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'Zimbabweans should be free to demonstrate at SADC Summit'
People should be free to demonstrate at the SADC Summit due to start in Harare next week because normally these are the international platforms which citizens take advantage of to raise their grievanc...Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 15:37hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Churches welcome Mnangagwa's pledge to respect the Constitution
The Heads of Christian Denominations in Zimbabwe (ZHOCD) have welcomed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent commitment to uphold the country's Constitution.ZHOCD, an umbrella body that includ...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 16:27hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electoral dispute backfiring
CATHOLIC Bishops yesterday said the unresolved August 2023 election dispute has plunged the lives of ordinary citizens into disarray, amid a deepening economic meltdown where the majority is strugglin...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Catholics Bishops in Zimbabwe wades into Zimbabwe opposition factionalism
CATHOLIC Bishops in Zimbabwe have decried what they are terming a "new form" of post-election violence characterized by "recalls of the elected" political candidates in the Southern African nation....Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Give you vote to those who deserve it' argue ZCBC. Can't give what was never ever yours!
There were times when the church, especially the Catholic Church, used to be the voice of the oppressed and downtrodden and spoke the truth to power. Alas, those days are long gone and the nations is ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Catholic bishops want Zimbabweans to reject violent candidates
THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), one of the fierce critics of government maladministration during the late former President Robert Mugabe's era, has urged the electorate to vote out me...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere out of the race'
Zanu-PF yesterday vowed that exiled former party commissar Saviour Kasukuwere will not be part of this year's presidential race unless he has been cleared by the police and Judiciary.Kasukuwer...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga brandishes Zanu-PF fist on 'holy' pulpit
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, Sunday stood at St. Alois Parish's pulpit before tens of congregants, wearing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's scarf and brandishing a clenched fist in what might be...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Political violence casts spotlight on free, fair polls
WITH political violence escalating in Zimbabwe, national elections slated for later this year face questions about whether the polls will meet free and fair international benchmarks.Zimbabwe's...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa leaps to defence of Ginimbi's ex
Zimbabwe has long struggled with the problem of drug and substance abuse with experts noting that a deepening economic crisis and the attendant poverty and despair have resulted in increasing numbers ...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe yet to realise peace, says sponsored NGOs
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) and religious groups yesterday said the country was yet to realise peace as human rights abuses and violence persists ahead of the 2023 polls.In statements t...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Media urged to shun hate speech
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) yesterday urged media practitioners to shun hate speech during coverage of political contestants ahead of the March 26 by-elections.Addressing delegates at ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Talks between Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable
DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | 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 | 1 | by Tafara Shumba
'Stop polarising political activities ' Zimbabweans told
Zimbabweans have been urged to cease in engaging in all political activities that undermine the spirit on national dialogue. The call was made by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cyclone Idai deaths shoot to 259 in Zimbabwe
ABOUT 259 people have so far been confirmed dead and 217 unaccounted for, while over 16 000 households have been displaced by Cyclone Idai-induced floods that hit the eastern part of the country last ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa overrating self
Fresh political crisis is brewing for MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, after he stayed away from the political dialogue meeting called by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House yesterday.The o...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:15hrs | | by Jasper Hloka
Bishops want 'second chance' Zanu PF/ MDC GNU - how many chances wasted 2008 GNU alone!
I would like to thank the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) for their well thought out letter of appeal and advice on the possible way out of the present political and economic mess Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Catholic bishops urges ZANU PF and MDC to unite
(1) We begin by disowning a recent statement issued in our name during the recent stayaway that started on 14 January 2019. We, the Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe, never issued any statement during that...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 19:40hrs | | by ZCBC
Vote wisely: Church
THE Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJP) yesterday urged Zimbabweans to cast their vote prudently and bravely for the greater good of the nation.Addressing Journalists ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has given nation new hope, say Catholic bishops
CATHOLIC bishops in Zimbabwe have said President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration have given the nation new hope for the future.In a statement yesterday on the forthcoming elections, ...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Can the NPRC overcome a legacy of failure?
Our country has witnessed great deal of violence. The liberation war claimed around 50 000 deaths. During the Gukurahundi atrocities, an estimated 20 000 people were killed. In 2005, Operation Muramba...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Paul Themba Nyathi
Government to translate Constitution
The Justice ministry yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) to translate the national Constitution into all 16 official languages....Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Catholic church forgives Mugabe
THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC) says it has forgiven former President Robert Mugabe for his "transgressions" in office over the past 37 years and implored new President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's import bill drops $1.8 billion
The country's appetite for imports dropped by more than US$1.8 billion during the just ended year on the back of falling consumer demand and tight import controls gazetted by the government....Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 20:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Catholic Church call for journalists to contribute catholic news
The Catholic Church has called for Catholic Journalists to contribute pro-active Catholic stories in areas of education, development and health by the Catholic Church in different parts of the country...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 08:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Roman Catholic Church defrauded
The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) and Caritas Zimbabwe, an agency of the Roman Catholic Church which carries out the church's social work, could have been prejudiced of about US$600 000,...Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 10:36hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Catholic Relief director in court for theft
National director of a Catholic Relief Agency, who connived with his two colleagues still at large and allegedly misappropriated more than $562 800 in donor funds, appeared in court on Thursday ...Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 09:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Prophets warned
Zimbabwe Council of Churches secretary-general Dr Solomon Zwana has slammed clergymen who are taking advantage of the challenges the country is facing to dupe people of their hard- earned money and th...Published: 11 Mar 2014 at 06:56hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
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