At least 53 people were baptised at the Jehovah’s Witnesses regional convention yesterday as the organisation continues to grow in Zimbabwe. Among those who were baptised was a blind woman and a family of four. A total of 2 729 attended the morning session. The convention’s programme overseer Arnold Makayi, ...

POPULAR Harare cleric Walter Magaya was, on Saturday, dragged to the courts charged with raping a 25­year­old Midlands State University (MSU) student. Magaya, founder of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance church, appeared before magistrate Vakai Chikwekwe who released him on $2,000 bail with stringent reporting conditions. The ‘prophet’ was ordered ...

Police in Harare Thursday afternoon chased away the Kariba based clergy man, Pastor Patrick Mugadza, from the Africa Unity square- a public park in the capital-as he ended his prayer and fasting campaign for President Robert Mugabe to step down. Pressure is increasing from various angles with churches also joining ...

People living with disabilities in Chiredzi are now living in squalor conditions following withdrawal of aid from a church leader who used to look after them. Most of these people who come from different walks of life, are now living at Chiredzi bus terminus waiting sheds. It seems this is ...

UK­BASED Zimbabwean gospel ensemble Free to Worship (FTW) will stage their first concert of the year in London in October. Following a successful tour of the US in 2014 and their pulsating Thank You concert in Luton last year, the highly rated choir have been selling out and packing arenas ...

TRUMPET Africa Gospel Music Awards (Tagma) winner Rev Togarepi Chivario is set to perform in United Kingdom as part of celebrating his achievements with his fans in Diaspora. He will share the stage with renowned South African gospel singer Sipho Makhabane. This will be Rev. Chivariro and his team’s third ...

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has issued fresh threats against #ThisFlag pastor turned civil rights activist, Evan Mawarire and foreign embassies accredited to Zimbabwe for allegedly meddling in the country’s internal affairs. The under siege leader was addressing thousands of Zanu PF supporters who thronged the party headquarters on Wednesday afternoon to ...

JOHANNESBURG – Reunited with his family in South Africa, Evan Mawarire, the part-time pastor of a small, informal Harare congregation, and architect of Zimbabwe’s fast-growing social media protest site, #This Flag, says he is not going home. His family, his wife and two daughters arrived from Zimbabwe late last week ...

#ThisFlag frontman, Evan Mawarire has hit back at President Robert Mugabe’s call for him to leave Zimbabwe and stay with his alleged foreign sponsors, saying it only showed that his Zanu PF government was out of touch with reality. Mugabe on Tuesday blasted the evangelist, who has led a social ...

President Robert Mugabe’s administration has been warned of impending civil unrest if he does not urgently address the current instability in the country. In a scathing joint statement yesterday, several church organisations — the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Catholic Bishops Conference, Habakkuk Trust and Christian ...