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Charamba, Shumba for Chinhoyi peace prayer

April 19, 2013
Gospel music lovers are in for treat on April 20 when the two Kings of gospel music Charles Charamba and Blessing Shumba are set to share the stage event dubbed Peace Prayer at Chinhoyi Stadium in Chinhoyi.  With the main theme of the event being praying for peace in the ...

Churches meet with Mugabe about peace

April 16, 2013
The Ecumenical Peace Observation Initiative has met President Robert Mugabe and encouraged the Zimbabwean leader to put into action his peace campaign messages. President Robert Mugabe, the leader of Zanu PF, whose party stands accused of perpetrating violence has since the formation of the coalition government four years ago been ...

Church members arrested for burning legs of noise makers

April 16, 2013
Six True Gospel Apostolic Faith church members, including the leader, have been arrested in Chitungwiza on allegations of burning the legs of two other members as punishment for talking during a church service on Sunday morning. The injured, who are aged 21 and 14, were yesterday still admitted to Chitungwiza ...

Makandiwa denies ‘drive’ to shut down paper

April 15, 2013
Prominent preacher Emmanuel Makandiwa has been forced to deny asking the Zimbabwe Media Commission to close down a newspaper he accuses of defaming him. Makandiwa recently withdrew a US$2 million libel claim against the Daily News, his lawyers say after the newspaper agreed to publish a prominent apology and a ...

Doubts emerge over Angel’s prophecy

April 15, 2013
Spirit Embassy leader, Uebert Angel last week claimed to have accurately prophesied the death of Britain’s former premier Margaret Thatcher, but information at hand suggests the prophet may have been repeating something already in the public domain. Angel’s followers posted a 10- minute collage of videos from March 1 2012, ...

Makandiwa wants Daily News shut down

April 13, 2013
Self-proclaimed prophet, Emmanuel Makandiwa, has declared war on the Daily News and effectively wants the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to shut down Zimbabwe’s top newspaper after encouraging the media body to “punish the Daily News”. Makandiwa has approached ZMC, the body that is in charge of regulating media houses and ...

AFM ordered to pay ex-pastor

April 13, 2013
The Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church has been ordered to refund an ex-pastor US$10 000 for the refurbishment of a church house. Richman Muguti, a former pastor at Yobel Centre (an AFM branch in Chinhoyi), is claiming money that he allegedly lent the congregation for the construction of a church ...

Bulawayo pastors up against Satanism

April 11, 2013
Bulawayo pastors on Sunday prayed against escalating cases linked to Satanism at a gathering comprised of hordes of worshipers from different denominations who converged at Amazulu Sports Stadium for a gospel extravaganza. A few cases of Satanism have been reported in Bulawayo unlike other cities, but the city’s clergy took ...

Zanu PF courts Vapositori

April 10, 2013
As the country plunges yet again into a make or break election, politicians are yet again courting churches, signalling the dawn of the feverish season. Zanu PF officials, including Vice-President Joice Mujuru and the minister of Media and Information Webster Shamu, are using their roles contacting traditional churches in order ...

Bishop Manhanga optimistic about Zim’s future

April 9, 2013
A church leader in Zimbabwe said that Zimbabwe will rise again despite political bickering, poverty, soaring levels of HIV/Aids and low life expectancy. Bishop Trevor Manhanga, the presiding Bishop of Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe (PAOZ), is upbeat about Zimbabwe’s future, even the country’s potential to be the most powerful nation ...