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Anglicans prepares for Holy Week

April 15, 2014
Anglicans on Sunday celebrated Palm Sunday as they prepared for the Holy week. The processions were led by different priests in different areas. Palm Sunday reminds Christians of the journey Jesus made into Jerusalem, on a donkey, to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover (Pesach). Jesus chose a donkey to ...

Zambuko House thanks Corporates for support

April 15, 2014
Zambuko House, a Jesuit initiative for the rehabilitation of street children in Harare is grateful for the support they have received from Corporates since 2013. The support has seen the centre going to date, when the rest of the country is struggling for their daily bread. Emilia James, the Director ...

St Peter’s Kubatana Launches Arts and Culture Department

April 15, 2014
St. Peters Kubatana Training Centre in Highfield, Harare has launched an arts and culture department that will see the institution dedicating in a big way space and resources to the arts and culture programmes. The new Arts and Culture department at the centre is meant to help students who have ...

UFIC in Judgement Night march

April 14, 2014
Congregants at Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s United Family International Church (UFIC) Sunday brought Harare to a standstill as they marched through the streets campaigning for their Judgement Night 2 event slated for this Saturday. Clad in church t-shirts adorned with a picture of their leader Makandiwa and his wife Ruth, thousands of UFIC members ...

Students at the Catholic University of Zimbabwe to benefit from ICUSTA

April 14, 2014
The Catholic University of Zimbabwe (CUZ) joined the International Council of Universities of St Thomas Acquinas (ICUSTA) in May 2013 which is an international association of Catholic Institutions of higher learning that faithfully adhere to the ideals and teachings of St Thomas Aquinas. ICUSTA was found in 1993 by the ...

Shumba: An electrician, farmer and musician

April 12, 2014
Some birds build their nests with other birds’ feathers and likewise Zimbabwe has witnessed a number of musicians who depend on others for success. This is not about Mutare- based upcoming gospel musician Blessing Shumba who has shaken the gospel music industry, becoming the King of Gospel. When he ventured into ...

Battle for supremacy

April 7, 2014
From Judgement Night 2 to Easter Camp meetings, the stage has now been set for a ‘fierce fight’ for the souls of Zimbabweans as the biggest holiday on the Christian calendar beckons. The nation, transfixed by a collection of charismatic miracle prophets will this Easter be spoilt for choice. But it could also turn ...

Comfort Manyame remembers Brian Sibalo

April 7, 2014
Only gospel old timers can remember the late Brian Sibalo, one of the first contemporary gospel musicians in 80s whose singing prowess rocked the airwaves by that time. Since his death in 1997, Sibalo’s music has continued to play in the hearts of the 90s gospel lovers who believe the ...

Zimpraise performs a thriller in Bulawayo

April 4, 2014
Zimpraise, undoubtedly one of the best choirs to emerge from Zimbabwe, on Sunday lived up to its billing when they performed a thriller at a gospel concert held at ZITF hall 3. The show, organised by Word of Life International Ministries, was attended by thousands of Bulawayo gospel enthusiasts. Zimpraise took ...

I am not a traditional healer:Patai

April 2, 2014
The Voice of Prophecy, a Gweru-based gospel group has been quiet for the past nine years during which time some of its key band members enrolled at Mt Hermon Theology School and consequently relocated to Namibia.  With husband and wife Baba Ephraim and Mai Respina Patai at the forefront, the ...