The draft constitution agreed to by President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has given Mugabe’s party a new source of potential voters: the aliens hitherto disenfranchised by the Lancaster House Constitution. Interestingly, most of the so-called aliens hail from Malawi—a country where Muslims are 17% of the population— ...

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called the church to pray for the country ahead of a potentially explosive election that will be held this year. Speaking to bishops drawn from the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe, the Anglican Church, the Salvation Army, the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe, and the ...

ROBERT Mugabe will win the next elections and his main rival Morgan Tsvangirai will lose leadership of his MDC-T party, Zimbabwe’s largest church organisation claimed on Sunday, citing “prophecies”. Bishop Johannes Ndanga, leader of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) – an ecumenical body of over 100 indigenous apostolic ...

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday urged thousands of people that thronged Chinhoyi stadium to champion peace and put their faith in God not in earthly powers. Speaking at a peace-building event organised by the Zimbabwe Pastors Fellowship, Tsvangirai urged Zimbabweans to uphold peace. “You must not put your faith in ...

As the country plunges yet again into a make or break election, politicians are yet again courting churches, signalling the dawn of the feverish season. Zanu PF officials, including Vice-President Joice Mujuru and the minister of Media and Information Webster Shamu, are using their roles contacting traditional churches in order ...

The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP – national office), Heads of Denominations (an inter-church body which includes ZCBC) and the Evangelical Alliance, all put out statements urging people to vote YES at he recent referendum for the Draft Constitution. The Zimbabwean Catholic  Bishops  (ZCBC) and  the Bishops of  Southern ...

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today urged church leaders to go and commend members of their congregations to register and vote in the election that is going to be held later this year. “The last thing that l want to talk to you about is the issue of registering. People should ...

The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations have endorsed the draft constitution as Zimbabwe prepares for a referendum to be held on Saturday which analysts say somewhat reduces the powers of the presidency and introduces dual citizenship, but critics say it does not reflect the wishes of its citizens. A new ...

Reverend Obadiah Msindo, a celebrated Zanu-PF clergy; who is also the founder for Destiny for Africa Network is on a ‘vote buying’ escapade, promising houses to youths and loan schemes in a bid to garner votes for the former ruling party. Recently Msindo took his gospel to Jesus Life International ...

I wish to continue my contribution on national topical issues as a citizen belonging to a Traditional African religion and share with fellow interested citizens how every inch of these national developments also affects the church and vice versa (i.e. how the church affects the national happenings). It is increasingly ...