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DNA testing nailed Madzibaba Ishmael
The leader of Johane Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika Sect, Ishmael Chokurongerwa, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of raping and impregnating three 14-year-old girls who are all his c...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 17:05hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Ishmael in court over minors' rape
AN apostolic sect leader allegedly raped three minors from his church and impregnated two of them.Johanne Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika sect leader Ishmael Chokurongerwa appeared befo...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Jonah applauds Mnangagwa's leadership style, VED gesture
Madzibaba Biggie Musanzika (aka Prophet Jonah) of Johane Masowe yeChishanu Jerusalem headquartered in Centenary (Muzarabani) has applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa's transformational leadership st...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:05hrs | 335 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Churches ready to complement religious tourism
Indigenous churches have yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to complement the government's broader strategy of clusterisation to realise the US$5 billion tourism economy by 2025.Speaking at...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:34hrs | 329 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Religious tourism; Sanganai Hlanganani Expo decentralisation gain momentum
Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Barbara Rwodzi has expressed her commitment to engage [with church leaders], transform and empower indigenous churches through identifying and amplifying the...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 15:01hrs | 460 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Bulawayo
Churches call for peace ahead of SADC Summit
Indigenous churches have expressed their quest for sustainable peace before, during and after SADC Summit called on all citizens to be peaceful and avoid confrontation, amid perceived tension emanatin...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 22:30hrs | 43 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Woes worsen for casino banned Bulawayo prophet
Archbishop Emmanuel Mutumwa, a prominent leader of the Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Sect in Bulawayo, has faced bans from multiple casinos after allegedly winning significant sums, reportedly gu...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo prophet gambles, wins US$30,000 banned from casino
In a contentious incident within the Christian community and among gambling circles, a prominent Bulawayo prophet, Archbishop Emmanuel Mutumwa, claimed to have won over US$30,000 at a local casino thr...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 15:35hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo begs Mukanya to accept his gifts
Wickell Chivayo strongly criticized journalist Hopewell Chin'ono in response to his remarks following musician Thomas Mapfumo's refusal of a contentious businessperson's car and home gifts.In ...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 18:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF MP drags lover to court
ZANU PF Mazowe North Member of Parliament, Tsungai Makumbe, yesterday dragged his estranged lover Ludia Makuvure to court accusing her of tarnishing his image and threatening him with unspecified acti...Published: 23 Mar 2024 at 20:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Ishmael denied bail
The leader of a religious sect in Zimbabwe was denied bail on Tuesday after being arrested last week for suspected child abuse when police found 251 minors working on his farm and 16 graves.Is...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man wears wife's panties
IN the Book of Genesis, God's plan for marriage is set forth poetically but clearly: "One man and one woman in a stable, lasting, fruitful relationship of mutual support".While reporting the e...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 15:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Radio Zimbabwe's Macamarada tops the game
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's (ZBC) top radio, (Radio Zimbabwe) has one of its finest presenter, Leonard Katsangu (Popularly known as Macamarada) who has proven his ability to lure more audience...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 14:34hrs | 9 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Chivayo says he can't help everybody
Wait a minute!He said it, he could not help everybody as there are "channels and procedures to follow to get in touch with me".These were the words from businessman Wicknell Chivayo, w...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant fake Prophet swindles US$11k, recruits more criminals
An unrepentant fake prophet has been reportedly on the run after duping unsuspecting people of their hard-earned money amounting to US$11 000, impregnating former fellow congregants and recruiting cri...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 09:26hrs | 9 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Mutare
Zanu-PF linked prophets fight for dominance
A MUTARE-BASED Zanu-PF cleric Daniel Mutore has won a peace order against Johanne The Fifth of Africa leader Andby Makururu, a staunch ruling party supporter, as their fight for dominance gets nastier...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wicknell wants to be a billionaire
BUSINESSMAN and philanthropist, Wicknell Chivayo, says he wants to be a BILLIONAIRE.He was speaking during Capitalk FM Champions League Breakfast Show hosted by Phathisani Sibanda and Tinashe ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF clerics in nasty fallout
A MUTARE-BASED Zanu-PF cleric Daniel Mutore has won a peace order against Johanne The Fifth of Africa leader Andby Makururu, a staunch ruling party supporter, as their fight for dominance gets nastier...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo tells Zimbabweans not tell him how to spend his money
Controversial entrepreneur Wicknell Chivayo has disclosed that he dismissed online commentators advising him to allocate his funds toward the country's ailing healthcare system instead of directing th...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo being investigated by ZACC
A leaked memo has confirmed that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched investigations into the source of funds of controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo, following his lavish...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo's US$5 million spending binge
FOR Wicknell Chivayo, money seems to grow on trees.Never the one to be shy to ostentatiously display his wealth, Chivayo, who likes to call himself Sir Wicknell, has of late been on an unrelen...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man grows floppy breasts
IN an eerier than fiction story, a man from Cross Dete in Hwange District, Matabeleland North province developed huge lady-like breasts amid chilling revelations that at night they are being suc...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
When children give birth to children!
There could have never been a more heartbreaking and disturbing sight.I had gone to the local clinic in my small town of Redcliff for a scheduled medical review.This is an ordinary rou...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 11:11hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man's 'get rich quick' muthi backfires horribly
REMEMBER, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.Blinded by the allure of prosperity, an elderly man from Hwange in Matabeleland North province's quest to get rich quickly thr...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi guard charged with murder
A police officer who was on duty at Vice President Kembo Mohadi's residence in Harare has been charged with murder after a man suspected of stealing building materials died from a severe assault. Bles...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Johane WeMasowe building a 3 000 seater double-storey facility in Bulawayo
Church yaBaba Johane WeMasowe in Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb is building a 3 000 seater double-storey facility, which is expected to be completed in the next five years.The church is celebrati...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Religion is new trump card ahead of Zimbabwe elections
EVER wondered why President Emmerson Mnangagwa has, in one breath, donned apostolic sect robes, practised traditional African religion, on the other, and congregated with the charismatic Protestants â...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
From Moondog Max to Arnold Zikhali, the storied lineage of Zimbabwe's 'strong men'
ON what had been a pretty ordinary and innocuous Tuesday afternoon, there was suddenly a flurry of activity around the corner of George Silundika and Sam Nujoma in Harare.Like bees attracted t...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo splurges US$140,000 on Catholic parish
Wicknell Chivayo's spending spree shows no signs of abetting after the controversial businessman donated US$100,000 cash, a home solar system and a US$40,000 Toyota Hilux D4D to the Roman Catholic Chu...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fooled us
Former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu says he supported President Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over power because he believed the former vice president had learnt the ropes after serving under ...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED lines up national convention
Scores of Apostolic sects under the Vapostori4ED and Zion4ED banners have lined up an historic national convention this month to offer their final pledge to ensure a landslide victory for President Mn...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Epworth title deed scheme Zanu-PF vote-buying stunt
THE regularisation of Epworth settlements after President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week started distributing so-called title deeds has come under the spotlight as it has since emerged that the document...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches urged to pray for peaceful elections
LEADER of Johanne The Fifth of Africa, Andby Makururu, has urged churches to take advantage of the Easter Holiday to pray for the holding of peaceful elections.In an interview with NewsDay Wee...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF perfects vote-buying tactics
Zanu-PF has resorted to its traditional vote-buying tactics ahead of the next elections with the latest move being the pampering of traditional chiefs with all-terrain vehicles in a development that s...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED leader basher granted $100 000 bail
ONE of the two Harare men arrested last week for allegedly assaulting a Vapostori for ED chairperson was yesterday granted $100 000 bail by a Harare court.Elvis Borerwi and Tafadzwa Matoro, wh...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vapositori pledge 2,3m votes for Mnangagwa
ONE of the biggest churches in the country with the largest following in terms of numbers - Vapositori - has pledged 2,3 million votes for President Mnangagwa as a token of appreciation for his astute...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed at funeral
DOUBLE tragedy!When a group of boys stood by the gate and shouted obscenities at mourners, Simiso Mdlawuzo (28), who was among the mourners at a house in Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo confro...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophets clash over dead snake
TWO Kuwadzana Phase 3 Johann Masowe eChishanu prophets have appeared in court following an altercation over a snake. Madzibaba Matthew Matenga went to court seeking a protection order against ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer cop back in court
JAISON Muvevi, accused of killing four people including a police officer, was yesterday back in court for routine remand pending indictment to the High Court for trial on charges of murder.Muv...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Slain Madzibaba 'foretold' own death
The Hwedza apostolic church leader who was allegedly killed by former police detective Jaison Muvevi met his death while conducting rituals at his shrine to forestall the tragic events of January 13, ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
4 murders, jammed guns and fleeing cops
POICE Hove, the mother of the late office in charge of Hwedza, Inspector Maxwell Hove who was allegedly shot dead last week by Jaison Muvevi, has urged police to improve its vehicle fleet after it eme...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vote ED to live peacefully, Zanu-PF warns mourners at slain prophet's funeral
A Zanu-PF official in Wedza has threatened villagers that they risk living in political turmoil if they do not vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the up-coming elections.The Zanu-PF orga...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop killer's family pleads for forgiveness
THE family of killer cop, Jaison Muvevi yesterday approached two families of the three victims that he shot dead in Hwedza last week and apologised for the heinous crime.They roped in police d...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambique decline to hand over fugitive Wedza triple murder suspect to Zimbabwe?
Victims of triple murder suspect Jaison Muvevi could wait for many months, even years, to get justice after Mozambican authorities said they would try him on gun charges.Muvevi was on the run ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean police officer's gun jammed during shootout
A police firearm jammed during a shootout as police tried to intercept an armed man who went on a killing spree in Wedza on Friday gunning down a self-styled prophet, a police officer and another vict...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIOs up for torturing man
A BUDIRO man was severely assaulted and tortured by suspected Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers before being handed over to the police on charges of plotting to topple President E...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man caught pants down with brother-in-law's wife at church shrine
A MANYAME Park man was bashed by Johanne Masowe church members after they found him having sex with a woman later proven to be his brother-in-law's wife at their shrine, H-Metro reported.Tanak...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Varakashi beat up Mapostori4ED leader
A BOGUS intelligence operative and a member of the militant Varakashi group has been arrested for kidnapping and bashing a Budiriro-based apostolic sect leader and impersonating a Central Intelligence...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 20:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
14 Zimbabwean Vapostori drown in SA
FOURTEEN members of the Johanne Masowe Baptist Church, believed to be Zimbabweans, have been confirmed dead after drowning during a baptism ceremony that went wrong in Jukskei River in South Africa....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vapostori sing praises for Mnangagwa
APOSTOLIC sect leaders and Zanu-PF top officials on Saturday took turns to praise President Emmerson Mnangagwa claiming that he has already been "endorsed by God".Thousands of apostolic sect m...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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