The Zimbabwe Women Lawyers’ Association (ZWLA) has urged all women who have been, or are going through any form of abuse in the name of religion to speak out so that the perpetrators could be brought to book. In a statement, ZWLA said it has been appalled to hear that ...

United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has a reputation of performing astounding miracles, but none of them is in the realm of the one witnessed a few minutes into the New Year by an estimated 50 000 congregants in Chitungwiza. Prophet Makandiwa, who insists that he is ...

Videos played in court yesterday allegedly showed pastor Robert Martin Gumbura, the leader of RMG Independent End Time Message, insulting and threatening church members who rebelled against him with death and other misfortunes. In one of the videos, Gumbura claimed that he owned all the women in the church. The videos ...

Church authorities started hearing rape allegations against RMG Independent End Time Message leader Pastor Robert Gumbura in the 1980s but the cases were never reported to the police, a leading cleric with Spoken Word Ministries told a Harare court yesterday. Pastor Godwin Chitsinde told the Harare Magistrates’ Court that he ...

Controversial ex-communicated bishop Nolbert Kunonga’s sympathizers have embarked on a fresh bid to grab Anglican properties following last week’s takeover of St Luke’s Bvumbura Parish in Chikomba. Kunonga formed a splinter group, the Anglican Church of the Province of Zimbabwe, after he was expelled from the Anglican Church of the ...

Zanu PF has threatened to clamp down and ban emerging religious groups and sects deemed to be promoting Satanism and homosexuality. Addressing delegates attending the party’s 14th annual conference in Chinhoyi last weekend, Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo who chairs the committee on sports, culture, religion and liberation war heritage, ...

Upcoming artiste Bertha Nzombe is on a mission to popularise gospel music in her entertainment-starved home area of Chipinge. The 26-year-old gospel musician, who has two gospel albums under her belt, believes being based in a remote area is not a handicap at all. “I choose to perform in Chipinge ...

Gospel musician, Sebastian Magacha still basking in the glory of his successful international tour gave a sterling performance at the highly publicised Harare Big Church Day Out together with ZimPraise choir at a show held at the Glamis Arena over weekend.Despite the bad weather, people crowd came in their hundreds ...

Upcoming gospel musician Gift Mahlupeka has released a second album titled Warfare. The Chimanimani-raised musician says his new eight-track album demonstrates his new-found maturity. “Warfare is miles ahead and it shows that I have developed a lot since I released my debut album last year,” said the 29-year-old gospel star. ...

RGM Independent End Time Message Church leader Martin Gumbura allegedly had minors from his church work at his farm in Chinhoyi, where he also forced the most beautiful girls to have sex with him in exchange for school fees. Testifying in the ongoing trial in which Gumbura is accused of ...