February 8, 2013
The Rev. Tsitsi Nakoma Moyo sat at a table in her office, looking down at her Dunkin’ Donuts coffee while she slid the cup between her hands. She talked about her family, her faith, feminism and sweet potatoes, but mostly about her journey to two small Maine churches in the
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January 24, 2013
High Court Justice Antonia Guvava recently reserved judgment in an urgent chamber application filed by Daramombe High School boarding master Richard Itayi Jambo seeking to bar the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) from evicting him from its premises. Justice Guvava reserved her determination on the matter after
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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
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January 8, 2013
In the United States, they will be learning about the Lemba of Zimbabwe. A visiting member of Zimbabwe’s Lemba Jewish community is scheduled to intervene as a guest speaker. Florida International University research professors Nathan Katz and Tudor Parfitt will teach the class “The Jews of Asia and Africa,” which will be open
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January 2, 2013
This video was shot by an international science teacher who worked at St. Paul´s Secondary High School in Musami (80 km east of Harare) in the 1980s. Musami is a Jesuit-run mission. The mission has both a primary and secondary school with a combined teaching staff of over 60 and around 30 nurses, as
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December 26, 2012
As this year draws to an end, politics is no doubt going to leverage influence on believers in Zimbabwe. We are told to think that the next elections will take place in 2013. With this in mind, I would like to look at what appears to be two most prominent dynamics
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December 25, 2012
Despite the growing number of local Pentecostal preachers, every year Zimbabwe is visited by numerous preachers from outside Africa. Filmed on one of such mission trip with Athletes in Action, a young American man is giving a motivational talk to approximately 90 pupils at Pentecostal Holiness Church School in Chitungwiza (ca 30 km
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December 24, 2012
Fr Constantine Mashonganyika, a Roman Catholic priest of the Gweru Diocese, died at Driefontein Mission on December 11 after a battle of ten years with cancer. He was born in the Christian village at Driefontein Mission in Midlands Province. The family was later moved to Mvuma and then to Sibolela villages
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December 13, 2012
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
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December 11, 2012
In 2007, Fr Uwem Akpan SJ from Lagos taught at a Jesuit college in Harare. Now he is back to Zimbabwe. You are invited to a discussion of his book Say You’re Not One of Them. This book was shortlisted for the Caine Prize 2007 Date: December 13 Time: 6 pm Venue: The Book
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