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Prophet by day, sangoma by night
At first glance, Bishop Cuthbert Nyaruvenda, the founder of Sangano Dzvene Revapostori Church, looks like an ordinary person next door.Alighting from his car clad in a blue T-shirt and matchin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:22hrs | 3 | by Tendai Chara
Zimbabwe's herbalists, doctors unite thwarting non-communicable diseases
HARARE - With government's research confirming that 80 percent of Zimbabweans consult herbalists prior to visiting hospitals, the country's Ministry of Health has shifted to partnering traditional hea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | 1 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
Don't stigmatise COVID-19 patients, says Govt official
DIRECTOR of epidemiology in the Health ministry Portia Manangazira has cautioned communities to desist from stigmatising COVID-19 patients, especially infected schoolchildren who will return home afte...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere, son ordered to get paternity tests
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has been ordered to have his son Mangwiza undergo a paternity test after the politician disowned his offspring after he accused him of practicing witchcraft...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere want judges to fatally shoot him
Former Cabinet minister Aeneas Chigwedere's younger brother, Godfrey, wept uncontrollably in court and pleaded with judges to fatally shoot him after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) declined to h...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 10:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma 'uses baboons, snakes to bring back lost love'
A Harare based Malawian Sangoma who is a member of Zimbabwe National Practioners Association (ZINPA) claims to use baboons and snakes to bring back lost love or in punishing thieves.Kamw...Published: 09 May 2017 at 18:59hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Prophets consult me, says sangoma
SEKURU Friday Chisanyu (FC), a registered Traditional Medicine Practitioner and the founding president of the Zimbabwe National Practitioners Association (ZINPA) speaks to H-Metro's BLESSING MASAKADZA...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vultures face extinction as betting outlets sprout
THE mushrooming of sports betting outlets has given rise to a demand for a concoction of vulture body parts used as luck charms, a factor which might result in the extinction of the carnivorous bi...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutanda terrorises villagers
A dubious traditional healer only known as tsikamutanda has unleashed a reign of terror in Mt Darwin where hapless villagers are allegedly being forced to attend his clensing ceremonies with a 195 her...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:24hrs | | by Desire Ncube
Death penalty raises stink
"The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings," once remarked former South African president and Nobel Prize Laureate, the late Nelson Man...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:59hrs | | by Harmony Agere
Traditional healers appeal for land to grow medicinal plants
Traditional healers have appealed to Government to help their "beleaguered profession" by allocating them pieces of land where they will grow their medicinal plants, some of which they say are becomin...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 00:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sangomas claim to be entitled to medical aid remittances
Zimbabwe National Practitioners Association (ZINPA), an organisation which represents the interests of traditional healers, herbalists and faith healers, wants its patients to start using medical aid ...Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Lovemore Zigara
Bogus traditional healers castigated
TRADITIONAL practitioners who operate without licences have been castigated for their bogus operations since these are leading to untimely deaths and more complex conditions. Speaking at a...Published: 02 Jan 2014 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Witch-hunters' freed by police
Witch-hunters in Mhundwa area in Seke Communal Lands, who have so far collected over 20 cattle from villagers, are back in business after they were picked up by the police for questioning a fortnight ...Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Men's Clinic Zimbabwe gains popularity
The establishment of the Men's Clinic Zimbabwe, a clinic that specialises in men's sexual health problems, has, to a greater extent, helped in the demystification of issues to do with men's sexual hea...Published: 17 Mar 2013 at 06:50hrs | 5 | by Tendai Chara
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