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Prophets have no place in soccer Warriors coach

January 31, 2014
Warriors coach Ian Gorowa has no time for prophets in football and is disappointed that the leader of the Faith in God (FIG) Eagle Life Assembly in Bulawayo is partly blaming him for the penalty shootout exit in Wednesday’s semi-final against Libya.  The Warriors lost 4-5 in sudden death penalties ...

Gospel artiste collaborates with David Dayo

January 31, 2014
Zimbabwean gospel artiste Raymond Chakanyuka is in South Africa where he is set to collaborate with 2012 South African crown gospel winner Thinah Zungu and Nigerian best song writer of 2013 David Dayo. The collaborations are on his fourth album Maiti Ndiyani recorded at Diamond Studios. The upcoming musician works ...

Pastor Gumbura convicted

January 31, 2014
Robert Martin Gumbura, the leader of RMG End Time Message, was Friday convicted on on four counts of rape and another count of possession of pornographic material and his sentencing will be on Monday. He was found guilty on four of five counts of rape and on the porn possession ...

Gwanda cop releases gospel album

January 30, 2014
A Gwanda-based policeman Samuel Sokosi is set to release a second gospel album titled Siya Zvenyika early next month. The six-track album is set to be played on the State broadcaster ZBC before being made available to the general public in the streets, Sokosi told Southern Eye Lifestyle. “My second ...

Upcoming gospel outfits bemoans lack of sponsorship

January 30, 2014
Zimbabwe upcoming gospel outfits have bemoaned lack of sponsorship as a hindrance in resuscitating the once vibrant music industry. Despite the accumulating numbers of new gospel groups showing on the scene, many are dying prematurely before making it into the mainstream music industry. In an interview with RelZim, Innocent Mafunga ...

SAFAIDS to engage Vapostori

January 30, 2014
Members of the Vapostori worshiping at a shrine in Harare ( photo: M. Chibaya) Southern Africa HIV and Aids Information Dissemination Service (SAFAIDS) is set to work with the apostolic community as it scale up its efforts to reduce the spread of HIV and Aids. Zimbabwe is among the countries with high HIV prevalence rate. According to the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey ...

No new album soon:Mai Charamba

January 29, 2014
Celebrated gospel star Olivia Charamba says she and her equally venerated husband Charles won’t be releasing new albums anytime soon. Olivia, better known as Mai Charamba, is convinced that her last album The Gospel (2009) and her husband’s latest offering Pashoko Pangoma (2010) are still competitive on the market. “Music ...

Gospel hip-hop on the rise

January 29, 2014
The wave of hip-hop gospel music seems to be on the increase in Zimbabwe as more and more young artistes continue joining the fray to display their lyrical prowess for the gospel. One of these artistes is a young talented Zimbabwean rapper who goes by the stage name T-Nash. The artiste ...

Prophet Magaya to transform Bev’s life

January 28, 2014
Stripper-cum-singer Beverly Sibanda’s life is set to change after a life – transforming encounter with Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries’ founder Prophet Walter Magaya on Sunday. Magaya told her that if “dirty dancing” was her source of livelihood, the church was going to open a business for her, together ...

Holy water replaces churches in Zimbabwe

January 27, 2014
American celebrity Billy Carter once said there was no such thing as a bad beer. “It’s that some taste better than others,” he said. In Zimbabwe, it’s turning out that there is a bad price for some beers and the country’s largest brewer, Delta Corporation, a unit of SABMiller, is ...