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ZANU-PF summons churches for dialogue, Tagwirei to address
The ruling ZANU-PF party has summoned churches (mainly indigenous apostolic, zion and pentecostal churches) for an inaugural two-day clergy indaba dubbed 'National Multi-faith economic dialogue' (NAMF...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 08:57hrs | 657 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Passion Java should blame himself
Self-styled prophet Passion Java should take responsibility for the failure of his much-hyped "Night of Wonders" event instead of blaming rival pastors, according to Zanu-PF-aligned cleric Obadiah Mus...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:51hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
CCA-ZOU partnership deal to transform communities
The Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) and Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) partnership deal will help in transforming communities whilst also complementing realisation of Education 5.0, leaders of th...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | 16 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa to headline today's Thanksgiving service
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to grace the National Thanksgiving and Dedication Service hosted by the inter-denominational churches at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre (ZIEC)'s Hal...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:52hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Churches overrun Bulawayo CBD
STAKEHOLDERS in Bulawayo are concerned that a growing number of churches are taking over premises in the central business district (CBD) and industrial sites.Fears abound that this is seriousl...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:33hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's clergy shirk charges of complicity in plunder
EMMERSON Dambudzo Mnangagwa was inaugurated last month for a second five-year term as Zimbabwe's president after being declared winner of the controversial Aug. 23 election that regional and internati...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | 16 | by Cyril Zenda
Man steals US$76,000 church funds
A HARARE man employed as finance manager at Evangelical and Pentecostal Churches in Zimbabwe was yesterday arraigned before magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure on a charge of stealing US$76 758 from the chu...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:26hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Opposition: Politics and Pisgah sight fallacy
A student of CultureAT heart and at soul, I am a student of culture.This is why I opted to read Literature at college, much of it drawn from the Western World.But that was to g...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 22 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Chamisa's CCC must not be a ghost organisation, it needs to be accountable
The question of whether or not CCC must frame a constitution, come up with structures and go to congress to select party leaders is, no doubt, such a hot and wearying one.But that's one questi...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:34hrs | 12 | by Tawanda Majoni
Church, Harare City clash over street preachers
The Zimbabwe Council of Pentecostal Churches (ZCPC) has pleaded with the Harare City Council to lift a ban on street preachers arguing that their prohibition was tantamount to fighting God.The...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
UK cleric says no mercy for Zimbabwean 'thieves'
EFFORTS by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to get the Church of England's Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to seek help for the removal of sanctions face headwinds after the cleric sa...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Breakthrough as Zimbabwe pastors meet Anglican leader over sanctions
A delegation of Zimbabwean clerics organized as the Zimbabwe churches' sanctions relief initiative (ZICSRI) on Monday held a meeting with Anglican's global leader met the Archbishop of Canterbury, Jus...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 19:54hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinese now influential players in illicit gold trade study
CHINESE nationals are now "prominent and influential actors" in Zimbabwe's lucrative gold sector and have formed questionable partnerships with the elite in Zanu-PF and senior law enforcement agents....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Changing face of the 'Zimbabwean' funeral
Funerals are an inevitable sad part of our exit from mother earth.This exit to another world yonder, confirms human being's mortality.This is despite their status, power, influence and...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya protégé hogs limelight
All Families International Church (AFIC) Ministries is hogging the limelight in Mashonaland West province with droves of followers flocking the Prophet Chamunorwa Nyamupinga-led place of worship each ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'80% of Bulawayo men who patronise bars and the red light districts are gay'
CALL it double dipping!Panic has gripped the Bulawayo community after shocking and controversial statistics revealed that 80 percent of Bulawayo men that patronise bars and the red light distr...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Masowe woman in record breaking home deliveries
AT 30, Vongai Matara Gondo, a midwife of the Johanne Masowe ye Chishanu apostolic sect, has helped 157 women to deliver.Vongai says midwifery is her calling.Despite the high risks that...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Expelled' FOG members take founder to court
THE founding leader of the Family of God Church (FOG) Apostle Andrew Wutawunashe has been taken to court by five disgruntled members challenging his decision to expel them for allegedly aligning thems...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MDC, ZANU PF dialogue framework set by the church
The umbrella body of Pentecostal churches the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe has announced that it has committed itself to and laid down a framework for a national dialogue that should lead toward...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 11:49hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's plan to revive Bulawayo falters
Industries in the second city are still battling to survive despite pledges by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to breathe life into what was once the hub of the country's economy.Ahead of the har...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chiza says Chamisa will become President of Zimbabwe
Founder of Faith In God Eagle Life Assembly Prophet Blessing Chiza has issued a controversial prophesy that for Zimbabwe to be prosperous God is going to install Nelson Chamisa as President of the cou...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 19 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Our journalists must up their game
Many have asked me why our media is as bad as it is today. It is not a question that can be answered with one magic sentence. It is true that we have a crisis in journalism; today's reporters ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Court throws out bid to bar AFM rivals
BULAWAYO High Court has dismissed an application by a faction of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) leadership in Bulawayo West aligned to Amon Madawo to bar rivals from the church premises...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Christians snub 'peace festival' graced by Korean ‘cult' leader
APOSTOLIC Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president, Bishop Johannes Ndanga was Wednesday left fuming at his Christian colleagues, accusing them of stopping their followers from attending the lau...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 07:13hrs | 4 | by newzimbabwe
Government opens up on Korean cult leader
The minister of information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has formal welcomed Korean cult leader to Zimbabwe and told critics that Zimbabwe respects freedom of worship."Freedom of worsh...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 10:21hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
AFM leader to step down
ONE of the longest serving leaders of a Pentecostal church in Zimbabwe, AFM president Dr Aspher Madziyire will step down from the helm of the church after elections to choose a new leader are held thi...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls residents lobby for stiffer penalties against noise-making churches
VICTORIA FALLS ward 11 residents have called on council and police to impose stiffer penalties on noise-makers, including churches built in residential areas.The appeal was made during 2019 bu...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic churches endorse Mnangagwa
Council of Apostolic Churches (CACZ) in Zimbabwe has endorsed the just-ended harmonised elections as free, fair and credible and have since sent their congratulatory message to President Emmerso...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gospel festival to promote peace on cards
ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA) has partnered the Zimbabwe Council for Pentecostal Churches (ZCPC) to launch the Zimbabwe Peace Gospel festival scheduled for July 28 at the Glamis Arena in Harare....Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Open air worshippers protest over ban
APOSTOLIC churches in Victoria Falls are up in arms with the local authority following a ban on open air worship services.The furore came after town clerk Ronnie Dube wrote to apostolic sects ...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Put prophets to test
EVER since the turn of the millennium, Africa has witnessed an unusual number of prophets who all claim to have a calling from God.Zimbabwe, like other predominantly Christian nations, is no excep...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Followers abandon prophets' churches?
HAVING taken the gospel space by storm over five years ago, there is a feeling people are slowly abandoning the various churches led by prophets.Numbers at various churches have been dropping ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 16:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo de-industrialisation, ZITF success juxtaposed
The 59th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade (ZITF) was by far the largest in decades both in terms of attendance by local and foreign exhibitors as well as the business activity.Not o...Published: 02 May 2018 at 11:49hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Snake in pastor's car causes stir
VENDORS and passersby in Bulawayo's city center scurried for cover after a 60cm long snake slithered from a car's boot.The car is rumoured to be belonging to a pastor from one of the country's...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Generating more degrees not best way to intelligent economy
The extent to which farming and non-farming activities in developing countries can create decent employment remains a fertile ground for serious research.While some African governments and chu...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Charles Dhewa
Zimra descends on churches
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) said it will start collecting taxes from churches engaging in business transactions such as selling paraphernalia to their congregants but will exempt churches f...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet distances church from 'Blood of Jesus'
ENLIGHTENED Christian Gathering church, founded by Malawian Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, warmly known as Major 1 has distanced itself from a recently "launched anointed product" called Blood of Jesus....Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 07:57hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Prophets, healers face ban in Zimbabwe
PROPHETS, pastors, traditionalists and faith healers will soon be banned from working without a practising certificate from the Traditional Medical Practitioners Council, Health and Child Care Deputy ...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 12:10hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo: From industrial to church hub
ONCE regarded as the country's industrial hub, Zimbabwe's second largest city has suffered what probably ranks as the worst job carnage, occasioned by the deteriorating economic situation that has led...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 13:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
The New Scramble for Africa
The turning point for the African continent was when the Europeans or the colonisers landed on our shores with a bible in hand and a religion called Christianity in mind. They scrambled for every bit ...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 20:58hrs | 2 | by Bonzo reSvosve
Man of God opens up on hot potato
CHARISMATIC churches across the world have become quite popular, politically powerful and have become a lucrative business for some.It is a sector that some witty people have tapped in...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spiritual clinics on the rise
An upsurge in Pentecostal churches coming up with all sorts of tags allegedly used to lure multitudes of people for the love of the dollar has not dissuaded those with ailments and afflictions fro...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 19:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Uebert Angel back, mocks bond notes
Flamboyant preacher Uebert Angel, born Uebert Mudzanire, says Zimbabwe's dying economy will soon thrive again - going on to pooh-pooh bond notes which were introduced by President Robert Mugabe's ...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flock to traditional healers
The sprouting of Pentecostal churches headed by charismatic prophets who claim to have healing powers might be a popular option for those who believe in spiritual solutions for earthly challenges,...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 21:06hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Men 'desperately need protection from abusive wives'
ABOUT 72 percent of Bulawayo men who have gone through counselling at Enkundleni/Padare Men's Forum have reported that their wives beat them up.Most of the victims report that police offic...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 05:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sangoma making a fortune in South Africa
He calls himself Sekuru Ziso - in Shona, "the grandfather who sees". He is 55, a fortune teller and a traditional doctor, ...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 12:47hrs | 7 | by Ray Mwareya and Tichaona Jongwe
Makandiwa face eviction
Bulawayo City Council is ready to evict Prominent Harare self proclaimed prophet, Emmanuel Makandiwa who took over Textile Mills premises in the city and converted the factory shel...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo women violent - Government report
A Government commissioned survey has claimed that Bulawayo women are the most violent countrywide as they periodically lash their husbands.To compound the matter, women who attend Pentec...Published: 22 Dec 2016 at 11:37hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Test all the spirit - Prophet Cleo
JOHANNESBURG - A Johannesburg-based cleric has urged Christians to "test the spirit and works" of church leaders, in the advent of controversial Pentecostalism that has afflicted a number of African c...Published: 22 Dec 2016 at 10:05hrs | 12 | by Staff Writer
Walter Magaya a Grand Plan deployee
The disgraced pastor of PHD Ministries Walter Magaya's visit to Bulawayo ostensibly to parcel out land to his Shona kinsmen exposes the long-held belief that the Shona hegemony employs the church to f...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 16:19hrs | | by Ackim Mhlanga Gasela
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