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“Cherish the Constitution because it values Christianity”, says Matinenga

May 10, 2013
Zimbabweans should cherish the new constitution because it recognizes the supremacy of the all mighty, a government official has said. This was announced by the Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga in parliament when he was making the second reading of the just passed Constitution Bill. Matinenga brought to ...

Vapostori should take advantage of the scrapping of user fees

May 10, 2013
The Minister of Health and Child Welfare,Dr Henry Madzorera, has urged members of the Apostolic to take advantage of the scrapping of user fees in rural clinics for pregnant and lactating women to develop health seeking behaviour. Members of the Apostolic Faith believe in divine healing for all forms of ...

ZBC manager Nhara in court over goblins

May 9, 2013
A Gweru based Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation radio manager and reggae musician Joseph Tawanda Nhara, also known as Man Soul Jah, has been dragged to court by his brother-in law on allegations of accusing him of possessing goblins. Nhara appeared before a Gweru magistrate this week and is being charged for contravening ...

Witch hunt process claims lives of 2 elderly women

May 9, 2013
Many times when hard pressed Zimbabweans are faced with disease the only option open to them is to seek medication the traditional way, but then, more often than not, traditional healers provide concoctions that are poisonous and solutions that can be controversial. In Gokwe, a semi arid area South West ...

Vapostori church sucked into land scum

May 7, 2013
Members of Johanne Masowe Church have been fingered in a stand scum in the sprawling town of Chitungwiza where their leader Cecilia Mombeshora bought communal land without the local authority’s approval.  A three-month investigation that culminated in a report by the town of Chitungwiza in collaboration with communal lands surrounding ...

Church to pray for Prison guards staying with Satanists

May 7, 2013
The church has called on the nation to pray for Harare Remand Prison officers who are guarding Satanists at the institution. A  DR Congo national Lungange Brangsto and Rwandese national Busy Mana Thenetse, who were arrested last year after filing an application to establish a Satanist church at Tongogora Refugee ...

‘Zimbabwe needs God fearing leadership’

May 6, 2013
Deputy Prime Minister Thokhozani Khupe has urged churches in Zimbabwe to call on politicians and get them to understand the importance of being God-fearing leaders for the good of the nation. Speaking at a regional workshop hosted by the Catholic Professionals Network of Zimbabwe (CPNZ) in collaboration with the African ...

ZTA spares two days for Gospel and Traditional worshiping at the Carnival.

May 6, 2013
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has spared a night for gospel artists and another one for traditional Mbira artists to perform and showcase their artistic talents at the inaugural carnival the country is going to hold later this month. Zimbabwe will hold the carnival for the first time from the 21st to ...

Churches take over Bulawayo company premises

May 6, 2013
 Church organisations are converting Bulawayo industrial premises into churches, as efforts to revive the city’s industry fail to bear fruits. The city’s Central Business District (CBD) is also littered with Pentecostal church groups that are taking over most of the vacant premises left by shut down companies and converting them ...

Zimbabwe traditional healers wallow in abject poverty

May 6, 2013
Zimbabwe traditional healers are wallowing in abject poverty and have attributed their problems to meagre income. They say their plight is further aggravated by low business as they continue to lose their clients to the emerging Pentecostal churches. Pentecostal churches which of late have drawn the attention of many people ...