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Kambuzuma’s “Mother Theresa” invites you to look after children

September 10, 2012
She woke up in the middle of the night and sleepwalked about three houses away from her home in Kambuzuma section 5 in Harare to knock on the door of some orphaned children. She was no stranger to them – so they opened the door to her. The next morning ...

Police prepare to deport three satanists

September 10, 2012
Three refugees are at Mutare Remand Prison, awaiting deportation from the country. This week they went public saying they were determined to open a church for satanists in Zimbabwe to recruit more followers. Two Congolese people and a Rwandan approached Zimbabwean authorities earlier this year by submitting an application to register ...

ONE Gospel TV seeks gospel music video submissions

September 7, 2012
South Africa-based ONE Gospel TV channel on the DStv and GOtv platform is requesting gospel music video submissions from across Africa. The channel is particularly in search of gospel music from Sub-Saharan, East and West Africa as part of a strategy to revitalize the channels offering. “The process to submit a music video ...

Arts program at Chikurubi Maximum Prison bears gospel fruit

September 6, 2012
Chikurubi Maximum Prison on the outskirts of Harare has produced a number of noteworthy gospel musical groups as a result of its rehabilitation programme. Devine Touch and Tehillah are sponsored by the Seventh-Day Adventist and Roman Catholic churches. They have performed at different platforms, including the Harare Agricultural Show and have ...

Another ‘prophet’ shocks Zimbabwe

September 5, 2012
A self-proclaimed Harare prophet who recently made headlines after forcing a 13-year-old teenager to sodomise him was yesterday slapped with a 12-year jail term. Mathodias Matambo, 26, was convicted of attempted aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to an effective seven-year jail term after five years of the sentence were suspended ...

Anglican bishops in dismay over Kunonga’s moves in Masvingo diocese

September 4, 2012
Anglican bishops have expressed their dismay over the continued harassment of their church members in Masvingo province by Nolbert Kunonga. They said Anglican members are being banned from some of their institutions especially Dangaremombe mission in Chivhu. In a letter the bishops said that their members are being evicted from ...

Solly Mahlangu to perform at AFM crusade in Harare

September 3, 2012
Award-winning South African gospel artist Solly Mahlangu is coming to Zimbabwe at the invitation of the Apostolic Faith Mission Mabelreign’s Shiloh Word Miracle Centre Assembly. Mahlangu will perform during the 2012 Open Heavens Crusade. Reverend Onismo Sasa confirmed that Open Heavens Crusade, which is now in its fourth year would ...

Churches speak out on draft constitution

September 3, 2012
Zimbabwe Christian Alliance, a grouping of churches in the country, says it is concerned with the delays in the finalization of the constitution-making process. ZCA argues the Constitution Parliamentary Committee (COPAC) should waive the second all-stakeholders’ conference and take the supreme law draft to a referendum to avoid further delays. ...

Two vacancies at Africa University

August 31, 2012
Two vacancies at Africa UniversityDeadline: 30 September 2012 Africa University, an International Pan-African and United Methodist Church-related Institution in Zimbabwe, invites applications from suitably qualified and well experienced persons to fill the following strategic positions: 1. Educational Technologies Administrator Key responsibilities–    Work collaboratively with Faculty, staff and students to support ...

Christian Aid looks for Programme Officer

August 30, 2012
Programme Officer, Market Development: Christian AidDeadline: 7 September 2012 (5pm) Job Reference: ZIM/POMD-712/TS Christian Aid is looking for a Programme Officer, Market Development to provide support to the Zimbabwe programme, particularly but not exclusively, the DFID Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) on pro-poor market development. The post holder will provide direct support ...