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Anglican Church sued for legal fees

June 3, 2013
The Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) Manicaland Diocese has been taken to court by a local law firm seeking to recover its legal fees. The law firm, Nyamwanza and Associates Practitioners, filed a $7 975 claim at the High Court against CPCA led by Bishop Chad ...

Johanne Masowe Church razed down

June 3, 2013
A church belonging to the Apostolic sect of the Johane Masowe weChishanu in Glen Norah A, Harare, was yesterday burnt down in a suspected case of arson. The incident occurred at around 9am while church members had gone to Chitungwiza for their church service. It is understood that there was ...

Makandiwa bodyguards seize Newsday camera

June 3, 2013
United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa’s security personnel on Thursday night briefly confiscated a NewsDay camera while Makandiwa’s visiting spiritual father Ghanaian Victor Kusi Boateng attacked local media for portraying his spiritual son in the negative. Makandiwa’s bodyguards briefly confiscated NewsDay photojournalist Hillary Maradzika’s camera and deleted some ...

Vice President Mujuru urges church leaders to promote peace

May 31, 2013
Vice-President Joice Mujuru has challenged church leaders to participate in efforts aimed at promoting unity and peace in the country ahead of watershed elections expected later this year. Speaking during a Ministers Fraternal for Churches and Denominations prayer, were she was guest of honour in Gweru, Mujuru said the church ...

Churches derailing attainment of MDGs on Health

May 31, 2013
Government says religious and cultural values are contributing to the country’s failure to reach universal goal on health. Health officials say hundreds of children have died in recent years after their parents failed to have them immunised, citing strict religious beliefs. Measles have been the biggest killer. Some members of ...

Neighbour bars pastor from praying

May 30, 2013
Harare civil court Magistrate Vongai Muchuchutu early this week reserved her judgment on a case in which a local pastor is being barred from praying by her neighbor. The pastor Alice Mutinhuri and her husband whose name was not revealed in court early this week said her neighbor Lillian Masaiti ...

Job announcement: HIV Programme Officer with Zimbabwe Office of Trócaire (Deadline: Jun 11)

May 30, 2013
Trócaire is the Development Agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland. The Agency works in Zimbabwe under an MoU with the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference. A vacancy for a HIV Programme Officer has arisen within its Zimbabwe Office. The successful candidate will be managed by the Programme Manager and will ...

Churches demand answers from ZEC

May 29, 2013
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has told churches that it has no capacity to ensure a free and fair poll saying such a task lies with the political players. Speaking at a two day workshop with Faith Based Organisations held in Harare yesterday to inform them on electoral matters “through ...

Makandiwa’s Godfather jets in

May 29, 2013
The Godfather of United Family International Church founder and self-proclaimed prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa is in the country for a three day spiritual conference which begins on May 30. Ghanaian Victor Kusi Boateng, was met at the Harare International Airport by members of the UFI who knelt as he made his ...

Job announcement: Head of Programs with Catholic Relief Services (Deadline: Jun 7)

May 29, 2013
Catholic Relief Services – Zimbabwe Program (PVO: 6/2002), an international humanitarian and development organization, seeks to fill the above named position. CRS Zimbabwe seeks candidates for Head of Programs based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The main role of the Head of Programs (HoP) is to lead CRS/Zimbabwe’s programming department, to ensure ...