabilitation should spread to other Zimbabwe cities
Bishop Eric Ruwona of the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland praised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the extensive road infrastructure improvements in Harare, expressing hope that similar developments wi...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 5756 | by Staff reporter
Anglican bishop acquitted
BISHOP Eric Ruwona of the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland, and his standing committee members were yesterday acquitted on charges of violating the Education Act.Ruwona, Walter Majoni, Daphine M...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 12:59hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
8 bus inferno victims named
The Anglican Diocese of Manicaland has released the names of eight congregants who tragically lost their lives in a bus fire on the Nyabandza-Gandanzara Road in Rusape over the weekend. The bu...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 11:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bus drivers' age limit proposal sparks debate
The Zimbabwean government's proposal to raise the minimum age for bus and kombi drivers from 25 to 30 has elicited mixed reactions. This initiative aims to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities, whi...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:21hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
8 Anglicans perish in bus blaze
The government has cancelled the operating licence of Passion Link Coaches after a fire in an unroadworthy bus killed eight Anglican Diocese of Manicaland pilgrims returning from Bernard Mzeki shrine....Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster fingered in students demo
THE headmaster at the Anglican-run St Faith High School in Rusape faces disciplinary action for allegedly inciting schoolchildren to protest over his impending transfer from the institution.Th...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police unleash dogs on protesting school pupils
POLICE in Rusape allegedly set dogs on protesting students at St Faith's Mission yesterday.A short video clip of the incident, that has gone viral on social media platforms, shows police offic...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
St Faith High School Priest shows off punching skills
TEMPERS flared at St Faith's High School on Wednesday, with a priest from the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland showing his boxing skills as parents who escorted Form Five learners bulldozed their way in...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
School head hires thugs, cause chaos
THERE were chaotic scenes at St Faith's High School outside Rusape, Manicaland province, this week after suspected "hired thugs" disturbed lessons at the Anglican Church-run school.The thugs w...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo and Admire Kasi's legal woes continue
Ivy Kombo has been in the public eye for many years. She has embraced difficult experiences, problems and scandals as well as other trials and tribulations Zimbabwe's female musicians face. With her g...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 215 | by Fred Zindi
Old Mutual Zimbabwe empowers women in Mutare
Old Mutual Zimbabwe, a leading financial services provider, has joined hands with New Faces New Voices for a training event aimed at empowering women in various areas, including entrepreneurship and f...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF has already won elections
The Zimbabwe Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) has said God has blessed Zanu-PF to rule, and the forthcoming elections are a mere formality.ZIICC Secretary General Tha...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 08:06hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Anglicans demand apology over Mnangagwa's recent visit to the Church
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent visit to the Anglican Church's Benard Mizeki pilgrimage in Marondera where he begged for votes ahead of the August 23 poll, has reportedly left the church h...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa begs for church votes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa begged for votes from the Anglican Church members at the weekend, while officiating at the annual Bernard Mizeki pilgrimage in Marondera.Zimbabwe is preparing for ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims economic sabotage by 'detractors'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned elements which he claimed are working to derail the country's economic stability piling pressure on ordinary citizens as the country heads to polls in the next ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes campaign trail to Anglican Church
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Saturday pampered the Anglican Church with funds ostensibly channelled to rehabilitate its shrine in Mashonaland East before pleading with the church to support the ruling...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe critic and former Archbishop of York told to step down from Church
The former Archbishop of York has been forced to step down from his Church of England role after a review into how he handled a child sex abuse allegation.Lord John Sentamu, a bitter critic of...Published: 14 May 2023 at 19:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
UK MPs fail to cancel Mnangagwa invite?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa leaves the country today to attend the coronation of King Charles III at a ceremony set to be attended by other world leaders, royals and celebrities in London, the United Kingdom....Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Family crisis in the West
I KNOW this is sensitive ground and most people avoid commenting on, but I think it is too important to the world and our own families and society to just brush it aside as another feature of a ...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Eddie Cross
Chiwenga preaches peace
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has called on people to uphold peace and harmony as a prerequisite for development. VP Chiwenga, a devout Catholic, made the call when he joined fellow Cath...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rolls outreach programme to engage South Africa returnees
GOVERNMENT has rolled out the second phase of engaging citizens in South Africa as part of finalising the process of a smooth return of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders.The Zimbabwe Emb...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe embassy prepares for return of SA permit holders
THE Government has rolled out the second phase of engaging citizens in South Africa as part of finalising the process of a smooth return of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders.The Zimbabwe...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When all friendship ceases!
Von Hornick's nine principles on National EconomyIn 1684, an Austrian lawyer-turned-civil servant, Philipp Wilhelm von Hornick, published nine principal rules of a National Economy.The...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Jamwanda
Anglican Bishop acquitted
ANGLICAN Diocese of Manicaland Bishop Eric Ruwona has been acquitted of in a case where he faced charges of intimidating a witness who had reported him for corruption.Ruwona appeared in court ...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist MPs quiz minister over worsening Zimbabwe crisis
BRITISH legislators on Thursday quizzed the country's minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith, over the continued persecution of opposition off...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition: Politics and Pisgah sight fallacy
A student of CultureAT heart and at soul, I am a student of culture.This is why I opted to read Literature at college, much of it drawn from the Western World.But that was to g...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 22 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe's 70 year old historic painting depicts Jesus as a black man
For the first time in his life, Gift Livingstone Sango, 65, saw a painting by his father depicting Jesus as a Black man."My father used to draw Jesus as Black because God is for all of us. He ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt insincere over Cyrene Farm invasion, says CCC
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has slammed government for "pretending" that it was assisting the Anglican Church in Figtree, Matabeleland South province to stop land invasions at i...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster suspended over missing pupil
ST MATHIAS Tsonzo High School headmaster Maxwell Sambona has been suspended after a pupil at the school, Livingston Sunhwa (19) disappeared last year.Human remains suspected to belong to Sunhw...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police sweat over missing student
POLICE have denied charges of assaulting a student at St Mathias Tsonzo High School in Manicaland province, who went missing last year, a day before his "O" English examination on December 6.L...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zim born entrepreneur Chiedza Ziyambe nominated for the UK' largest diversity awards
A UK based Zimbabwean designer and entrepreneur has been nominated for a prestigious national award for her work to support fashion designers and models in the industry.Chiedza Ziyambe has bee...Published: 12 May 2022 at 14:23hrs | 17 | by Agencies
Chiwenga consoles Siyachitema family
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has consoled the Siyachitema family following the death of Anglican Bishop Jonathan Siyachitema on Friday last week.Bishop Siyachitema (90) has since been a...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare mayoress Masunda laid to rest
FORMER mayoress Fikile Patricia Faith Masunda (nee Phezulu) was laid to rest at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare today.Fikile was Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) editorial advisory board chairperson...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Anglican Bishop retires
The Rt Rev Godfrey Taonezvi, the founding bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Masvingo has retired.He bid farewell to serving and retired bishops, friends and tens of congregants at a mass held ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:16hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Church loses bid to dismiss school head, deputy
The Mutare High Court has ruled against the Anglican Church's Manicaland Diocese decision to remove St Faith's High School headmaster Mr Arnold Makamba and his deputy from their positions.Mr M...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's upper-middle income economy plans in disarray
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said his administration will be able to push to fulfil its long-term plan of transforming Zimbabwe into an upper-middle income economy in line with Vision 2030 if the illegal e...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Breakthrough as Zimbabwe pastors meet Anglican leader over sanctions
A delegation of Zimbabwean clerics organized as the Zimbabwe churches' sanctions relief initiative (ZICSRI) on Monday held a meeting with Anglican's global leader met the Archbishop of Canterbury, Jus...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 19:54hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZHRC probes Cyrene Farm invasion
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has visited Cyrene Farm in Figtree, owned by the Anglican Province of Central Africa Church, to investigate cases of human rights violations by invaders and...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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