Anglicans

Bishop Elson Jakazi seeks to revive Anglican church saga

January 14, 2013
End of last year, Anglican Bishop Elson Jakazi was seeking to revive his battle to control the church’s Diocese of Manicaland barely two months after the Supreme Court struck off his notice of appeal from the roll. Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba dismissed Bishop Jakazi and his trustees’ appeal in October ...

ZINATHA’s Prof Gordon Chavunduka dies at 82

January 14, 2013
Former University of Zimbabwe Vice-Chancellor and MDC-T senior official Professor Gordon Lloyd Chavunduka has died. He was 82. Prof Chavunduka was president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers’ Association (ZINATHA) and published numerous books on traditional medicine. The MDC-T confirmed Chavunduka’s death, saying he had been unwell for the past couple of years ...

Mbare Report No. 116 Orphan evicted from the house. But nobody asked whether Kunonga or not rented the house out

December 28, 2012
Some years ago the people living to the east of Madzima Road in Mbare were without water for many months. Every morning one could see women and big girls setting out with buckets and plastic containers to find water somewhere, e.g. with friends and relatives in remote parts of Mbare, ...

Makandiwa files US2 million lawsuit against Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe

December 19, 2012
Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa, United Family International Church founder, has filed a USD 2 million lawsuit against Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe over a banner that linked him to the Anglican church saga. ANZ, which publishes The Daily News, posted banners inscribed “Anglican saga sucks in Makandiwa” when the actual story had no mention ...

Anglican Youth Conference in Chinhoyi (Dec 12-16)

December 10, 2012
Anglican Youth Conference Date: December 12-16 Venue: Chinhoyi High School (125 km northwest of Harare) Guest Speaker: Rev Tom Otieno of Kenya This year they are having annointed speakers and worship leaders from countries such as Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Guinea Bissau as well as from the Diocese of Harare. Theme: “A ...

Kunonga’s Manicaland counterpart: For me it is business as usual

November 20, 2012
Excommunicated Anglican Bishop Elson Jakazi who wrestled the Diocese of Manicaland (eastern part of Zimbabwe) from the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) is holding to the church properties notwithstanding a Supreme Court ruling that left his Harare counterpart Nolbert Kunonga dry. In an interview with RelZim.org, Jakazi said ...

Kunonga loses it all

November 19, 2012
The excommunicated Anglican bishop and head of the Church of the Province of Zimbabwe, Nolbert Kunonga, ultimately lost the dispute between him and the Church of the Province of Central Africa’s Bishop Chad Gandiya, at the Supreme Court today. Whistles were blown and brows were wiped as elated Anglicans could not control ...

Anglican minister to be honored by adult education book club

November 15, 2012
Anglican minister Reverend Samuel Sifelani became one of eleven Zimbabweans was honored by the inaugural Zimbabwean Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle club. He met the CLSC requirement of reading at least 12 books recommended by this oldest continuous US book club. Other graduates in Zimbabwe include Rabison Shumba, a motivational speaker; author Virginia Phiri; journalist Masimba Biriwasha; Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric ...

Kunonga: I joined politics to stop MDC giving land back to whites

November 8, 2012
Ex-communicated Anglican Bishop Nolbert Kunonga says he joined politics because of the emergence of the MDC as a political party in 1999. In an interview Kunonga said he would not have taken the stance he took were it not because the MDC was threatening to “hand over land back to ...

Anglicans await letter from Supreme Court

November 5, 2012
The Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) says it is waiting for a letter from the Supreme Court to enable it to move back to its properties in Manicaland that are currently in the hands of renegade Bishop Elson Jakazi. Jakazi, who along with Nolbert Kunonga pulled ...