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Pius Ncube still doing the Lord's work
Archbishop Emeritus Pius Ncube, former head of the Roman Catholic Church in Bulawayo, has broken his silence nearly two decades after a sex scandal involving a married congregant, Rosemary Sibanda, in...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 03:49hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's 'love child' tears family apart
After recent revelations that the late music superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi might have fathered another child, Aaron Chaka, his widow, Daisy Mtukudzi, has publicly accused some of her in-laws of con...Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:32hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's family donates US$20 000 towards school project
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga's family has donated US$20 000 towards the development of the repurposed St Augustine Catholic College in Sunnyside, Bulawayo, which complements the Government's...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo and Admire Kasi's legal woes continue
Ivy Kombo has been in the public eye for many years. She has embraced difficult experiences, problems and scandals as well as other trials and tribulations Zimbabwe's female musicians face. With her g...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 103 | by Fred Zindi
Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd
WITH all the drama of the Pentecostal preacher that he is, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd.He will now put that charisma to the test in the general election o...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Pope Francis appoints new Bishop for Gokwe
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Eusebius Jealous Nyathi, the Rector of Chishawasha National Major Seminary of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, as the new Bishop for Gokwe.Fr. Nyathi comes from...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fugitive killer Dube surfaces in Ireland
FUGITIVE Gweru businessman Peter Dube - who is being hunted by police after allegedly fatally shooting three people and injuring his second wife in 2021 following a misunderstanding and fallout over a...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sucked into AFM factional fights
AFM in Zimbabwe president Bishop Amon Madawo has refuted claims he ordered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa to leave the church and focus on politics.Madawo told NewZi...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 20:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mageto lands AU vice-chancellorship
THE Africa University (AU) Zimbabwe board of directors has appointed Peter Mageto as the fifth vice-chancellor of the institution.Mageto, from Kenya, is the first non-Zimbabwean to lead AU....Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anglican Bishop retires
The Rt Rev Godfrey Taonezvi, the founding bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Masvingo has retired.He bid farewell to serving and retired bishops, friends and tens of congregants at a mass held ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget: Women of the struggle
Tomorrow, Zimbabwe celebrates National Heroes Day, an important day on the national calendar to honour the gallant sons and daughters of the soil who made extraordinary sacrifices to liberate the coun...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military receives rare praise
The Zimbabwe military has received rare praise from a shadowy Investigative group Pachedu of its rescue mission in the Cyclone Ida hit Manicaland province.The current official death toll is at 98....Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:58hrs | 6 | by Ndou Paul
Relief reaches Zimbabwe's cyclone survivors as death toll rises
Rescue efforts in eastern Zimbabwe picked up the pace on Tuesday in distressed areas from Cyclone Idai's trail of destruction with nearly 100 people dead and hundreds missing.Poor weather cond...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Army rescues St Charles Lwanga students
Four form one students from St Charles Lwanga seminary secondary school in Chimanimani are currently admitted at Chipinge General Hospital, while some of the students have since been rescued and are b...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Rock kills 2 catholic students
Reports from St Charles Lwanga Seminary Secondary in Chimanimani have confirmed that 4 students were trapped after a rock collapsed a dormitory. 1 was successfully rescued, 2 bodies were retrieved, an...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti, this world will humble you!
Even after having gone through the intellectual rigours of philosophy and theology at seminary, Bishop Lazi still doesn't fancy the nature versus nurture debate.But there is a particularly ine...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
Why I respect TB Joshua – Stanley Goreraza, Grace Mugabe's ex-husband
Stanley Goreraza, an officer in Zimbabwe's Air Force and the first husband of Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe, has publicly lauded Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua. "The main...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 19:15hrs | 6 | by Beatrice Mahlonga
Meet Strive Masiyiwa and Chanakira's funder
Andrew Young, Jr has been noted as one of the major people who funded Telecoms Guru Strive Masiyiwa and Banker Nigel Chanakira, it has emerged. Shadowy Twitter character Mmatigari revealed thi...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 14:28hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nelson Chamisa, Zimbabwe's young political crusader
In his tailored suits and designer jewellery, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd with all the drama of the Pentecostal preacher that he is.At 40, he is nearly ha...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by BBC Africa
Reverend wants to 'rebuild' Zimbabwe on Christian values
Reverend Washington Chikanga, leader of Rebuild Zimbabwe Party (RZP), says Zimbabwe needs "right vision and right leadership" to change fortunes for citizens. The 48-year-old clergyman, who is...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa slammed for hypocrisy, he also address church gatherings
MDC-T president Mr Nelson Chamisa has come under fire for his hypocrisy after attacking politicians, who address church gatherings when he also doubles up as a pastor and has addressed such gatherings...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos devour AFM
POLITICKING has reached fever pitch in Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe ahead of elections for the church's leadership.Sources said the church's president, Dr Aspher Madziyire and his deput...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails churches
TRADITIONAL churches that include the Roman Catholic have contributed immensely towards improving education and increasing access to health services as well as skills development in the country, Vice-...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Daily Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison - Discuss the vitality of secularization
QUESTION: Discuss the vitality of secularization SUGGESTED ANSWER The seminal social thinkers of the nineteenth century -- Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Ka...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 20:02hrs | | by Mwiinde Laison (sociologist, teacher and author)
Pensions Master Mnkandla dies
THE Pension Master in the Public Service Commission Mr Sylvester Mnkadla has died. He was 65. In a statement yesterday, Public Service Commission chairman Dr Mariyawanda Nzuwah said Mr Mnkadla served ...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who is Nkosana Moyo?
"I was born in Makuva, and I started school at Makuva Primary School, then went to Don Bosco."At the end of a two-day, high level strategy session, you do not expect to hear such a humble stat...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:53hrs | 9 | by Albert Gumbo
Daily Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison - Discuss the vitality of secularization
QUESTION Discuss the vitality of secularization. SUGGESTED ANSWER The seminal social thinkers of the nin...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 19:12hrs | | by Mwiinde Laison (sociologist, teacher and author)
Who is Nkosana Moyo?
"I was born in Makuva, and I started school at Makuva Primary School, then went to Don Bosco."At the end of a two-day, high level strategy session, you do not expect to hear such a humble stat...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 18:21hrs | | by Albert Gumbo
Chamisa a promising future president
I would like to take this opportunity to applaud Nelson Chamisa for the consistency he has in politics and development. Chamisa is a promising leader who is level headed. Here is a young man who is no...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 19:36hrs | 13 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Satan is a figure for hate speech, against dissent
'Satan' is a 10th century English word and it comes from Greek, "satanas" (#G4567). It means "opposition or adversary" not a real person.This week we scrutinise the thinking of those who insul...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Shingai Rukwata Ndoro
3 dead in car crash
THREE people travelling in a Toyota Altezza died yesterday in an accident which occurred near Chikwingwizha Seminary turn-off at the 20km peg along the Gweru-Shurugwi road.Two died on the spot...Published: 26 May 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Good morning Brethren
*TODAY'S WORD*A story is told.A pastor held up his Bible high before the congregation. It was in tatters, full of holes. In seminary he and some classmates had gone through his Bible and u...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Bhekinkosi Nkomo
Zimbabweans warned against 'doom' prophets
AFM president Reverend Doctor Ashper Madziyire has castigated false pastors who mislead people under the guise of prophecy and warned them against undermining God's authority.Reverend Madz...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to graduate as a pastor today
MDC-T vice-president Nelson Chamisa is set to become a master of religion, when he graduates as a pastor today, after successfully completing pastoral and theological studies course.Chamis...Published: 25 Nov 2016 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to graduate as a pastor
THE MDC-T Vice President will soon be wearing three hats that of being an Advocate, party Vice President and the new qualification acquisition of pastor-ship.The youthful politician made it pu...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 10:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
T. B. Joshua Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by T B Joshua:"When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is wh...Published: 20 Nov 2016 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Was the Zimbabwe guerrilla war of liberation worth it?
The article written by Tsolo Dube on Bulawayo24 asks a very painful but pertinent question: The War Veterans owe the Nation an Explanation: why they went to fight in the liberation of our country. Thi...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 11:49hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Baptist missionary sent to revive Zimbabwe seminary
A recently appointed Southern Baptist missionary is in Zimbabwe to help turn around a seminary struggling since a leadership dispute in 2011 resulted in dismissal of its top administrator and formatio...Published: 21 Oct 2015 at 20:54hrs | 1 | by Bob Allen
Schools resist holiday lessons ban
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education directive banning holiday lessons faces imminent resistance from schools, amid indications that a number of institutions had invited pupils in examinati...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
She defied convention and broke the glass ceiling - Part 1
My name is Sister Bernadette. My actual birth name is Siboniso. I was born in 1957 in Bulawayo at Mpilo Hospital. My father worked in the industries and my mother was a fulltime housewife. My family l...Published: 25 May 2015 at 14:14hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata - taken from eBook: 'Sweetmother'
Evidence that Jesus was married to Mary?
London - A researcher who has attracted attention and criticism with revisionist Biblical theories says he has found new evidence that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that early Christians con...Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 21:13hrs | | by AP
Michael Chilufya Sata: Hero or Villain
On the day President Michael Chilufya Sata died Reuters carried the headline "Zambia's President 'King Cobra' Sata dies." The New York Times of October 30, 2014 described him as an "acerbic leader...Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 06:06hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Mtukudzi should come clean on HIV status
When Sam Mtukudzi died in that horrible accident in the early hours of March 15 2010, the father Oliver Mtukudzi mourned saying "death had robbed him of his only son".Though the circumstances ...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:47hrs | 42 | by Garikai Mazara
Teachers demand incentives
TEACHERS unions are demanding that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education should allow parents to pay teachers' incentives as a way of cushioning their salaries amid reports that school devel...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:12hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma and Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Prophet Makandiwa, Magaya, Madzanire and their Power
Walter Magaya, Emmanuel Makandiwwa, and Eubert Madzanire (affectionately surnamed Angel), have taken Zimbabwe's church-sphere by storm. But little is known of their upbringing and ...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 16:12hrs | 20 | by Thomas Murambiwa
Catholic University opens in Bulawayo
THE Catholic University Bulawayo campus at the St Augustine Seminary in Sunnyside, was officially opened by vice-chancellor Ranga Zinyemba at a glitzy ceremony last Friday.Zinyemba told guests...Published: 13 May 2014 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Pope meet at canonisation
The Roman Catholic Church yesterday canonised the late popes John XXIII and John Paul II as saints of the world's largest Christian congregation in front of an estimated 800,000-strong gathering in a...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 07:45hrs | | by Mabasa Sasa
Chiyangwa varsity ordered to close shop
Government has ordered several higher education institutions to close shop until they are formally registered.St Linus University from which flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa obtained h...Published: 31 Mar 2014 at 12:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
World Vision not hiring gays
New York - Facing a firestorm of protest, the prominent Christian relief agency World Vision on Wednesday dropped a two-day old policy that would have allowed the charity to hire Christians in same-se...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 10:11hrs | | by AP
Bishop Trevor Manhanga joins Zimpapers
THE Zimbabwe Newspapers Group has appointed Bishop Trevor Manhanga to the group's board. Bishop Manhanga is the presiding bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe and becomes the 11th member i...Published: 22 Feb 2014 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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