Water woes bedevilling the city of Bulawayo will only be solved through prayer. This is the belief of Bulawayo mayor Thaba Moyo. Looming drought and the decommissioning of two dams leave residents to endure 96 painful hours of water shedding each week. Speaking at the 2012 Annual Review in Bulawayo ...

A coalition of church organisations have warned government of massive protests in Bulawayo as people revolt against the water crisis being experienced in the country’s second largest city. The water shortages have also caused the closure of several companies, resulting in hundreds of employees being redundant. Christian Alliance, a coalition ...

Thousands of Catholics attended the funeral of Archbishop Emeritus Henry Ernst Karlen, CMM in Bulawayo recently. Archbishop Karlen, who became the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Bulawayo in 1994, died aged 90 at Mater Dei Hospital on Sunday, October 28. Known as the “Father of Bulawayo Diocese” for his work building the church in Matabeleland, Karlen ...

It was jubilation on the streets of Bulawayo, as the Christ Embassy faithful sang, danced and chanted the name of Jesus in their quest to spread the gospel through their Rhapsody of Realities. The reach-out campaign was slated for Basch Street Terminus popularly known as Godini. There passers-by were given free copies of ...

Bulawayo-based gospel outfit, Worship Addicts, has launched a double Praise and Worship album. “Worship Addicts Volume 2” has a soul-searching touch with lyrics meant to create a Godly atmosphere. The ten-track album has tracks such as Agere Pachigaro, Mwari Inzwai and Prayer for Zimbabwe, a song of hope and cry for ...

Western Zimbabwe Conference of the Seventh day Adventist Churchis hosting  city-wide “Jesus is the Answer” evangelistic meetings from 18 to 30 June 2012 in Bulawayo. The main speaker of these meetings is Pastor Tapiwa Mutsheriwa, a  dynamic evangelist currently living and working as SDA church pastor in Australia. Friends and partners all ...

A Bulawayo man, who allegedly swindled a Catholic priest of USD 25,000 has gone on the run. The police have launched a manhunt for him. Rodwell Kudzanai Chikadza, believed to be in South Africa at the moment, skipped bail when his trial was supposed to resume two weeks ago. A ...

reprinted with additions from the Catholic Herald  Robert Mercer, the fourth Anglican bishop of Matabeleland, was ordained a priest for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the UK end of last month.  The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is a personal ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church immediately subject to ...

Harvest House International, one of the leading Pentecostal churches in Bulawayo, on Sunday held a special prayer service dedicated to Zimbabwe which commemorates the nation’s 32nd year of independence. The colourful service attended by Cain Mathema, governor and resident minister for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, saw children dance while waving the Zimbabwean ...

The Bulawayo City Council suggests African Indigenous Churches (AIC) use council-operated schools as places of worship. The open-air worship, practiced by such AICs as Vapostori has been criticized for noise pollution and considered a health hazard. Apostolic sects have converted many of the city’s bushes into places of worship. Bulawayo Mayor Thaba Moyo, ...