A traditional cleansing ceremony was recently held at Mutimutema Primary School in the Silobela village 60 km west of Kwekwe in Midlands Province.  A traditional healer is reported to have been engaged by the community of Silobela after parents of Mutimutema pupils and teachers at the school had complained to the District Education ...

Bulawayo residents conducted a four-hour prayer session, starting at an open space used by the Seventh-Day Adventist church (SDA) to cleanse the Cowdray Park suburb of suspected satanism. Last September, a 16-year-old girl stunned residents by confessing that she was part of a 60 member satanic cult that has killed 38 people in ...

Villagers in Makoni, Manicaland Province, are living in fear of losing their cash and cattle after a group of self-styled traditional healers called Dombodvuku invaded the area in a witchhunt to allegedly cleanse the area of bad omens and goblins. In exchange for this ‘cleansing’ exercise the Dombodvuku traditional healers ...

by Sinikiwe Mlambo and Moses Chibaya The national AIDS Council (NAC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education has roped in traditional health practitioners (THP) to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS. The programme targets at least 300 THPs for training. NAC Research and Documentation coordinator Freeman Dube said the initiative was ...

by Tendai Huchu This summer, Islamist fighters attacked and destroyed centuries-old mausoleums and tombs in Mali’s Timbuktu with pick axes. Whatever their doctrinal rationale for doing this, they were not only destroying their own heritage, but a vital inheritance for the whole world. Iconoclasm is nothing new and has been ...

A self-proclaimed spirit medium was manhandled by eight bouncers during a service at the United Family International Church in Chitungwiza after challenging Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa. Sekuru Lovemore Chiponda, who claims to be a medium for the spirit of Chaminuka (a sage from Zimbabwean folklore), says he had his traditional regalia ...

Can one be an active member of ZINATHA (Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association) and still remain a dedicated Catholic? This was a question that confronted Catholic students who gathered at Bondolfi Mission in Masvingo from August 10 to 13, 2012 for their annual conference. What started as an ordinary witchcraft discussion–whether ...

Switzerland is a country of high mountains covered in snow all the year round. It is invigorating to walk there and breathe the pure air. I was staying with friends and one day we approached the highest peak, the Matterhorn, but we had to be satisfied with seeing if from ...

Abiding in Christ Ministries was on a mission trip to Zimbabwe earlier this year,  where the church had an opportunity to teach and equip pastors with the Holy Spirit, help out to 1,000 orphans with school supplies and other much-needed materials. Abiding in Christ Ministries have put together a little video to ...

The Standard deputy editor Walter Marwizi was granted an exclusive interview with Archbishop Robert Ndlovu. Archbishop Ndlovu heads the Harare archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church which covers 63,555 square kilometres and boasts a Catholic population of close to 500,000 people. Below is the second part of the interview. WM: Young charismatic leaders like Emmanuel Makandiwa and ...