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Anglicans in Manicaland soldiering on

The Anglican Diocese in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland Province is facing huge challenges as it tries to rehabilitate infrastructure run-down by years of neglect under dethroned and disgraced former Arch-Bishop Elson Jakazi. Jakazi, a former Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) head Zanu PF apologist turned Nolbert Kunonga who wreaked ...

Coltart thanks God for Kunonga defeat

Education Minister David Coltart yesterday hailed the restoration of the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe following the re-dedication of St John the Baptist Cathedral in Mutare two weeks ago after the deposition of the renegade bishop Elson Madhodha Jakazi. The rededication service, which was held on April 6, was led by ...

Kunonga’s Manicaland counterpart: For me it is business as usual

Excommunicated Anglican Bishop Elson Jakazi who wrestled the Diocese of Manicaland (eastern part of Zimbabwe) from the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) is holding to the church properties notwithstanding a Supreme Court ruling that left his Harare counterpart Nolbert Kunonga dry. In an interview with RelZim.org, Jakazi said ...

Kunonga loses it all

The excommunicated Anglican bishop and head of the Church of the Province of Zimbabwe, Nolbert Kunonga, ultimately lost the dispute between him and the Church of the Province of Central Africa’s Bishop Chad Gandiya, at the Supreme Court today. Whistles were blown and brows were wiped as elated Anglicans could not control ...

Anglican bishops celebrate court success

Retired Anglican Bishop Sebastian Bakare said after years of watching the rot of grabbed institutions Anglicans are happy with the decision the Supreme Court made earlier this week. “People are so happy because after years of painful [managing of institutions] schools like St Augustine and hospitals like Bonda Hospital have been rundown. ...

Do we in the church just remain silent? Do we have a plan to do anything at all?

Benjamin Freeth is a Zimbabwean farmer and human rights activist from the district of Chegutu (ca 120 km southwest of Harare). Together with his father-in-law, Mike Campbell, he rose to international prominence after 2008 for suing the government for violating rule of law and human rights in Zimbabwe. This process was documented in the 2009 film Mugabe and the ...

Nolbert Kunonga procedes with his version of Anglicanism..or whatever it is

Last month, Bishop Nolbert Kunonga of the Anglican Church of the Province of Zimbabwe criticized the Prime Minister, complained about the visit of the controversial Nigerian prophet TB Joshua and expressed his criticism about the draft of the new constitution. Is there any Good News left in this world, Nolbert? According to ...

Anglican cleric: effective interfaith dialogue guarantees peaceful future

Anglican rector of St Aidans in Chitungwiza and Anglican Youth Association of Harare chaplain, Reverend Ishanesu Gusha, says that the excommunicated Bishop of Harare Nolbert Kunonga has now become a religious fundamentalist because of his lack of tolerance for other people’s views.  Speaking at a Day of Religious Freedom discussion  organized ...

DOSSIER OF ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST THE ANGLICAN DIOCESES OF ZIMBABWE CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF CENTRAL AFRICA

Below, RelZim.org provides full text of the ten-page Dossier about the persecution of the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa that Archbishop Rowan Williams submitted to President Robert Mugabe at the meeting in Harare last week. As reported by The Herald on October 12, Rev. Admire Chisango of the Church of the Province of Zimbabwe ...

When Anglican Archbishop meets Catholic President

On Monday, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams arrived to meet President Robert Mugabe at the state house in Harare in a police convoy. According to the Anglican prelate, the over 90-minute meeting “was a very candid meeting; disagreement was expressed clearly but I think in a peaceable manner.” “We have asked, ...