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New Highfields Tops Harare Choirs

February 17, 2014
New Highfields Choir has once again conquered the Archdiocese of Harare when it came ‘tops’ in the last weekend’s archdiocese of Harare Choir Competition hosted by St Francis of Assisi, Waterfalls. The New Highfield choir had Fr. Rebeiro’s Musande Musande as their own choice. There was no doubt that it was a ...

72 lay students graduate in Theology

February 17, 2014
At least 72 lay Catholics who spent the last year attending Saturday lectures at Holy Trinity College graduated with certificates of attendance at a Mass celebrated by Fr Muguti from the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference’s Pontifical Mission office here in Harare. The graduates had kind words for the initiative provided ...

Producer yearns for Nama recognition

February 15, 2014
Lyton Ngolomi, who has produced several gospel albums that have won recognition from the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), wants a gong reserved for music producers. Ngolomi of Harare-based Lyton Studios produced Blessing Shumba’s NdiMwari that won the 2012 Nama award and the album Shongwe by the same artiste that ...

Apostolic sect to build own schools

February 14, 2014
Apostolic sects in Zimbabwe should focus on building their own learning institutions to enable their children to access education, a senior sect official has said. The secretary general of Union for the Development of Apostolic Churches in Zimbabwe (Udaciza), Edison Tsvakayi, told The Zimbabwe Mail that as part of the 2014-2016 education ...

Grass eating church pastor in Bulawayo

February 14, 2014
The South Africa-based preacher infamous for making his congregants eat grass, Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries is expected in Bulawayo for a two-day crusade next month. The pastor from Pretoria courted controversy early this year when he told his church to go and eat grass because “this is ...

Mhere relishes Nama nomination

February 13, 2014
Gospel musician Mathias Mhere says his nominations on the National Merit Awards came as relief after critics had a lot of bad things about his previous album “Anoita Minana”. The album that brought the musician on lime light faced criticism from with some artists saying the hit song “Favour” was ...

Mobile cash delights tithe-eager pastors

February 12, 2014
Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe have moved to take advantage of mobile phone penetration rates now said to be about 103.5 percent and the introduction of mobile money platforms to ease their tithe worries. Use of technology in churches by preachers has since become the in-thing with Bible verses being flipped ...

Christian Visual Artiste tackles Indigenisation through art

February 10, 2014
Assemblies of God member and visual artiste, Israel Israel’s new sculptor is set to redefine the indigenisation and empowerment concept as it illustrates how Zimbabweans should work hard to attain economic prosperity. Israel, who is also a gospel artiste, has earned the Bulawayo based artiste nomination in this month’s National ...

Guta Ramwari to build school

February 10, 2014
Guta Ramwari plans to build a secondary school in Tshabalala as one of its future projects in Bulawayo. The institution has already acquired land from the Bulawayo City Council for the project. Guta Ramwari’s secretary-general Moses Manzini made the revelation at their 53rd anniversary celebrations underway in the city. “We ...

Christ Embassy unleashes another gem

February 7, 2014
Gifted Abigail “Aby Christ” Matamba, a product of Christ Embassy’s talent-laden gospel music programme, proved her mettle during the live recording of her debut album titled I Testify recently. The live recording at the packed Reps Theatre was facilitated by some of the best sound engineers in Zimbabwe, including Tamie ...