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Gory murder near church in Bulawayo
Police have launched an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old man, Prince Ndlovu, whose body was discovered near a church in Njube suburb on Friday.The Zimbabwe Republic Polic...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 20:07hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma has a message for Mnangagwa
Munetsi Masheedze, widely known as Murandawashe, has resurfaced with a familiar declaration — he says he has a message for the President of Zimbabwe, this time Emmerson Mnangagwa, claiming it is fro...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:16hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Pastor sues sister for squandering rentals
A bitter dispute over a family property has spilled into the Harare Civil Court, where a pastor with the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM), Jaslene Mutunhiri, accused her sister of monopolising rental inc...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 15:52hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
AFM pastor in US$158K fraud storm
A reverend from the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church and his wife appeared in court yesterday on allegations of defrauding a private school operator of US$158,000 in a failed rent-to-buy property ...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:27hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Vumbachikwe Mine moves to evict workers still occupying company houses after 2022 closure
GWANDA, Matabeleland South - Management at the struggling Vumbachikwe Mine has filed court summons seeking the eviction of two workers from company-owned houses, despite hundreds of others still occup...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:25hrs | 367 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF candidate dismantles boreholes in Gutu East
A deepening water crisis has gripped Gutu East constituency after Zanu-PF parliamentary candidate Zvarevashe Masvingise allegedly caused the dismantling of community boreholes and failed to fulfil his...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:59hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Pastor's daughter abuses father
A Harare-based pastor from the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church has been granted a protection order against his 28-year-old daughter, whom he accused of repeated physical and verbal abuse, and cau...Published: 04 May 2025 at 20:23hrs | 1849 | by Staff reporter
Pastor jailed for incestuous relationship with stepdaughter
A 34-year-old Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) pastor has been convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison for engaging in an incestuous relationship with his stepdaughter. T...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 07:35hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a CIO Project: Blue Movement a Zanu-PF creation
In CCC we have a very safe haven under the leadership of Professor Welshman Ncube and those waiting for yet to be launched political groups can wait as we move forward. The struggle is still on and fr...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 11:59hrs | 1917 | by Gugugu Magorira
Church secretary in court for US$21k theft
Chipo Molly Machokonera (40), the administration secretary of Apostolic Faith Mission's (AFM) Shalom Assembly in Westlea, Harare, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday, facing charges o...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:18hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold panners sneak into Vumbachikwe mine
PLUS or minus 100 Illegal gold panners reportedly sneaked into Vumbachikwe mine this week where about 38 of them have reportedly been arrested with cases pending in the courts.A local source r...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 13:02hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
How Bulawayo's townships reflect city's rich Ndebele heritage
IN 1894, Bulawayo had just one African township. Today, the city boasts close to twenty townships in the western suburbs. Bulawayo's first African township was Makokoba, also known as the "Location" o...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:39hrs | 847 | by Fredrick Qaphelani Mabikwa
5 siblings up for armed robbery
CASES of siblings being involved in crime are not uncommon in Zimbabwe, but the Madzima brothers appear to have gained a new level of infamy.Five siblings - Shadreck, Talent, Brian, Tatenda an...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 08:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Nelson Chamisa dumps AFM for SDA...fails to pay bodyguards
In a surprising turn of events, Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opposition in Zimbabwe, has quietly switched churches from the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) to the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) denomi...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 10:38hrs | 63 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Apostolic Faith Church congregants flood Bulawayo
THOUSANDS of congregants from two Apostolic Faith Churches are gathered at two venues in Bulawayo for their annual conferences.The churches were once one congregation before splitting into two...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:04hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets church leaders
President Mnangagwa has engaged with various indigenous and Pentecostal church leaders who extended their congratulations to him for his victory and that of the ruling Zanu-PF party in the recent Augu...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 15:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
AFM Pastor granted bail
After spending days in prison Plumtree-based Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastor who allegedly assaulted his wife over a phone dispute has been granted bail.Majalifa Marumo (57) was granted $...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 09:51hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
AFM Pastor bashes wife
A 57-YEAR-OLD Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastor in Plumtree has been dragged to court after he assaulted his wife over a phone dispute.Majalifa Marumo appeared before magistrate Joshua Nemb...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 21:44hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa vows to run Zimbabwe on Christian values
Some Zimbabweans have lambasted the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for declaring in its election manifesto that it intends to run the country on the basis of Christian values.Party leader...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean candidates solicit church votes ahead of Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwe's major political parties are turning to religion in a bid to secure votes in the general elections next month.Zanu-PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are attending church...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Drama as congregants fight
DRAMA recently ensued at St John's Apostolic Faith Mission in Bulawayo's New Lobengula suburb when congregants fought during a church service over what some members claimed was a lack of transpa...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 18:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bishop told to 'shut up, stop lying' during service
BISHOP, shut up, stop lying!This is the dilemma being faced by Bishop Vengayi Tapfuma of St Joseph's Apostolic Faith Mission in Bulawayo's Lobengula suburb who claimed that whenever he is on t...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Makandiwa should trade his robes and enter the political field
Zimbabwe is a free and democratic country where one can turn into politics and leave whatever they would be doing.I used to follow Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa when he was still a junior pastor ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:42hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Makandiwa, preaching heresy
I USED to follow United Family International Church leader Emmanuel Makandiwa when he was still a junior pastor with Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe until he left the church and formed his own ent...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 11 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa death threat bishop walks free
A Zanu-PF member and cleric who threatened Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa with death is still a free man despite earlier claims by the police that they are investigating him...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's murder case; Chigumba writes to Beatrice Mtetwa
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba this week wrote to human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa expressing anger over a Zanu-PF official's public incitement to the mu...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
US$18 000 stolen from a church in Zimbabwe
Robbers broke into the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Glen Norah B, Harare on Tuesday night and stole more than US$18 000, $12 000 and laptops, among other things.The church is led by...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF disowns official who called for Nelson Chamisa to be killed
Zanu-PF has disowned a party official filmed telling a rally in Mberengwa that Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa, his supporters and their children should be murdered.Zanu-PF...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Chamisa bishop must be arrested, demands Mtetwa
Swaziland born human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtewa has ratcheted pressure on the State to take action against a Zanu-PF member who threatened Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa w...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Mtetwa demands arrest of Zanu-PF leader
RIGHTS lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, has written to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), demanding the arrest of Zanu-PF member, Abton ‘Bhito' Mashayanyika, who recently called for the murder of Citizens ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chilling death threat bishop defiant
A top Zanu-PF official, who is also church leader in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands province, says he will never be arrested for threatening to kill opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police persecutes Chamisa's CCC, shields Zanu-PF rogue elements
POLICE are once again on the spotlight over allegations of selective application of the law where they stand accused of moving at lightning speed to arrest and lock up opposition members suspected of ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC not taking threats against Chamisa lightly
Zanu-PF has been described as a "criminal gang" after a ruling party member threatened opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his family with death.The police were evasive yesterday when contact...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Divorce cases spike
The High Court in Harare recorded a staggering 47 divorce cases on Thursday last week while statistics show that 1 351 couples filed for divorce last year compared to 1 117 in 2020.Observers b...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreak havoc in Manicaland
SELF-STYLED witch-hunters commonly known as Tsikamutandas are wreaking havoc in Manicaland province where they are ripping off unsuspecting villagers of their livestock in the guise of "cleaning their...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Is he the young man?
I have lost touch with my Zipra brother Melusi Nkomo. The last time I heard about him, he was doing some lofty business at the International Graduate Centre in Geneva, Switzerland."Robert Muga...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Kenneth Mafuka
Mentally ill brothers in fatal fight
A MAN from Mwenezi believed to be mentally challenged fatally assaulted his brother while they were on their way to a local hospital to collect medication before committing suicide.Masvingo pr...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$2 500 disappears from AFM church coffers
THE Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) in Mashonaland East province has been rocked by a scandal after money raised to purchase a state-of-the-art public address (PA) system allegedly went missing....Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Liberation war icon Mabusa dies
LIBERATION struggle and former Zapu official Dauti Salatiel Mabusa has died.He was 82.The war veteran who contributed immensely to the liberation struggle died in his sleep at his home...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chiangwa to be evicted
THE High Court has granted the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) led by Amon Madawo permission to evict its rival faction led by Cossam Chiangwa from a property in Westgate, Harare.Thi...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:37hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
12 Bulawayo churches face demolition
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to demolish 12 church structures that are either dilapidated and an eyesore or have been illegally constructed as it ups its fight to rid the city of illegal and...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chiangwa pastor wins court case
A PASTOR from a rival faction of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM), Panganai Makarichi, has won a High Court case where he was being sued by the Amon Madawo-led group for refusing to surre...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Shooting at AFM
THERE was drama at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Marlborough on Thursday after security guards allegedly hired by the church's splinter group led by Reverend Cossam Chiangwa fired gunsho...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Praying man kills wife, two children
A Gweru man this afternoon fell into a trance while praying with his family grabbed an axe before chopping to death his wife and two children.The other child escaped the chop and was saved by ...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 18:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pastor kidnapped, threatened with death in AFM fights
AN Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastor was kidnapped by a rival faction and threatened with death if he failed to surrender church property as the wrangle to control the religious group between Amon ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Low turnout as churches resume service
The resumption of sit-in church services for fully-vaccinated congregants got off to a slow start countrywide yesterday, with different Christian traditions driving the decision to reopen, while compl...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
AFM faction opens doors to rival congregants
THE Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) in Zimbabwe faction led by Amon Madawo yesterday began courting members from a rival faction led by Cossam Chiangwa after winning a bruising fight for control of the ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
AFM factions fight over trademark
THE battle between two warring factions of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) yesterday took a new twist with its leaders, Amon Madawo and Cossam Chiangwa fighting over the church's tradema...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Veteran ZDF chaplain calls it a day
The first Chaplain General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Colonel Joseph Nyakudya, retired yesterday with ZDF Commander General Phillip Sibanda presiding over his farewell lunch at the Zimbabwe Defen...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
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