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Christians who support oppressors, looters and killers will answer to our Lord Jesus!
Of course, it is not particularly shocking when some of us witness the proliferation of so-called 'churches', and their leaders, who support evil.I can not deny that it hurts me in indescribab...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:42hrs | 872 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean politicians abusing religion
RENOWNED cleric, Reverend Kenneth Mutata has bemoaned growing conflation and abuse of religion to legitimise political decisions, saying this has left Zimbabwe's Christian community vulnerable to poli...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:56hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Religion influences politics
The religion is very influential in shaping the lives of the people this is because it directs their way of life. Zimbabwe is largely Christian dominated and the people's behavior is influenced by the...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 10:51hrs | 322 | by Grace Chekai
Sangomas told to register
The Traditional Medical Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (TMPCZ) has moved in to enforce regulations that will ensure all traditional medical practitioners are registered in a move to uphold Governme...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:56hrs | 285 | 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 | 140 | by Staff reporter
Spotlight on slay queens, sex trafficking in Diaspora
Romanticised dreams of greener pastures have for a long-time drawn locals to the diaspora, at times, young married individuals leaving their spouses and children in hope for a better future.In...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 521 | by Kundai Marunya
War vets should be vanguards of Zimbabwe's independence
Our war veterans should be at the forefront of condemning the institutionalised plunder of our vast national resources by a small ruling eliteONE of the greatest tragedies to befall post-colon...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:20hrs | 245 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
God has done more in my life in a few years praying alone, than going to 'church' for decades!
After penning my article entitled, 'Support ED all you want, but please don't blaspheme our God', I received so many messages of agreement, encouragement and endorsement of my sentiments.Indee...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:27hrs | 1855 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Harare Hindus plan wide-ranging activities during 2023
Hindu Society Harare (HSH) in Zimbabwe seems to have lined-up extensive religious and social activities, projects, celebrations during 2023.These include three daily aartis; twice-weekly yoga ...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 11:13hrs | 589 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe in 2023: There is great disorder, chaos under the heavens
GEORGE Orwell wrote so much and so well that one day it became cause for a whole essay to explain to himself and the world why he wrote as such.In the essay of 1946, Why I Write, Orwell recoun...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1113 | by Dr William Jethro Mpofu
School headmaster sparks debate over haircuts
SOCIAL media went into meltdown yesterday, reacting to a video posted by The Herald of a school head who used a pair of scissors to plough through the hair of all learners who did not have proper hair...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:46hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: Will the real Ndebele please stand up
There has been a lot of talk about the resorgimento of the Ndebele Kingdom and crowning of the King himself. We have had so many pretenders to the throne, all claiming to be the rightful heirs or Prin...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 18:40hrs | 552 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Open letter to ANC; ZANU PF: Leave Biden alone!
I write this letter to the ANC and ZANU PF because they are one and the same thing. I wish to express my disappointment with the ANC, a party which should be the torch bearer for all people aspiring f...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 15:56hrs | 925 | by Mischeck Faro Nyamayaro
WATCH: Prophet Edd Branson storms Kenya to launch new branch
Hundreds of people thronged the Kitengela town Red Heron Centre for the launch of the Jesus Generation International Ministries Kenya branch led by Zimbabwean Prophet Edd Branson who arrived to a Pres...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 07:46hrs | 952 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Civil, political rights of refugees in South Africa
IN January 2020, South Africa's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced the introduction of new regulations which could have significant implications for engagement in any political activity ...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:51hrs | 289 | by Mary-Anne Mutero
Mnangagwa drawn into fight over shrine
FIFTEEN village heads in Seke communal area are seeking President Emmerson Mnangagwa's intervention after their sacred shrine was leased out by the Manyame Rural District Council (RDC) to an apostolic...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:57hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED call for immediate removal of sanctions
LOCAL religious leaders have strongly condemned illegal punitive sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and are calling for their immediate removal.Speaking during a press conference held in Harare yes...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa challenged about too much church verses, and not enough policy, fight
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has defended his faith after a supporter challenged him about focusing on Biblical verses more than outlining the "roadmap to a new...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:29hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Villagers forced to pay US$25 for rain making ceremony
A headman in Mutasa district, Manicaland allegedly forced his subjects to pay US$25 each per homestead towards a traditional rain-making ceremony known as Mukwerera in Shona in Honde Valley....Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:57hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Colonialism was not an event, but a long-term project of global control
Queen Elizabeth II was finally laid to rest last week after 96 years of life and 70 years of service as the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until she die...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 127 | by Tapiwa Gomo
The death and burial of King Mzilikazi
KING Mzilikazi reigned until his death in September 1868.. At the time of his death he was estimated to be in his late 70s or early 80s. His death followed that of his senior and closest wife Queen Lo...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:55hrs | 575 | by Mzala Tom
Virginity and the Johanne Marange religious customs
THE state has outlawed virginity testing as a human rights violation.However, it is surprising to note that Johanne Marange Apostolic Church (JMAC) still teaches and conducts mandatory virgini...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 19:54hrs | 1438 | by Matthew Mare
Can we ever say what happened at Chimoio was a mere 'incident' - so why refer to Gukurahundi as simple 'disturbances'?
Insensitivity is as evil as witchcraft!At least, that is exactly how I feel.How else can anyone describe any indi...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:30hrs | 545 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Opposition: Politics and Pisgah sight fallacy
A student of CultureAT heart and at soul, I am a student of culture.This is why I opted to read Literature at college, much of it drawn from the Western World.But that was to g...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 100 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Chipinge celebrates Sithole's hero status
THE journey for the man regarded as militant by the settler regime began on July 21,1920 in Nyamandlovu in colonial Rhodesia, a product of a Ndau father and a Ndebele mother. His entry into poli...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to traditional medicine
INTEREST in practising as herbalists is growing in the country, with the numbers of people enrolling at the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers' Association (ZINATHA) training school ris...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
CCC is an autocracy masquerading as a democracy, 'it is not a dirty tactic to point out this fact!'
"It is a confirmed fact that CCC is a brand new party with no founding process, no constitution, no structures, and no elected leadership. This fact means CCC is operating illegally, like a secret soc...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 11:15hrs | 1496 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Manjuzu' craze hits Harare
IN one of his letters to Timothy, a fellow brother in the Christian faith, Apostle Paul (previously known as Saul of Tarsus) offers counsel to a brother.Writes Paul in 1 Timoth 6:10: "For the ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:04hrs | 5781 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zapu speak on Nkomo's persecution by Zanu-PF
OPPOSITION political parties yesterday accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of persecuting the late Vice-President and former PF Zapu leader Joshua Nkomo after independence despite his selfless sacrifice ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:20hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo unleashes another jibe aimed at Nelson Chamisa
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has unleashed another jibe aimed at the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa, in what could signify a waning relationship between t...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 19:15hrs | 7147 | by Staff reporter
116-year old Inyathi Mission still exudes medieval charm
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country’s oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 1584 | by Staff reporter
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still l...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1178 | by Staff Reporter
Inhlokomoyesizwe SikaMthwakazi condemns arrest of innocent, prayerful citizens
As Inhlokomoyesizwe SikaMthwakazi pressure group we have learnt that ZRP has arrested 36 Citizens of Zimbabwe for organising a Christian response to the c...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 199 | by IYS Info-Desk
Growing number of Zimbabwe couples opt for child adoption
IN most families, news that a loved one is going to have a child is usually received with joy.But when Kuteesa "Tess" Gweshe and her husband announced that they were going to have two more chi...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:54hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Unknown hero's burial today
National hero, Major-General Godfrey Chanakira, who died at West End Clinic in Harare last Thursday of a heart ailment, will be buried at the National Heroes Acre today.At the time of his deat...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
New Act unifies all marriage laws
THE new Marriages Act became law on Friday, a piece of legislation that brings all marriage laws together, makes all marriages equal and finally provides a way to transform a registered customary unio...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Beer drinkers church: when the love of God and booze meet
THE inviting, melodious echoes flow downhill as we make the final ascend.In the absence of musical instruments to enhance output, they use their palms to issue out some rhythmic claps which bl...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Jail for denying children access to health care
Parents or guardians who deny their children access to health services on any ground including religious will face up to a year in jail, a fine or both if the Medical Services Bill gazetted last week ...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
International funders behind eSwatini 'winter revolution'
There are claims that at the centre of the pro-democracy movement riots in eSwatini is a sponsored move for a power grab of resources funded by prominent international organisations with vested intere...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Time to protect people from their churches
VERY little is known about one of the worst religion-related mass murders and tragedies that occurred in Uganda in 2000 in which 700 Ugandans died. More is known about the 1978 Jonestown massacre in G...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 394 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zanu-PF Youth League conference kicks off
ALL roads lead to the Harare International Conference Centre today for the 7th Zanu-PF Youth League elective conference, with delegates expected to be seated by 9am.The party's First Secretary...Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa has turned to Angel, Java and Makandiwa?
With less than a year and two months before Zimbabwe holds its highly anticipated 2023 Presidential elections, President Mnangagwa has of late turned for support from self-styled Prophets and Papa's i...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:38hrs | 3566 | by Knowledge Hakata - Political Analyst
Mnangagwa threatens rivals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning to rivals within the ruling Zanu-PF amid fears of sabotage ahead of the December elective congress where he fears he will be challenged by his d...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | 6428 | by Staff reporter
Scientologists commemorate birthday of late Scientology founder in Bulawayo
Scientologists recently celebrated the birth of Scientology founder the late Lafayette Ronald Hubbard at the Bulawayo Club.Scientologists have not been able to gather for over two years due to...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 22:43hrs | 513 | by Stephen Jakes
Makandiwa rapped for 'bootlicking' Mnangagwa
POPULAR preacher Emmanuel Makandiwa has came underfire for absolving President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the high unemployment rate in the country.An excitable Makandiwa showered Mnangagwa with ...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:33hrs | 2895 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says it's 'time for Zimbabwe to rise and shine'
ZIMBABWEANS must be united by a common vision to build a prosperous and empowered nation as the country's economy is likely to grow regardless of the numerous challenges it faces, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:10hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
41 die in Zimbabwe's Easter accidents
ZIMBABWEANS must be united by a common vision to build a prosperous and empowered nation as the country's economy is likely to grow regardless of the numerous challenges it faces, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:09hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Mtshana Khumalo: The general who outfoxed villain Allan Wilson
A MILITARY tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo, commanded an elite group of fighters tasked with safeguarding King Lobengula's life and dignity as he trekked north at the height of the Matabele War of ...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 350 | by Elliot Ziwira
King Mambo tells subjects to stop pursuing foreign traditions, religion
KING Litshe kaligiqeki Domborenyika Dr Mike Moyo, known as King Mambo, has expressed concern over churches and people who defile mountains and cultural sites.King Mambo made the remarks while ...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:14hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe by-elections expose poor participation by women in politics
A lack of female representation in by-elections held on March 26 has triggered calls for reforming the political system.The Zimbabwe Council of Churches, which monitored the elections, said "l...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 07:59hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
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