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Mugodhi not leader of Mugodhi church, says High Court
High Court Judge Justice Siyabona Musithu has ruled that Washington Mugodhi is not the leader of the Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church (MAFC), bringing an end to a contentious leadership dispute within t...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:44hrs | 370 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Vapositori pledge 2,3m votes for Mnangagwa
ONE of the biggest churches in the country with the largest following in terms of numbers - Vapositori - has pledged 2,3 million votes for President Mnangagwa as a token of appreciation for his astute...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:52hrs | 8 | 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
Mugodhi leadership wrangle set for full trial
THE Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church (MAFC) leadership wrangle pitting two warring factions will be determined after a full trial at the High Court.The disagreements were born after the late Bis...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi factional wars rage on
THE Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church factional wars have taken a new twist after one of its top members was dragged to Chitungwiza Magistrates Court accused of kidnapping a congregant.The church...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive continues to pay off
Zimbabwe continues to reap economic dividends from its engagement and re-engagement drive, with French President Emmanuel Macron facilitating the rehabilitation and upgrading of the historic Great Zim...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer drinkers church: when the love of God and booze meet
THE inviting, melodious echoes flow downhill as we make the final ascend.In the absence of musical instruments to enhance output, they use their palms to issue out some rhythmic claps which bl...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
12 Mugodhi church members on the run
POLICE in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for 12 Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church members over the violence that erupted at the church's headquarters during Easter.The ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa has turned to Angel, Java and Makandiwa?
With less than a year and two months before Zimbabwe holds its highly anticipated 2023 Presidential elections, President Mnangagwa has of late turned for support from self-styled Prophets and Papa's i...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:38hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata - Political Analyst
4 killed in truck crash
Four people died and 32 others were injured when a Nissan UD70 truck belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) they were travelling in veered off the road and...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Easter Holiday death toll hits 45
The holiday traffic death toll yesterday rose to 45 after two more people died in another crash at Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.One more passenger from the Chimanim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scores injured in fight over church
A fight erupted at Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church headquarters in Wedza, Mashonaland East on Friday as the battle for the control of the sect rages on.The sect has been embroiled in bitt...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCC accident death toll rises to 37
TWO more people succumbed to injuries sustained in the Chimanimani bus accident, which has since been declared a state of disaster, bringing the number of victims to 37.Police are presently id...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 Mugodhi congregants die, 14 injured in crash
Four Mugodhi church members died on the spot while 14 others were injured after a Nissan Caravan kombi they were travelling on veered off the road when the driver lost control on curves along the Nyan...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi sect factional wars turn nasty
VIOLENCE erupted at the Mugodhi Apostolic Shrine headquarters in Wedza at the weekend as factions clashed over control of the church.About 20 police officers from Wedza had to be called in to ...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman dumps hubby, confesses child's paternity
A Budiriro woman ditched her husband of nine years claiming he was not responsible for their two-year-old baby.Primrose Mwamuka, 32, reportedly took her belongings in the absence of her husband Ta...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 20:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple savagely attacked, husband dies
A COUPLE from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo was attacked by robbers, leading to the death of the husband in a case that brings to the fore an alarming rise in crime and the collapse of the city's emerg...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chevecheve High School yaita Dambudziko remvura
Chikoro cheChevecheve High School chikoro chiri muGokwe District pasi paMambo Chisina MP Ari Tawanda Karikoga.Kunyangwe hazvo chikoro ichi chiine A level parizvino, uye vana vachisvika 600 dambudziko ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 14:02hrs | | by Mugwaza
Couples perish in horrific accident
RUSAPE was on Easter Sunday plunged into deep mourning when two biological brothers and their wives were killed in the horrific accident, which also killed seven others on the spot in Headlands....Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Easter Holiday accidents kill 24
The death toll of people who died during the Easter Holiday rose to 24 on Sunday night after 11 people perished on the spot in a fatal head-on collision at the 118km peg along Harare-Mutare highway in...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 dead in kombi, Honda fit head-on accident
Eleven (11) people are feared dead following an accident involving a commuter omnibus and a Honda fit near Headlands this morning.The tragedy once again hit the Apostolic Christian community a...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
11 Wedza accident victims named
POLICE have identified 11 of the 13 victims who died at Mugodhi Apostolic Shrine in a road traffic accident which occurred at the 25 kilometre peg along the Wedza-Mutiweshire road on Monday.Pr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares Wedza accident state of disaster
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed the government to declare Monday's accident that claimed 13 lives in Wedza a state of disaster and pave way for the availing of government assistance....Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
14 Christians die in Hwedza
A truck driver lost control of his vehicle on Monday at Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church headquarters at Hwedza and hit several congregants who gathered to celebrate #EasterFourteen people have ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 12:01hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
14 die at apostolic sect shrine
FOURTEEN members of the Mugodhi Apostolic Sect died, while several others were injured after a lorry loaded with bags of maize veered off the road and ploughed into worshippers at a roadside shrine in...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 feared dead in shrine accident
More than 10 people are feared dead after a lorry transporting maize plunged into a group of congregants at a Mugodhi Apostolic Church shrine in Machitope, Hwedza this Monday morning. The memb...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa touched by Battlefields tragedy
President Mnangagwa has mourned artisanal miners who perished after mining shafts at Cricket No. 3 and Jongwe Mining Cooperative in Mhondoro-Ngezi were flooded on Tuesday. It is estimated that...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Corpse changes attire in hearse
MOURNERS were forced to wait as relatives of the deceased changed her clothes in a hearse at a graveside before burial at Glenville Cemetery on Wednesday. The body of the late Agnes Mabvira, w...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
A sad reminder that nothing has changed: Bulawayo-Harare highway
Under a gigantic Zanu-PF colourful election campaign billboard covered with the image of a half-smiling president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is a small stall manned by a middle-aged vendor selli...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women: To be silent or not?
Women should be silent in church, or so say some religious persuasions.Never mind that the likes of Pastor Petunia Chiriseri, Dr Jaunita Bynum and Dr Jasmin Sculark have drawn thousands to Chr...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Veronica Gwaze
Mnangagwa's wife takes cancer campaign to churches
FIRST Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa has revealed that she will soon embark on a countrywide awareness campaign in churches to encourage women to undergo cancer screening.Addressing congregates ...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Knives drawn as pastors fight in church
TWO pastors caused a stir during a Sunday service when a verbal altercation ended with them producing knives and knobkerries to end a long standing leadership dispute.Mugodhi Chihwehwete Apost...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Vote for Mugabe in next year's elections,' says church patron
Zimbabwe Amalgamated Churches Council (ZACC) patron Jimayi Muduvuri has urged church members to take voter registration as of paramount importance and eventually vote for President Mugabe and Zanu-PF ...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Agri bank employee arrested for 'statutory rape'
An Agri bank general employee Guruve district was arrested on Saturday for allegedly sleeping with a form one pupil on several occasions.Sources close to investigations allege a man identified...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 20:01hrs | | by Smbarashe Sithole
Apostolic sects fight over shrine
A ROW over a congregational shrine has erupted in Uzumba Maramba-PFungwe (UMP)'s Zvataida area between two apostolic sects, Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church and Kruger Apostolic Faith Church....Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere threatens voters
Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has threatened unspecified action against villagers who will vote for an opposition candidate in the forthcoming Mhondoro-Mubaira by-election.Speaking at a...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reasons why Madzibaba joined Prophet Magaya
Sungura godfather Nicholas "Madzibaba" Zakaria says his decision to join Walter Magaya's Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries was influenced by his trust and love for Nigerian televangel...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mermaids wreak havoc in Zimbabwe township
A NUMBER of residents in Chikanga Phase One in Mutare claim to have had nasty encounters with two mermaids - male and female - that are residing in a small river near the high-density suburb and many ...Published: 05 Sep 2015 at 18:58hrs | 3 | by Ray Bande
EMA warns Chiredzi council over solid waste
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has warned that its patience has worn thin and it will soon take stern action against Chiredzi Town Council for failing to put up a proper dumping site for th...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 13:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Flies and dogs will resent her,' says Grace Mugabe
First Lady Grace Mugabe shockingly declared yesterday that she would spearhead efforts to dump Vice President Joice Mujuru on the streets and that flies and dogs would resent her.The remarks,...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 12:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace tells Mujuru to apologise to Mugabe or risk being dumped
The FIRST Lady Dr Grace Mugabe's penultimate rally at Chipadze Stadium in Bindura yesterday took no prisoners as she catalogued a list of corruption allegations against a senior female Zanu-PF member...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 07:14hrs | | by Felex Share and Farirai Machivenyika
Big Brother Africa to kick off next month
Africa's biggest reality show, Big Brother Africa (BBA) will resume next month after the organisers secured a new venue to replace the one gutted by fire on September 2.M-Net and Endemol S...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare witches exposed as hookers hired by publicity seeking prophet
TWO women who were reportedly found undressed, sitting in winnowing baskets with an assortment of paraphernalia associated with witchcraft, including an owl, in the wee hours of the morning, are sai...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nox to launch new album
SOUTH AFRICAN-BASED award-winning musician Enock "Nox" Guni is expected to hold a gig at the Circus International Club, Harare, tomorrow night. Nox, who is also expected to launch his album titled "Ku...Published: 25 Jul 2013 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Madzibaba quits apostolic church
Sungura music godfather Nicholas "Madzibaba" Zacharia has quit Mugodhi apostolic sect to join a Pentecostal church Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Walter Magaya.The p...Published: 16 May 2013 at 14:15hrs | | by Vasco Shaya
Tsikamutanda gouges out eyes of three women, one dies
An enraged 40-year-old man from Chivi in Masvingo allegedly gouged out the eyes of three women resulting in the death of one. This followed a witch-hunt in which the trio was named as responsible for ...Published: 02 May 2013 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Cultic Mindset of Pentecostals, links to the Occult and the History (Part 1)
This is the first year that FinX will run this briefing but it is the fourth year that it has been running as it was previously on a different platform. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the onl...Published: 02 Jan 2013 at 19:00hrs | 37 | by fxzim
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