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African Bishops push for greater autonomy in UMC
African bishops in the United Methodist Church (UMC) have resolved to push for the regionalisation of the denomination's structures, seeking greater autonomy and a stronger voice in global decision-ma...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:38hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
United Methodist Bishops stand firm against homosexuality
The United Methodist Church (UMC) in Africa has reiterated its firm opposition to homosexuality and same-sex marriages, stating these practices conflict with Christian doctrine and African cultural va...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:13hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
12 United Methodist pastors resign over homosexuality
Twelve senior pastors from the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Zimbabwe have resigned in protest against the church's recent decision to remove its long-standing condemnation of homosexuality....Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 12:48hrs | 2614 | by Staff reporter
Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namib...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 09:05hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police bust 1000-member gay group
Harare police have uncovered a 1,000-member gay syndicate using a WhatsApp group named "Private Lounge" to promote illegal same-sex relationships. This revelation comes after the arrest of a 25-year-o...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:37hrs | 7086 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga denounces gay elements
The Government has denounced some elements who are luring youths into homosexuality through offering educational scholarships for those who are into Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) act...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
African priests reject Pope's endorsement of gay marriages
In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 36 | by Associated Press
Zimbabwe MPs edgy over gay rights
SOME parliamentarians believe Zimbabwe must not grant members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community freedom to openly exercise their sexual rights.T...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
World Bank says no new funding to Uganda over sexual deviance law
The World Bank said it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African country earlier this year enacted an anti-gay bill that rights groups and others have condemned.The World Ba...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 23:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address Cowdry Park Star Rally
ALL roads lead to Bulawayo today where President Mnangagwa will address a star rally in Cowdray Park suburb to drum up support for the ruling party Zanu- PF ahead of the harmonised general elections l...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Ghanaian MPs back tougher anti-gay legislation
The lead sponsor of an amended bill warns that the country will target US economic interests if Washington sanctions officialsGhana's parliament has unanimously passed a motion to further tigh...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Museveni stands firm on anti-gay law
"No one will make us move," Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday in response to threats of sanctions from some Western countries since he signed into law the "Anti-Homosexuality Law 202...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
US revokes visas after Museveni signs tough anti-gay Bill into law
In a swift response, the United States has revoked the visas of Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Anita Among following the stricter anti-gay Bill becoming law in Uganda.On Monday the Speaker rev...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Uganda ban gays
Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence....Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chilling prophetic warning to SA singer Makhadzi
Imperial City Church leader Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi has sent a chilling prophetic warning to South African top singer Makhadzi (real nameNdivhudzannyi Ralivhona) warning of a harmful plot agai...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 10:56hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mutare family 'disowns' gay son
GALZ has slammed Zimbabwe's laws for fuelling hate against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQl+) community following the recent publicity of a Mutare based family "diso...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, My Dad and Me
Zimbabwean-born and now London-based actor Tonderai Munyevu tries to make sense of his roots, both familial and national, in his engaging show Mugabe, My Dad and Me.His story follows a deliber...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 07:54hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Desmond Tutu dies
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has died at the age of 90.Tutu, the last surviving South African laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, died in Cape Town.President Cyril Ramaphosa sa...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Have sex but Don't get married
The past week has seen a heated debate on social media after government has through the Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi gave the green light over the age of sexual consent to...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 19:12hrs | 13 | by Desmond Nleya
Apostolic sects condemn The Sunday Mail for gay advert
THE Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has blamed state-owned paper The Sunday Mail for promoting homosexuality in Zimbabwe by running Garwe restaurant's advertisement bearing a picture of...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Kelly Khumalo snubs 'homophobic' Zimbabwe in solidarity with Somizi
Singer Kelly Khumalo skipped her appearance at the grand reopening of Garwe Restaurant in Harare, Zimbabwe on Thursday, in solidarity with media personality Somizi Mhlongo, following a controversial m...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 16:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths to block Somizi's Harare showcase
GAY South African media personality Somizi Buyani Mhlongo also known as Somgaga was Tuesday attacked on Facebook by Zanu-PF activists who vowed they will mobilise block his planned appearance at the r...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:15hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mapostori seek to affiliate with Zanu-PF
ONE of the largest apostolic sects with membership across the southern African region has applied for official affiliate status with Zanu-PF and in return, the sect leaders would rally their followers...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Janet Banana was publicly shamed and not her gay husband Canaan
The public knowledge that the former President was gay was suffered by Janet Banana his wife more than Canaan Banana. She was shamed, she was whispered by those patriarchal voices of our women in our ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 17:40hrs | 46 | by Nomazulu Thata
Banana's widow dies
Janet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe's first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced.She died at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 12:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Households must Arm up and protect themselves
Zimbabweans must take matters into their hands as the rate of thieving, prostitution, drug use, and homosexuality by our country's youth reaches unprecedented levels. Our leaders have decided to look ...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 15:42hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Mliswa arrested for breaking lockdown rules
POLICE have charged and detained controversial Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa after arresting him Thursday morning at his Borrowdale home in Harare.He was arrested while addressing journal...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 19:37hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa arrested at his press conference
CONTROVERSIAL Norton MP Temba Mliswa has been arrested at his Borrowdale residence in Harare in full view of over a dozen journalists.Mliswa was addressing journalists following his messy brea...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not among Africa's five most dangerous countries to be gay in
Several African countries continue to persecute people in the LGBT community and Zimbabwe is not among them. The five most dangerous countries to be gay in Africa are Uganda, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 17:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nomazulu Thata's self-hatred knows no bounds
I read with shame the article by mama Nomazulu Thata which was a response to Dr Mavaza's article on marriage in the diaspora. I am a consistent follower of Nomazulu Thata's writings and I regard her t...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Lungisani Ndlovu
Botswana to appeal ruling to decriminalise homosexuality: a closer analysis
Human rights are an integral part of life of all people.While this is true and it also encompasses the rights of homosexual people, this is contrary to the norms and values of African societies.Every ...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Njabulo
Botswana seeks to overturn homosexuality ruling
Botswana's government will appeal against a landmark High Court ruling that decriminalised homosexuality, the attorney general says.Last month the court rejected colonial-era laws that imposed...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 17:10hrs | | by BBC
Criminalisation of homosexuality in Africa - African Human rights v European Human rights
Whilst the west can blame Africa for criminalising homosexuality, equally the West has criminalised bigamy or polygamy. Thus another men's meat is another men's poison. My comment is o...Published: 26 May 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Njabulo
Gay teacher lands scholarship
NEAL Hovelmeier, a former St John's College deputy headmaster in Harare, who acrimoniously parted ways with the school after admitting that he was gay, has been nominated as one of the 2019-2020 Radcl...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No to gays'
METHODISTS have united against homosexuality at a Special General Conference held last month in the United States where delegates refused to recognise gay unions and ordain homosexuals into offices of...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:11hrs | 2 | by Fatima Bulla
Let the games begin - it's now jecha for jecha!
THE call by some in the ruling Zanu-PF party for the presidential age limit to be raised to 52 years from 40 has caused mixed reactions, but what is there to it?It should first be accepted tha...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Conway Tutani
MDC bigwig off the hook
MDC women's assembly chairperson Lynette Karenyi, who was accused of insulting former president Robert Mugabe, is off the hook after the State indicated yesterday that it was withdrawing the charges....Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
SDA pastor in court over gay speech
A Seventh Day Adventist preacher Bishop Joshua Maponga has come under fire after revering to homosexual people as people with animalistic behaviour. A fellow church member only identified as Sim...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 17:26hrs | 36 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Neither a fly nor queen bee can land on Temba Mliswa's mouth
The attack of a defenseless prisoner Munyaradzi Kereke by Hon. Temba Mliswa for allegedly impregnating his wife (while in prison) is not only illegal/unethical but foolish/evil. Temba has proved himse...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Don Chigumba
Trump's isolationist message dangerous
Listening to the United States President, Donald Trump's speech at the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), yours truly could not help but join the leaders of other nat...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 4 | by Tafara Shumba
HIV vaccine test trial on cards for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has been listed along with other sub-Saharan countries for a test trial on an HIV vaccine which would help end the disease.Being undertaken by the Johnson and Johnson and the Janssen ...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
NAC moots gay clinics
THE National Aids Council (NAC) is set to establish five drop-in health centres around the country for men engaging in sex with men (MSM).This is so because of their sexual orientation and the...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa shut door on gays
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his main rival, Nelson Chamisa, have both shut the door on gay rights, saying same-sex marriage remains banned in Zimbabwe.This comes after Zimbabwe's gays and...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:33hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gays applaud Mnangagwa
The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) advocacy group has applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for "understanding" them better than his predecessor Robert Mugabe and the opposition parties, a repo...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 11:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gays praise Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has received rare praise from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community for abandoning his predecessor Robert Mugabe’s politics of discrimin...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No condoms in Zimbabwe prisons'
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has said that it will not distribute condoms to inmates in the country's prisons as there was no policy in place to guide such a programme....Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Condom distribution to prisons sparks religious, moral debate
Alfred Kurai (not his real name) twitches uncomfortably as the "talk" begins. He says calling this an interview would make him feel dehumanised and uncomfortable. Kurai is a convict in a Zimba...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Xhosa community rubbishes Inxeba
TO hell with it!The Xhosa community in Zimbabwe is not happy with the controversial South African feature film Inxeba; The Wound because the movie undermines their culture.The local Xh...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gays pin their hopes on Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is one of several African countries that do not acknowledge the rights of queer bodies. But members of Zimbabwe's queer community are hopeful that the country's new president Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gays and Lesbians raise alarm over stereotyping in Zimbabwe
THE Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) is engaging the clergy, lawyers, traditional leaders among other stakeholders to raise awareness on issues relating to their members to correct stereotypes abo...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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