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Apostolic sect embraces AIDS commemorations
Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson for Apostolic church (Vapositori for ED) Biggie Musanzika (Madzibaba Jonah ) led his congregants to the belated World AIDS commemorations in Muzarabani on Th...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 19:58hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani
Mnangagwa aligned apostolic sects claim attacks from Mthwakazi
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has been accused of launching violent attacks on ZANU-PF-affiliated apostolic sects in Bulawayo and other parts of Matabeleland, targeting sacred shrines under the g...Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 09:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ACCZ fires National Executive Council
The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) board of governors has dismissed the entire National Executive Council last Saturday after citing a number of acts which had become in consistent wit...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF has already won elections
The Zimbabwe Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) has said God has blessed Zanu-PF to rule, and the forthcoming elections are a mere formality.ZIICC Secretary General Tha...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 08:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe price manipulators to be locked up
EVIL machinations from the country's detractors to reverse successes registered by the Second Republic through asymmetrical warfare in the form of currency manipulation and price distortions will come...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Small progress registered on Beitbridge - Victoria Falls road rehab
SOME progress has been made on the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) as the Second Republic continues to deliver o...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Vapositori for ED prays for Mnangagwa's government
Mashonaland Central Vapositori for ED chairperson Biggy "Prophet Jonah" Makanjera took scores of his congregants to Centenary (Gatu) shops to pray for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government y...Published: 01 May 2023 at 19:32hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mapostori4ED launches youth chapter
WITH momentum gathering ahead of the country's harmonised elections, Mapostori for ED yesterday launched its Bulawayo youth chapter, gathering young people from 100 Apostolic and Zion churches who ple...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF czar warns 4ED outfits
Zanu-PF Political Commissar Mike Bimha has warned 4ED affiliates to stop presenting members already in the party as new supporters "recruiting" by them.This is the second time Bimha has layed ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets rules, guidelines for affiliate organisations
ORGANISATIONS affiliated to Zanu-PF must be guided by the revolutionary party's values and ethos, the party's Secretary for the Commissariat, Mike Bimha, has said.Speaking after a meeting that...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tells aspiring candidates not to jump the gun
Zanu-PF has warned aspiring candidates intending to represent the party in next year's harmonised elections against jumping the gun saying everyone should wait for the party to make an official statem...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dudula xenophobes chase praying vapositori away in SA; tell them to go back to Zimbabwe
A peaceful church gathering on an open veld attracting vapositori congregants ended in disaster Sunday when AmaDudula anti-immigrant activists disrupted the service.Highlighting the incident o...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Widow loses property to mysterious fire
A Chiweshe based widow Mary Ndiseni Chitemamuswe (52) lost all her property to a mysterious fire on Sunday and she was left with only clothes she an...Published: 29 Oct 2021 at 15:45hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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
ZANU-PF MP takes vaccination to vapositori
ZANU PF legislator for Muzarabani South Tapera Saizi has taken the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination to the apostolic sects in his constituency....Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:33hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani
Bulawayo to demolish churches
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to demolish several churches in the city for failing to abide by the local authority's building standards.According to the city council's latest report, about ...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 12:55hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Vapositori remembers Cyclone Idai Victims
Popular religious leader, Madzibaba Andby Makururu of Johanne the Fifth of Africa has donated an assortment of groceries and clothing to the ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 11:04hrs | 2 | by King Makombe/Simbarashe Sithole
Gun-totting land barons terrorise vapositori
Unrepentant gun-wielding lands barons have beyond reasonable doubt become a menace in Harare's Budiriro high-density suburb where they invade land earmarked for Johane Masowe Nyenyedzinomwe low income...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 15:01hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mrs Mnangagwa vows to send health practitioners' requests to Govt
Health and Child Care Ambassador, First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to forward requests by medical practitioners and local leadership to relevant authorities for Glenview Polyclinic to be...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 dead in kombi, Honda fit head-on accident
Eleven (11) people are feared dead following an accident involving a commuter omnibus and a Honda fit near Headlands this morning.The tragedy once again hit the Apostolic Christian community a...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cholera claims Apostolic sect bishop
A POPULAR bishop from the African Apostolic Church died in Bulawayo on Monday in a suspected cholera case. Bishop Enock Mhambare from the Paul Mwazha-led church also known as Vapositori ve Africa, who...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa under attack for visiting Johane Masowe shrine
Norton Legislator elect Temba Mliswa has come under attack on Twitter after sharing a photo of himself at a Johane Masowe shrine clad in white garments.Mliswa did not hide his visit as he also...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 10:52hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Open letter to President Mnangagwa, and all political party leaders
Dear President Mnangagwa, I feel the need to open this letter by saying; Women are humans, they share the same rights as men, they deserve same human dignity as their male counterparts, thus e...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Nyaradzo 'Nyari' Mashayamombe
Grace Mugabe's rally splits churches
First Lady Grace Mugabe's interface rally for the various apostolic sects in Zimbabwe has divided the clergy with the various church groups frantically trying to take charge of tomorrow's function set...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Back to sender prophet under fire
BACK to sender self-styled prophet, Madzibaba Clive Masango, is under fire from his victims who accuse him of practicing Satanism, H-Metro reported.Madzibaba Masango of Kubata kwaVapositori se...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 14:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Killer soldier takes refuge at Vapositori
A ZIMBABWE National Army officer, Whatmore Chikukwa became a member of the Johane Masowe Apostolic church in a vain effort to save himself from the murder crime he had committed in August 2015....Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Daily Divinity Questions And Answers With Witness Dingani
QN Why was idolatry such significant problem in Israel and what did the prophets say and do about it in reference to both Israel and Zimbabwean prophets? (25)COMMENT OVERVIEW - The ab...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Witness Dingani
Daily Divinity Questions And Answers With Witness Dingani
QN Why was idolatry such significant problem in Israel and what did the prophets say and do about it in reference to both Israel and Zimbabwean prophets? (25)COMMENT OVERVIEW - The ab...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 11:11hrs | | by Witness Dingani
Vapositori attack senior cop for trespassing at their shrine
A police chief superintendent was attacked and seriously injured by members of the Johane Masowe Apostolic Sect in Mashonaland Central Province after he was accused of trespassing at their shrine. ...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Warped eyes see Zanu PF shadow everywhere
I read a story from my home province of Manicaland that was quite disturbing on two fronts. Firstly the behavior of the youths who abducted the Vapositori members was indeed very deplorable. However, ...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 08:53hrs | | by John Sigauke
Didymas Mutasa haunted by his past Zanu PF actions
The MDC-T has claimed that former Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymas Mutasa's Zanu era ghost comes to haunt him."If l were former vice President Joice Mujuru l would retire folks lik...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 11:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Apostolic sect member collects mentally challenged from streets
A member of the Apostolic sect whose identity has not be given has reportedly went around collecting mentally ill persons on the streets for a healing session.This was revealed by the Berina C...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 07:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mupositori response to Mugabe 'education' insult
We read with disdain President Robert Mugabe's comments about Vapositori and their not being educated. The report came out in Zimbabwe's Daily News online paper and we respond that once again Mugabe i...Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 15:59hrs | | by Wilfred Kushure
Mugabe attacks Vapositori
President Robert Mugabe has attacked members of the Vapositori (apostolic sect members), for refusing to take their children to school and hospitals, citing it as one of the country's major draw backs...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 16:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ndanga wanted to be Mujuru's vice president'
Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani yesterday said Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president Johannes Ndanga was bitter because the cleric refused to conduct prayers for him to become Zimbabwe's v...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Holy Sunday ends in tragedy as elephant kills Madzibaba
An apostolic sect man, was yesterday morning attacked and killed by an elephant near Jumbo Shopping complex in the resort town of Kariba.Funnyboy Kaimbanemoyo, commonly known as Madzibaba ...Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 18:09hrs | | by Obert Siamilandu
Prophet Magaya is no different from the apostolic sects he attacks
Walter Magaya of PHD Ministries wrote a 4 000-word-long thesis attacking the white garment apostolic churches. Despite the length of the thesis, he raised two points against the white garment apostoli...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 09:05hrs | | by Tinashe Shamuyashe
'Jesus is a weak man, Bible not a true Word of God' - Madzibaba
A senior member of Johane Masowe apostolic sect has reportedly claimed that they do not believe in "a weak man" - Jesus Christ, and disregard the Bible as God's book.Responding to Prophetic H...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'We don't believe in Prophet Magaya's Bible'
A senior member of Johane Masowe apostolic sect has claimed they do not believe in "a weak man" — Jesus Christ, and disregard the Bible as God's book.Responding to Prophetic Healing and Deli...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 11:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya 'real' in trouble
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader, Walter Magaya is in trouble with Zimbabwe's largest Christian group, Vapositori, which has vowed to expose him as a magician and fake prophet...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Leave me alone, says Prophet Magaya
WALTER Magaya - leader of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries says he is not losing sleep over attacks by apostolic groups following the publication of his controversial book which...Published: 14 Feb 2015 at 17:33hrs | 3 | by Vasco Chaya
Prophet Magaya gets his power from snakes, claims Vapositori
The war between Vapositori and Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) leader Walter Magaya is intensifying with the Vapositori yesterday claiming they have approached its association for...Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya blasts Vapositori
A storm is brewing between Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder Walter Magaya and the country's Apostolic churches after the celebrity preacher controversially described the la...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 15:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Controversial cop bashing Madzibaba nabbed
The controversial leader of the Budiriro-based Apostolic sect that bashed police officers, Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa [once reported as Ishmael Mufani], who has been on the run for the past seven...Published: 02 Jan 2015 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vapositori dump Mujuru
The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe has parted ways with former Vice President Joice Mujuru who was their patron following her dismissal on Tuesday by President Robert Mugabe, who accused...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet assumes overnight celebrity status over love portions
IT only takes an instant to become a nonentity opined Zimbabwe's celebrated writer Dambudzo Marechera in one of his famous books, Black Sunlight.But the opposite of the statement seems to be t...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 09:22hrs | 15 | by Gibson Mhaka
Magistrate defers mapositori trial
The 37 members of the Vapositori sect who are facing charges of public violence will now appear in court on Monday the 13th of October for continuation of trial after the magistrate deferred proce...Published: 07 Oct 2014 at 16:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Witnesses positively identify mapositori assailants
The trial of the 37 members of the Vapositori sect continued today [Monday] at the Harare Magistrate Court with two witnesses positively identifying seven accused persons.First to take the wit...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
27 'violent' vapositori back in court
Thirty-seven members of the vapositori sect who are facing charges of public violence were back in court for their routine remand this Wednesday.The 37, who were wearing their white and khakhi...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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