Fresh from hosting a successful concert at the Harare International Conference Centre, plans are afoot for Zimpraise Choir to go on a national tour in September. Zimpraise Choir, an interdenominational group made up of youthful musicians, will start their tour in Gweru, moving to Bulawayo and on to Victoria Falls. ...

Annual celebrations of the life of an Anglican missionary revered by Zimbabweans have this year been declared “illegal” by the police in Masvingo province. The venue for the event is reported to have been seized by the ex-communicated Bishop Nolbert Kunonga. Anglican parishioners in Masvingo diocese gather every year to ...

Catholic Relief Services is defending a grant it shared with another aid group that separately funds contraception, which is a violation of church doctrine. The Baltimore-based group that is the Catholic community’s official international humanitarian agency said recently that no private donor money was given to CARE, or to any ...

The Reverend Thabani Ndlovu knew the words wouldn’t come easy. So he practiced: “I’m HIV positive,” he would tell himself. “I’m a pastor and I’m HIV positive.” On the day he worked up the nerve to say it out loud to his congregation in Hwange, the backlash was almost immediate. “Some of ...

Christian evangelical groups in the US are attempting a “cultural colonisation” of Africa, opening offices in numerous countries to promote attacks on homosexuality and abortion, according to an investigation by a liberal thinktank. American religious organisations are expanding their operations across the continent, lobbying for conservative policies and laws and ...

People may often hear the expression “Follow Your Heart,” but rarely they hear “Safeguard Your Heart.” The latter phrase will be heard many times as of past weekend all the way to mid-October when Jehovah’s Witnesses hold 35 conventions throughout Zimbabwe. The Harare Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses along Simon ...

About a dozen US volunteers filled a shipping container with medical equipment and supplies recently at the West Georgia Eye Care Center to ship to Zimbabwe in support of ophthalmologist Dr. Stephen Beaty‘s mission work to restore sight to the blind. Beaty, a surgeon with the center, left for Bulawayo ...

The Rastafarian movement in Zimbabwe has castigated popular Zimbabwean dancehall artist Wallace Chirimuko, better known as Winky D, labelling him as an outsider in the Rastafarian movement. Though he has wowed fans with his ecstatic dancehall tunes, the movement has distanced itself from the “Takaita Takaipa” hit maker. Marondera-based Ras ...

Popular American gospel artist Nicole C Mullen says she loves Zimbabwe and was honoured to be invited back at this year’s Crossline Music Worship Festival. The “My Redeemer” singer is expected to perform at the three-day festival which starts on August 24 and ends on the 26th in the Harare Gardens. ...

“You Got To Know” is available from Prosper Mateva’s latest album, “Pandimire – Where I Stand.” Prosper recently scooped the African Gospel Music Association award for being the best discovery of the year. “Pandimire” is Prosper’s second album packed with linguistical creativity, a fusion of contemporary Western and Afro rhythms, and words of ...