Zanu-PF central committee member Molly Mpofu recently pleaded with Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to organise farming land for Guta Ra Mwari (Zvimiso) youths. Mpofu made the plea after Kasukuwere, who is a Zanu-PF politburo member, visited the church in Mpopoma, Bulawayo, to canvass for support ahead ...

Fears are rising in Zimbabwe that traditional and faith-based treatments may be fueling the prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis. Such treatments are often favored by the local population because the healers are trusted community members and their services are often far less expensive than modern medicine. Many healers, or n’angas, ...

Kwekwe General Hospital, the largest government hospital in Kwekwe recently received a donation of two wheelchairs from a South Africa-based Muslim charitable organisation, the Gift of the Givers. Speaking before presenting the donations, local businessman Abdulla Miya, who represents the organisation and the Muslim community in Kwekwe, said, “We requested for the ...

Shalom Projects’ Trust director Pastor Anglistone Sibanda has denounced the recent clampdown on civic organisations like Christian Alliance are part of, saying such moves curtail freedom of expression. A number of civic organisations recently came under fire from police for allegedly inciting violence and being used by the MDC. Organisations ...

Hundreds of thousands of people used to rely on the Salvation Army-run Howard Hospital in Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central Province. Many Zimbabweans remember the hospital as the only facility that remained functional when the political and economic crisis saw the collapse of the country’s medical sector. Villagers that talked to RelZim.org reporter bemoaned ...

Arrupe College, the Jesuit School of Philosophy and Humanities in Harare, has for the first time opened its doors for the lay Catholics who wish to have basic appreciation of theology and literature. The classes that started running on January 19 will continue every Saturday from 10 am to 12 pm ...

Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA) apostle Dr Eunor Guti was recently ordained archbishop of the church, making her the first female to hold such a position in Zimbabwe. She also becomes the second female archbishop in Africa after Archbishop Margaret Benson-Idahosa, wife of the late Archbishop of the Church ...

A 95-year-old church leader commanding a million-plus flock of believers has crossed swords with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, which accuses him of undermining the party amid concerns that Zanu-PF is abusing churches. The MDC is denouncing Paul Mwazha, leader of the massively-followed African Apostolic Church, for allegedly propping President ...

Catholic youths from St Alois and Agnes guilds in Dzivaresekwa, Mt Pleasant, Hatcliffe, Marlborough, Emerald Hill, Cathedral and Rhodesville parish joined their hosts in Mabelreign, Harare for a day-long commemoration of the life of St Agnes that is celebrated worldwide annually on January 20. The theme of the celebrations was ...

Modreck Maeresera, a leader of the Lemba Jewish community in Zimbabwe, will be visiting Temple Emanu-El in Port Richmond a neighborhood situated in Staten Island (one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States) on February 22-23 as part of a North American speaking tour. The tour, which began on February ...