Kedmon Ncube, a 23-year old inyanga – African traditional faith healer – who had recently graduated from the African school of traditional healing, better known in the local Ndebele language as ukuthwasiswa, mysteriously took his own life by hanging himself in his sister’s bedroom. The incident, which left Emkhayeni villagers in ...

Members of Mayobodo’s Our Lady of Loreto Roman Catholic parish under St Anne’s Brunapeg Mission near the Botswana border (Matabeleland South), have bemoaned the departure of the Franciscan Capuchin fathers in the area saying it has dealt a heavy blow on the growth of the rural church and weakened people’s faith. ...

The Zimbabwean reports that, following the expulsion of worshipers aligned to the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) from the St Faith’s church premises in Budiriro, Bishop Nolbert Kunonga remained with only six congregants, including the pastor and his family. The remaining worshipers were no longer able to pay ...

reprinted from Nehanda Radio Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa sprang a surprise when he splashed newly-weds Michael Mahendere and Vimbai Nyatsambo with a Mercedes-Benz E320 during the couple’s wedding at Paradise Gardens at the weekend. The ceremony witnessed Michael, who is a member of the famous Mahendere Brothers gospel group, tying the ...

reprinted with corrections and additions from AsiaNews.it Last August about 100 Catholic youth from Zimbabwe went to Spain to take part in the 26th edition of the World Youth Day. Recently Pope Benedict XVI summed up the achievements of this global Catholic event and pointed to the African faith as ...

The Bible calls on all Christians to be the light and the salt of the earth. One of Africa’s leading businessmen and publicly open Christians, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, founder of an international telecommunications company Econet, has done just that. Masiyiwa’s business acumen is as well-known as his philanthropic nature and his faith has ...

At approximately 02:30 am on the morning of December 18, I was driving home from a party in the Harare suburb of Borrowdale when I noticed that a lorry had crashed into the Nehanda heritage tree. Despite the size of the tree stump it had caused extensive damage to the ...

Prayer is the most important thing to someone who fell ill. “But Christians should pray and take medication at the same time,” Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Thokozani Khuphe said yesterday. DPM Khuphe, who is suffering from breast cancer, was speaking during the commissioning of an incinerator and unveiling of rehabilitated ...

MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti said at a recent meeting with journalists in Harare that religion plays an important  role in the socio-economic and political development of the country hence the need for members from the different faith organizations in the country to meet and pray together. “This nation is spiritual and ...

We live in a generation that appreciates the value of the material more than the spiritual. It’s especially becomes evident in the behaviour of the youth who will do anything they can to get their hands on a new Mac Book, yet have no concern for getting themselves spiritually edifying ...