United Family International Church (Ufic) founder Emmanuel Makandiwa is set to open a new branch in South Africa as Zimbabwe’s charismatic preachers spread their wings beyond the country’s borders. Ufic spokesperson Prime Kufa said Makandiwa will be in South Africa next week to officially launch his first branch. “We already ...

LITTLE-KNOWN self-styled prophet Lloyd Matikiti has prophesied that former Vice-President Joice Mujuru would rout the ruling party in the 2018 election and form a coalition government with main opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Matikiti, who spends most of his week days preaching in the streets of Kwekwe and is part ...

The Beatification of Tshimangadzo Samuel Benedict Daswa Bakali on the 13th of September 2015 was not only a big day for Catholics in South Africa only but also for the region and the rest of the world. Daswa was brutally murdered on 2 February 1990 for his Catholic beliefs. He ...

The Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa [CYNESA], from Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe met in Harare on the 25th of September to discuss how Catholic youths could be roped in and be more involved in conserving and protecting the environment. The meeting aimed at identifying and discussing environmental ...

A Rusape man, Collins Mudzigwa,24, is up for rape, after being caught red-handed raping an under-age girl in the bush. The court head the incident occurred on the 1st August and Mudzingwa, last week pleaded saying she was his girlfriend. Mudzingwa spotted the girl walking nearby pentecostal church at around ...

For many Christians, the Cross is regarded as familiar, yet most people do not give it a second thought because they believe they know it already. Although the cross is mostly characterised by suffering, the event is distinctly marked with fun-fare and celebration where families come together and spend the ...

MUTARE: A man who sent text messages accusing a fellow church member of sleeping with his wife was slapped with a $100 fine for contravening Postal and Telecommunication Act. Tigere Wasara, 38, of Hospital Hills, pleaded guilty when he appeared before magistrate Nyasha Kuture on Saturday. Wasara reportedly sent two ...

Apostolic Flame Ministries founder Bishop Tarugarira Chipunza has lined up an all-night prayer dubbed “Economic Restoration” at the Great Zimbabwe expected to pool traditional, political and religious leaders in praying for the nation. “The reason why we are doing that is we are praying to God in order for Him ...

A SHAMED preacher who sexually assaulted members of his flock is back in the fold at the church he helped create. Self-styled “prophet” Walter Masocha dodged a jail term earlier this year for groping a deaconess and molesting a schoolgirl. Zimbabwe-born Masocha carried out the attacks while leading the Agape ...

Female police officers in Harare yesterday accused their bosses of violating their constitutional rights by forcing them to attend a Christian prayer service. The female cops alleged their bosses forced them, under threat of US$5 fines, to attend Glad Tidings Church service in Highfield. The cops were also forced to ...