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Unpacking Nelson Chamisa; MDC Alliance turns into a coven under Chamisa
The word Coven is defined as "a meeting of witches". Witches are associated with the highest level of cruelty mass destruction and inhuman actions covered in catastrophic end. So in a meeting of w...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:55hrs | 1483 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
AFM pastor sues church for $13m
AN Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) in Zimbabwe pastor is claiming over $13 million from the church as he accuses it of neglecting him after he was involved in a car accident.Alfred Mujeyi issued...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:57hrs | 1365 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must remove pastoral jacket
WHY does MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa continue to seek re-course at the courts that are captured by Zanu-PF? Why does Chamisa dream of participating in the 2023 presidential elections that are a...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1919 | by Knowledge Hakata
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 20709 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
MDC Alliance has let us down big time..
Why do you continue going to the courts that are captured by Zanu PF?Why do you dream of participating the 2023 presidential elections that are already rigged in favor of Zanu PF?Why a...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:02hrs | 4898 | by Knowledge Hakata
How the Khupe coup resonates with the import of Excelgate
Thi's time last year, Excelgate was about to be published, in the ex-pectation, inter alia, that the MDC Alliance, in particular, would capitalise on the revelations therein, to both fuel their legal ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:11hrs | 4111 | by Ibbo Mandaza
Africa must address its debt burden once the pandemic is under control - says World Bank Vice President
Carlos Felipe Jaramillo was recently appointed the World Bank's Vice President for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. He was, until his recent appointment, the bank's country director for Ken...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 12:13hrs | 751 | by Raphael Obonyo
Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 5756 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF loses out on goodwill over its stark denialist attitude
UTTERANCES by Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) that neighbouring South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has no mandate to intervene in Zimbabwe's mul...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Church abrogating its duty, says Msindo
ZANU-PF-linked cleric Obadiah Msindo has blamed the church for failing to inculcate values of peace and harmony among citizens, hence the current polarisation in the country.Msindo was comment...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
For there is no authority except from God
After taking a lengthy Covid 19 induced sabbatical from church, yours truly had an opportunity to attend one this week which was characterised by a blast sermon which was topical, intellectually and s...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:55hrs | 603 | by Tafara Shumba
Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1215 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Bishops in Zimbabwe say they will not be silenced
OCAL Anglican bishops have thrown their weight behind their Catholic counterparts who were recently publicly chastised by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for highlighting human rights abuses in the count...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3776 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa shocked why residents continue voting 'corrupt' MDC Councillors
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa is at pains to understand why urban voters continue to vote for corrupt councillors in the opposition who neglect in providing adequate service delivery ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2566 | by newzimbabwe
'Catholic priests statement crafted by MDC'
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that a recent hard-hitting letter written by Catholic Bishops was full of MDC Alliance vitriol, raising suspicion it could have been written by opposition party leaders Nelso...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2377 | by Staff reporter
Groups protest Ndebele 'insults' by govt
SOME civic groups in Matabeleland have written a lengthy letter pleading with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to stop insulting Ndebeles as well as to the international community to exercise...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1609 | by newzimbabwe
Proud to be catholic
I am the proudest catholic today than any other days of my faith. This may sound untrue and exaggerated, I have been saying openly that my Christian faith does not serve me and my immediately needs an...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 17:58hrs | 1488 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo groups blast 'provocative' Mnangagwa meeting
SOME Bulawayo based civic society groups and political parties have described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Saturday's meeting with fellow organisations as provocative to the people of Matabeleland w...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:51hrs | 4301 | by newzimbabwe
Obadiah Musindo calls for unity
DESTINY for Africa Network (DNA) founder Obadiah Musindo has called on the church to promote political tolerance and unity in the country as part of efforts to create conducive conditions for ec...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:26hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reaches into Mugabe's tool box
FROM a university student who was thrown into remand prison on suspicion that she passed a snide remark about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's poor performance, to police officers venting their anger on...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:20hrs | 3456 | by Moses Matenga
Zimbabwe ripe for change!
When I read the statement by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa in her reaction to the Catholic bishops' pastoral letter, I was shocked at the ignorance and arrogance displayed in it. I said to my...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:17hrs | 614 | by Ken Mufuka
Church group warns Zimbabweans
A local church group has exhorted Zimbabweans to guard against faith-based organisations that are pushing for regime change disguised as sermons.In response to a recent controversial pastoral ...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:11hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out of touch with reality
ARE our leaders living in a different country? If they were living in Zimbabwe and are aware of the reality on the ground then they would agree with everything raised in that Catholic pastoral letter....Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 4493 | by Concerned
Zimbabwe govt intransigence self-destructive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa administration's intransigence towards overtures by the African Union (AU) and various civic organisations to urgently address Zimbabwe's drawn out political and economic ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:58hrs | 639 | by Golden Maunganidze
Media should guard against being purveyors of hate, ethnic animosity
THE tribally connotative remarks attributed to the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Senator Monica Mutsvangwa, following the pastoral letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholic...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 255 | by Golden Maunganidze
NGOs warn Mnangagwa
FOREIGN FUNDED HUMAN rights lobby groups have rapped President Emmerson Mnangagwa for denying that the country was in a crisis, warning the deepening problems would not self-correct.In a state...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:38hrs | 4508 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland CSOs fret over Mutsvangwa 'tribal remarks'
MATABELELAND civic groups have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Sadc, African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) complaining about what they said was a tribal outburst by Information minister ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:37hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
'Priests belong to temples, not politics'
ZIMBABWEANS should guard against religious institutions disseminating anti-Government narratives disguised as sermons, church groups said yesterday. In response to a recent controversial pasto...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:31hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
War veterans warn 'sodomist' Catholic priests to stop playing with fire'
WAR VETERANS have stormed the raging tirade pitting government and Catholic priests with the militant pro-Zanu-PF group telling the clerics to stop "playing with fire".This comes after the men...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 870 | by newzimbabwe
Why should Zimbabweans not open ZANU PF inflicted wounds, but freely open Rhodesian caused wounds?
As much as the highly emotive Gukurahundi genocide has never ceased to be one of the most central issues to grip Zimbabwe for the past four decades - being indisputably the darkest blot on this countr...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 18:58hrs | 2058 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF politburo tells off bishops
ZANU-PF's politburo yesterday dismissed as malicious claims by Catholic bishops in the country that the government was carrying out human rights abuses and instilling fear among the populace, the Dail...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Crooked Hillary calls on Mnangagwa to release all 'political prisoners'
Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called on the Zimbabwe government to "release all political prisoners", heaping fresh pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa who ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 12:58hrs | 4367 | by Staff reporter
Monica Mutsvangwa's skill in dividing Zimbabwe leaves Mthwakazi green with envy
Make no mistake. Zimbabwe information Minister, Monica Mutsvanga statement was not an attack on one individual Matebele, Arch Bishop Ndlovu or Catholic Bishops. But it was an unbridled threat of Matab...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 08:54hrs | 4187 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa tells 'evil' churches to go to hell
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged churches, which have openly criticised his govern ment's human rights record, to join politics instead of using "the pulpit to advance a nefarious agenda"....Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 4670 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells to Catholic bishops to dump church robes and join political arena
UNDER-SIEGE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dug in, telling Catholic priests who have rebuked him for poor leadership, to stop using the pulpit to advance detractors' agenda.This comes after ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 679 | by newzimbabwe
Ndebeles in Zimbabwe worried as Information Minister threatens second genocide
Make no mistake. Zimbabwe Information Minister, Monica Mutsvanga statement was not an attack on one individual Matebele, Arch Bishop Ndlovu or Catholic Bishops. But it was an unbridled threat of Matab...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1761 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa engages Vatican envoy
Government has engaged the Holy See's papal Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe, Archbishop Marek Zalewski, to establish whether a pastoral letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholics Bishops Conference (ZCBC) was a r...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3632 | by Satff reporter
'Church, Zanu-PF, bond unbreakable'
THE bond between Zanu-PF and the Church formed during the country's protracted liberation struggle cannot be broken by some men of God hiding behind the pulpit to push a "nefarious" political agenda, ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 300 | by Satff reporter
Vatican envoy summoned to explain Mnangagwa 'insult'
GOVERNMENT has moved to escalate its widely publicised row with Catholic priests through a planned meeting with the Vatican Representative to Zimbabwe ostensibly to seek explanation over ‘insults' d...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 866 | by newzimbabwe
Mutendi chides Catholic Bishops for 'digging dark past', 'lies'
PROMINENT Zimbabwe cleric Nehemiah Mutendi has hit out at fellow men of the cloth in Catholic bishops who on Friday wrote to government expressing disquiet over rampant rights abuses and poor leadersh...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:58hrs | 6353 | by Staff reporter
Global instruments of colonisation condemn Mnangagwa
INTERNATIONAL Christian organisations have thrown their weight behind the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) in calling for justice and the protection of citizen's rights as President Emmerso...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:15hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's indigenous churches preach peace
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe Indigenous Inter-Denominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) do not share perverse desires for conflict, as is the case with some other religious organisations, but prefer to wo...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:13hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Attack on Catholic Bishops by the Government is an offside!
Thank you the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) for finally speaking on behalf of your flock that have been suffering for time immemorial. A good shepherd does not leave his or her flock eve...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 21:13hrs | 3749 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Zanu PF eager to repeat Gukurahundi: ZAPU's comment on Mutsvangwa's provocative words to Catholic Bishop Conference Pastoral Let
Zanu PF eager to repeat Gukurahundi: ZAPU's comment on Zimbabwe Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa's provocative words to Catholic Bishop Conference Pastoral Lette...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 11:46hrs | 1570 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Mnangagwa responds to Catholic priests
UNDER-SIEGE President Emmerson Mnangagwa will this Tuesday give his own response to a damning letter addressed to his administration by Catholic bishops over rights abuses and poor leadership under hi...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:33hrs | 16269 | by Staff reporter
'Mutsvangwa 'anti-Ndebele' diatribe stokes tribal hatred'
OPPOSITION Zapu says recent angry remarks against Catholic bishops by Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa were capable of stoking tribal tensions in the country.Party spokesperson Iphithule...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:31hrs | 3123 | by newzimbabwe
US piles more misery on Mnangagwa
INTERNATIONAL pressure continues to pile on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to respect human rights, with the United States embassy in Harare also raising concern over the matter yesterday....Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 21:38hrs | 19174 | by Staff reporter
Pope Francis Ambassador throws weight behind Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops
Pope Francis Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, Archbishop Paolo Rudelli has thrown his weight behind the under attack Archbishop of Harare, Robert Christopher Ndlovu, the Vatican News has reported. ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 19:02hrs | 4612 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to address the nation on the Catholic Bishops' letter
Secretary for Information Ndabaningi Nick Mangwana has announced that Presidnet Emmerosn Mnangagwa will issue a statement on Tuesday regarding issues around the Pastoral Letter by the Zimbabwe Catholi...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 18:33hrs | 3280 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZCTU endorses Catholic Bishops' letter
The Zimbabwe Congres of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has issued a statement supporting a pastoral letter by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops (ZCBC) which called upon the government to respect human rights and cea...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 14:13hrs | 4796 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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