A high-powered delegation of religious leaders and eminent clergy from the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa is in the country for a four-day visit ahead of the country’s elections. Zimbabwe is going to hold elections on 31 July. In a statement to the media, Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) ...

MDC-T presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai Sunday said God will make his party triumph in the forth-coming harmonised elections that he says are not going to be free and fair no matter who wins the election. Tsvangirai, who was addressing thousands of people at Rudhaka stadium in Marondera in Mashonaland East ...

I am finding that for as long as we keep shouting about staff and not taking part in the affairs of our country there will never be any change.There will never be any transformation in our nation of Zimbabwe. Democracy is for the people by the people. It’s not for ...

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says traditional leaders should work towards the conducting of peaceful, free and fair elections in the country by adhering to their roles as prescribed by the constitution. In an address to representatives of traditional leaders in the national chiefs council at a ZEC organised meeting ...

Churches have approached the country’s electoral body the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) seeking permission to engage in voter education. The second round of mobile voter education started last Monday and is going to end on July 10. This was followed by the first one which failed to register aspiring voters. The ...

updated on June 23, 2013 “A core value of my faith is to welcome the stranger, the refugee, the internally displaced, the other. ..I will challenge others, even leaders in my faith community, to do the same,” begins joint declaration “Welcoming the Stranger: Affirmations for Faith Leaders”  that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and ...

Christian religion representative body has expressed shock at the unilateral setting of election dates by President Mugabe arguing that a lot of things are still outstanding. Zimbabwe Council of Churches says it was surprise by the sudden proclamation of the election date by President Robert Mugabe. President Mugabe has circumvented ...

Southern Africa Crisis Management Agency (SACMA) and Christian Action Trust Zimbabwe (CAT-Zim) have come together to launch a grassroots anchored peace initiative ahead Zimbabwe’s watershed elections this year. To lay the groundwork, the organisations are training church pastors and spiritual leaders in electoral processes and monitoring of political violence across ...

Spirit Embassy founder Uebert Angel Madzanire’s sister, Mercy Madzanire Nongera, lost her bid to represent Masvingo Central constituency after she lost the MDC-T primary elections on Saturday. The primaries were held at Mashate business centre. Although details on the outcome of the poll were not readily available, Southern Eye is ...

In little more than three months, Baba Jukwa, a faceless Facebook character has overtaken popular preachers Emmanuel Makandiwa and his friend a fellow preacher Uebert Angel. Makandiwa who at one point filled the giant National Sports Stadium is no equal to the enigmatic cartoon character, who claims to be a disgruntled ...