ZANU PF youths on Wednesday warned “pastors” and activists against “disturbing” president Robert Mugabe from delivering on his electoral promises, appealing to police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri to allow them “deal” with the clerics indulging in “funny acts”. This was in apparent reference to Pastor Evan Mawarire and his followers. ...

TO begin with, no one was sure why the recent and ongoing social media campaign in Zimbabwe was on the button and attracted so much attention from such a wide variety of people, and succeeded in largely shutting down Zimbabwe for a day. It appeared as if the #ThisFlag site ...

POLICE were on Tuesday midmorning searching Pastor Evan Mawarire’s house after they charged the organiser of ThisFlag social media movement with inciting public violence and disturbing peace. Mawarire was summoned to CID Harare in the morning where he attended together with his lawyers. After charging him, the police took Mawarire ...

THE preacher behind last week’s ‘stay-away’ anti-­government protests was ordered to report to police on Tuesday, the day before more planned mass action to force President Robert Mugabe to address a worsening economy. Evan Mawarire said he had been called by police in Harare but had not been told the ...

MORE Zimbabwean clerics have joined the ranks of those taking a stand against President Robert Mugabe’s administration over the deteriorating situation in the country. In a charged sermon delivered on Sunday morning which went viral, one of the country’s most popular religious figures Emmanuel Makandiwa, the founder and “prophet” of ...

Firebrand pastor Evan Mawarire has called for another shutdown this Wednesday and Thursday, insisting the government has not yet responded to the people’s demands. In a video posted on his Facebook page Monday morning, the pastor said, government remains adamant on the calls of the people. “…Because of government’s failure ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses will launch their three-day annual regional conventions under the theme Remain Loyal to Jehovah on Friday next week, an official has said. Spokesperson for the organisation John Hunguka at the weekend said an estimated 100 000 were expected to attend the conventions countrywide, while 42 000 congregants will ...

An all-girls St Dominic’s Chishawasha choir emerged ultimate winners of the inspiring Catholic Secondary School Association 2016 music competitions held at St Peters Kubatana recently. The competitions which drew seventeen Catholic secondary schools were highly attended and was a relief for music lovers currently starved by the suspension of parish ...

THE Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (Zinatha) spokesperson George Kandiero says it is high time that faith healers, Pentecostal pastors and prophets registered with the association. According to Kandiero, in terms of the law these people are practising illegally as they are doing so without licences. He said most of ...

President Robert Mugabe was reportedly livid on Friday after spending several hours in a closed-door meeting with members of an apostolic sect where he was briefed about the alleged involvement of senior army officials in an internal dispute tearing one of the largest churches in Mashonaland Central apart. Mugabe was ...