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Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart
THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf he...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic member (65) marries wife's niece (10)
POLICE in Chiredzi have re-arrested an apostolic sect member Never Muzorora (65) of village 7, Matedzi, accusing him of taking in his wife's 10-year-old niece as his seventh wife.Muzorora and ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must warn his Apostolic Sect supporters against child marriages'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Kadoma Central legislator Muchineripi Chinyanganya has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently condemn early child marriages which are rampant in the Apo...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lauds church support
Zanu-PF National Political Commissar Mike Bimha says the ruling party acknowledges the support it gets from the church and it will continue to work with them for the development of the country....Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:57hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Ex-killer cop Muvevi claims insanity
A HARARE magistrate yesterday ordered that former Criminal Investigations Department officer, Jaison Muvevi, be taken to a psychiatrist for a mental examination.Muvevi, who faces four counts o...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED lines up national convention
Scores of Apostolic sects under the Vapostori4ED and Zion4ED banners have lined up an historic national convention this month to offer their final pledge to ensure a landslide victory for President Mn...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen uses cannabis for medicinal purposes
A Senior citizen who was arrested after being found in possession of two twists of cannabis told Mutoko magistrate yesterday that he was using it for medicinal purposes.Sukupenzi Elector was s...Published: 04 May 2023 at 10:16hrs | 716 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF MP gets 8 votes in primaries
THE ruling Zanu-PF party primary polls last month were reportedly the worst nightmare for sitting Mutare West MP Teedzai Percy Muchimwe.It has emerged that he only managed to garner eight vote...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 2226 | by Staff reporter
Churches pledge to mobilise votes for Zanu PF
THE Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) has pledged to mobilise votes for the ruling Zanu PF party in Bulawayo after it was given a stand to build a church in Cowdray Park.Zanu PF has struggl...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 20:03hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa contaminating churches,' says Chamisa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of contaminating churches by turning them into a hunting ground for votes ahead of this year's electi...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
'Fake promises might cost Zanu-PF'
THE Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) says fake promises by the Zanu-PF-led government to allocate them land for places of worship may cost the party in the upcoming elections.The CCA, whic...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Teachers defy ban on extra lessons
GOVERNMENT officials and teachers are engaged in cat-and-mouse games over extra lessons.Government banned extra lessons in 2021, while the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) in the sam...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED pledge 2,3m votes to Zanu-PF
CONTROVERSIAL Vapostori4ED leader Moses Gwasira has pledged to mobilise 2,3 million votes for Zanu-PF in general elections slated for later this year.Addressing members of the Mugodhi Apostoli...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 19:54hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Mwazha church pledge support to Zanu-PF
The African Apostolic Church founded and led by Archbishop Paul Mwazha has pledged their unwavering support for Zanu-PF and promised to pray for the nation before, during and after the harmonised elec...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
30 killed in Easter accidents
THIRTY people died while 153 others were injured in 288 road traffic accidents that were recorded countrywide during this year's Easter Holidays.Of the 288 road accidents, 16 of them were fata...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:04hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga commends church
VICE President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga has commended the church for the role it is playing in keeping the citizenry, particularly youths, away from societal ills ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:10hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Nine congregants perish in road accident on Good Day
Nine congregants died in Mvuma when two commuter ominibuses crashed along Harare -Masvingo highway on Good Friday.Acc...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 19:13hrs | 1832 | by Simbarashe Sithole
How Mine retrieves pastor's body
How Mine finally retrieved an apostolic church pastor Amukela Ncube's body who had drowned during a baptism session in Lumene falls on Saturday....Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 21:18hrs | 2848 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe opposition parties are hyenas, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF chairperson for Matabeleland North province, Richard Moyo has likened opposition parties to hyenas, saying they now want to feast on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's gains that he worked for....Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1630 | 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 | 1951 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean politicians abusing religion
RENOWNED cleric, Reverend Kenneth Mutata has bemoaned growing conflation and abuse of religion to legitimise political decisions, saying this has left Zimbabwe's Christian community vulnerable to poli...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:56hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Mwazha church disowns bishop
The African Apostolic Church led by Mutumwa Ernest Paul Mwazha has dissociated itself from Charles Tekeshe (65) who featured in the courts in Mutare for allegedly breaking into a congregant's house wh...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:52hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF polls descend into chaos
Zanu-PF yesterday held chaotic primary elections marred by violence and vote rigging claims with some candidates' names missing from cell registers while ballots were not delivered in some areas....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:13hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implores parents to administer corporal punishment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored parents and guardians to administer corporal punishment to discipline their children and challenged churches and other social institutions to join in the fight against...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:37hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Andby defends bizarre Mnangagwa 'prophesy'
Zanu-PF linked Andby Makururu has defended his bizarre ‘prophesy' that people who vote for Zanu-PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa will live longer.Makururu of the Johanne WeChishanu weAfri...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries
THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring ZANU PF candidate Mavetera drops Mnangagwa's name
Aspiring ZANU PF candidate for Chikomba West Tatenda Mavetera is reportedly campaigning while name-dropping President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name and defying party directives.Mavetera who is fig...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 13:50hrs | 2050 | by Staff Reporter
God promises 15 more years to anyone who will vote for Mnangagwa, says Madzibaba
A SELF-proclaimed Prophet of John the 5th of Africa Apostolic church has made sensational claims that God will reward everyone who votes Zanu-PF at the next polls with 15 more years of life, over ...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF abusing power of incumbency
THE election season has officially begun. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has in the week deliberately given his party, Zanu-PF, inside information on the August elections instead of gazetting such infor...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | 294 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Spirit medium vs police: A clash of beliefs at Wenimbi Dam
WHERE do we draw the line between reality and belief?Who do you believe, a mouthpiece of the unseen or an account of an elite trained squad whose experience tells a story of service?Th...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Zimbabweans leaving country not because of good education system but your failed leadership!
Self-delusion is a very dangerous trait! One can easily become reckless in his life decisions, or never able to address his own shortcomings - if he does not realize and admit where he lacks -...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 10:21hrs | 707 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'WHO will bail us out,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he expects funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to arrest the mass exodus of nurses and doctors which has seen the country facing a health crisi...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:26hrs | 2295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads for Marange
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to address one of the country's largest Christian denominations, the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church in Marange, today.Zanu-PF Manicaland chairman Taw...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:36hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police bust counterfeit money syndicate
POLICE in Gweru have arrested two people who are alleged to be part of a syndicate that is swindling business people across the country with counterfeit notes.Chrispen Kutira (42) of Fourwinds...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:01hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland Central has most unregistered births
Mashonaland Central has the lowest number of registered births, a situation that exposes girls to early marriages, a Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat)'population and housing census report ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:22hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Man chases wife away from home for attending church
A 61-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man is on the run after he allegedly chased his wife away from their matrimonial home for attending a local apostolic (Mwazha...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 09:12hrs | 2385 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman kills son (3) at shrine
POLICE in Dema, Mashonaland East province, have arrested a 31-year-old woman who allegedly choked her son to death by stuffing ashes in his mouth at an apostolic sect shrine.The suspect (name ...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Pastor accused of ruining couple's marriage
A Harare man who is having marital disputes with his wife told the court that their problems were being caused by a pastor from the church where her wife fellowships.The matter came to light a...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 20:59hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Mapostori4ED launches youth chapter
WITH momentum gathering ahead of the country's harmonised elections, Mapostori for ED yesterday launched its Bulawayo youth chapter, gathering young people from 100 Apostolic and Zion churches who ple...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:36hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba confesses to serial kidnappings
A white garment apostolic church member (Madzibaba), Willie Chindundundu (21) confessed to serial child kidnappings after he was caught by people trying to kidnap a one-year-old toddler in Glen Norah ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 10:27hrs | 2047 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Killer cop back in court
JAISON Muvevi, accused of killing four people including a police officer, was yesterday back in court for routine remand pending indictment to the High Court for trial on charges of murder.Muv...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:58hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe High Court judge survives shooting outside Harare home
A High Court judge was unhurt after gunmen opened fire at her vehicle in Harare on Tuesday night, police said.Justice Emilia Muchawa was meters from her home in Goodhope, Westgate, when two me...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:44hrs | 2668 | by Staff reporter
Support ED all you want, but please don't blaspheme the name of our God!
The Apostle Paul was right!"The love of money is the root of all evil"!And, tragically these words have been proven more real i...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 17:33hrs | 1772 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Spear rampage killer not guilty
A BUSINESSMAN who killed seven people in a knife and spear rampage in Redcliff in 2021 was acquitted of murder charges after the High Court ruled that he was mentally unstable when he committed the br...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Slain Madzibaba 'foretold' own death
The Hwedza apostolic church leader who was allegedly killed by former police detective Jaison Muvevi met his death while conducting rituals at his shrine to forestall the tragic events of January 13, ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:09hrs | 2476 | by Staff reporter
4 murders, jammed guns and fleeing cops
POICE Hove, the mother of the late office in charge of Hwedza, Inspector Maxwell Hove who was allegedly shot dead last week by Jaison Muvevi, has urged police to improve its vehicle fleet after it eme...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:25hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop hit with another charge
MURDER suspect, Jaison Muvevi who made headlines last week after he shooting and killing three people, including a police officer in Wedza has been hit with another murder charge.Muvevi ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:24hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Cop killer's family pleads for forgiveness
THE family of killer cop, Jaison Muvevi yesterday approached two families of the three victims that he shot dead in Hwedza last week and apologised for the heinous crime.They roped in police d...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop claims former colleagues hung him up all night
FORMER detective, Jaison Muvevi, who killed three people in Wedza last week, was further detained by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), for him to make indications on how he allegedly committed the c...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 20:52hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive ex-killer cop repatriated back to Zimbabwe
FORMER Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer, Jaison Muvevi, who shot and killed three people in Wedza last Friday before his arrest in Mozambique Tuesday, is now custody of the Zimbabwe Re...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:02hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
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