Search / Johane
DNA testing nailed Madzibaba Ishmael
The leader of Johane Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika Sect, Ishmael Chokurongerwa, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of raping and impregnating three 14-year-old girls who are all his c...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 17:05hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Jonah applauds Mnangagwa's leadership style, VED gesture
Madzibaba Biggie Musanzika (aka Prophet Jonah) of Johane Masowe yeChishanu Jerusalem headquartered in Centenary (Muzarabani) has applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa's transformational leadership st...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:05hrs | 334 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Churches ready to complement religious tourism
Indigenous churches have yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to complement the government's broader strategy of clusterisation to realise the US$5 billion tourism economy by 2025.Speaking at...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:34hrs | 329 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Religious tourism; Sanganai Hlanganani Expo decentralisation gain momentum
Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Barbara Rwodzi has expressed her commitment to engage [with church leaders], transform and empower indigenous churches through identifying and amplifying the...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 15:01hrs | 460 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Bulawayo
Ex-minister detained in Zimbabwe
Former Minister of National Healing, Moses Mzila Ndlovu, has been detained by police following a confrontation involving livestock belonging to one of the invaders occupying his farm in Matobo distric...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 13:58hrs | 1923 | by Staff reporter
Councillors accused of stealing food aid
Two Zanu-PF rural district councillors, Valentine Mukahanana and Johane Mandiringana, have been accused of stealing government food aid meant for villagers affected by the El Niño-induced drought.&nb...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:05hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises free food for all in need
The government has committed to supporting food-insecure Zimbabweans affected by the El Niño-induced drought, intensifying its food aid program nationwide to ensure no one dies of hunger, President E...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:49hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Churches call for peace ahead of SADC Summit
Indigenous churches have expressed their quest for sustainable peace before, during and after SADC Summit called on all citizens to be peaceful and avoid confrontation, amid perceived tension emanatin...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 22:30hrs | 43 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zanu PF MP drags lover to court
ZANU PF Mazowe North Member of Parliament, Tsungai Makumbe, yesterday dragged his estranged lover Ludia Makuvure to court accusing her of tarnishing his image and threatening him with unspecified acti...Published: 23 Mar 2024 at 20:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CID officer loses appeal against 30-year sentence
A FORMER Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer has lost a Supreme Court appeal against his 30-year sentence for unlawful entry and murder.The Supreme Court bench composed of Justice ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Ishmael denied bail
The leader of a religious sect in Zimbabwe was denied bail on Tuesday after being arrested last week for suspected child abuse when police found 251 minors working on his farm and 16 graves.Is...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Radio Zimbabwe's Macamarada tops the game
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's (ZBC) top radio, (Radio Zimbabwe) has one of its finest presenter, Leonard Katsangu (Popularly known as Macamarada) who has proven his ability to lure more audience...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 14:34hrs | 9 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Chivayo says he can't help everybody
Wait a minute!He said it, he could not help everybody as there are "channels and procedures to follow to get in touch with me".These were the words from businessman Wicknell Chivayo, w...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant fake Prophet swindles US$11k, recruits more criminals
An unrepentant fake prophet has been reportedly on the run after duping unsuspecting people of their hard-earned money amounting to US$11 000, impregnating former fellow congregants and recruiting cri...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 09:26hrs | 9 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Mutare
Chivayo tells Zimbabweans not tell him how to spend his money
Controversial entrepreneur Wicknell Chivayo has disclosed that he dismissed online commentators advising him to allocate his funds toward the country's ailing healthcare system instead of directing th...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo being investigated by ZACC
A leaked memo has confirmed that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched investigations into the source of funds of controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo, following his lavish...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
13-year-old dies at shrine during labour
A Domboshava man who married a 13 year-old-girl who died at an apostolic church shrine while in labour has appeared in court. Raymond Guhwa (41) allegedly took his wife who was in labour to an...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Farm invaders fined US$50
TWENTY-FOUR villagers have been convicted and fined US$50 each for invading a farm owned by the late MDC politician, Roy Bennet.They were arrested two weeks ago and appeared before Karoi magis...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man grows floppy breasts
IN an eerier than fiction story, a man from Cross Dete in Hwange District, Matabeleland North province developed huge lady-like breasts amid chilling revelations that at night they are being suc...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man's 'get rich quick' muthi backfires horribly
REMEMBER, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.Blinded by the allure of prosperity, an elderly man from Hwange in Matabeleland North province's quest to get rich quickly thr...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean court halts ex-minister's eviction
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu last Friday issued an interdict barring government from evicting former Cabinet minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu from his farm in Matobo district, Matabelel...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dembare switch off Kariba
In a hard-fought Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Nyamhunga, Shadreck Nyahwa netted the decisive goal as Dynamos narrowly defeated ZPC Kariba 1-0.Nyahwa's crucial strike occurred in...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Johane WeMasowe building a 3 000 seater double-storey facility in Bulawayo
Church yaBaba Johane WeMasowe in Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb is building a 3 000 seater double-storey facility, which is expected to be completed in the next five years.The church is celebrati...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimbabwe Minister sues over farm eviction
FORMER Co-Minister of National Healing and Integration, Moses Mzila Ndlovu who is facing eviction from his farm in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province which he claimed he has occupied for the...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Johane Marange throws its weight behind Mnangagwa?
The Johane Marange Apostolic Church has thrown its weight behind President Mnangagwa and his administration ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections.The church has also called for peace to ...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls them 'daydreaming political toddlers'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has told off infantile opposition leaders who have threatened to trigger chaos if they lose elections in direct contradiction to democratic practices.The President also lau...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Religion is new trump card ahead of Zimbabwe elections
EVER wondered why President Emmerson Mnangagwa has, in one breath, donned apostolic sect robes, practised traditional African religion, on the other, and congregated with the charismatic Protestants â...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vapostori endorse Mnangagwa?
One of the biggest indigenous churches in Zimbabwe, Johane Marange Apostolic Church, has endorsed the candidature of President Mnangagwa and has boldly stated that victory for the ruling Zanu-PF was a...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants to rule forever
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday disclosed that he wants to die in office saying he wanted prayers to rule forever.Mnangagwa was addressing thousands of Johane Marange apostolic sect mem...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guarantees freedom of worship
THE message of unity, peace and love being preached by the Second Republic resonates with teachings of the Christian faith, while Government will always guarantee freedom of worship, President Mnangag...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes campaign crusade to Marange
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa today takes his 2023 re-election campaign crusade to Johane Marange apostolic sect in Marange, Manicaland province, where he is set to address thousands of the churc...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man gets lobola refund after wife gets married to former teacher
IN a dramatic turn of events which left people from Vokola Village in Insiza South District, Matabeleland South Province shocked a man who got all his lobola refund after his wife got married to her f...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambique bans Johane Marange Apostolic sect
The government of Mozambique has banned the Johane Marange Apostolic Sect for allegedly encouraging child marriage and disregarding health issues.The controversial religious sect, which has it...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Epworth title deed scheme Zanu-PF vote-buying stunt
THE regularisation of Epworth settlements after President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week started distributing so-called title deeds has come under the spotlight as it has since emerged that the document...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:30hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF perfects vote-buying tactics
Zanu-PF has resorted to its traditional vote-buying tactics ahead of the next elections with the latest move being the pampering of traditional chiefs with all-terrain vehicles in a development that s...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:07hrs | | 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 | | by Staff Reporter
Vapostori4ED leader basher granted $100 000 bail
ONE of the two Harare men arrested last week for allegedly assaulting a Vapostori for ED chairperson was yesterday granted $100 000 bail by a Harare court.Elvis Borerwi and Tafadzwa Matoro, wh...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed at funeral
DOUBLE tragedy!When a group of boys stood by the gate and shouted obscenities at mourners, Simiso Mdlawuzo (28), who was among the mourners at a house in Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo confro...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | | 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 | 3 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
CIOs up for torturing man
A BUDIRO man was severely assaulted and tortured by suspected Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers before being handed over to the police on charges of plotting to topple President E...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Marange's grave tampered with as sect fight rages on
THE Johane Marange Apostolic sect founder, Johane Muchabaya Momberume's grave was allegedly tampered with over the weekend in a suspected ritual case.The late sect leader's family members are ...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori sing praises for Mnangagwa
APOSTOLIC sect leaders and Zanu-PF top officials on Saturday took turns to praise President Emmerson Mnangagwa claiming that he has already been "endorsed by God".Thousands of apostolic sect m...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman loses arm in hyena attack
In the second such case to be recorded in Masvingo province this year, a 38-year-old woman from Gutu last Wednesday lost her left hand and big toe of the left leg after being attacked by a hyena....Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED call for immediate removal of sanctions
LOCAL religious leaders have strongly condemned illegal punitive sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and are calling for their immediate removal.Speaking during a press conference held in Harare yes...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is rising again, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is a giant that is now awake and ready to take its pride of place among the fast-developing countries, regardless of the sanctions imposed by the West, President Mnangagwa has said.Ad...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Virginity and the Johanne Marange religious customs
THE state has outlawed virginity testing as a human rights violation.However, it is surprising to note that Johanne Marange Apostolic Church (JMAC) still teaches and conducts mandatory virgini...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 19:54hrs | | by Matthew Mare
Mnangagwa wades into church battles
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday walked into a church storm at the Johane Masowe Vadzidzi VaJeso apostolic church, amid disgruntlements the current leader, who took over from the late Aaron Mh...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells supporters to lie low
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his supporters to lie low to protect themselves from violent attacks from Zanu-PF loyalists as tempers between the two ma...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
