January 7, 2013
A lot of people in Zimbabwe now prefer home-based church sessions. It is now common in most high-density surbubs to see small gatherings worshipping at a verandah or in the lounge of a selected believer. Some even go to the extent of holding all-night prayers in the comfort of their
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November 14, 2012
Zimbabwean authorities are investigating allegations of child abuses at the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe-run Waddilove Primary School in Marondera (72 km east of Harare). A pupil was sexually assaulted on July 18 this year. A 13-year-old boy was convicted of sodomy by a Marondera magistrate earlier this month. The case follows reports
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July 30, 2012
The Rastafarian movement in Zimbabwe has castigated popular Zimbabwean dancehall artist Wallace Chirimuko, better known as Winky D, labelling him as an outsider in the Rastafarian movement. Though he has wowed fans with his ecstatic dancehall tunes, the movement has distanced itself from the “Takaita Takaipa” hit maker. Marondera-based Ras
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July 21, 2012
The former Anglican bishop of Harare Nolbert Kunonga has once again blocked Anglican pilgrims from worshiping at the shrine of Bernard Mizeki. With backing from the police, Dr. Nolbert Kunonga last month refused to allow members of the Church of the Province of Central Africa to worship at the shrine
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May 22, 2012
A woman from Chitungwiza, Chipo Chafa (33), is involved in a desperate battle for her husband of 16 years with a sangoma. Munyaradzi Chafa (38), left his matrimonial house in January this year to cohabit with a sangoma in Murisa Resettlement area in Dema. The sangoma has been identified as Mbuya
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October 27, 2011
Investigations by the local authorities on missing parts of bodies stashed in the morgue at Marondera Hospital revealed that rats are responsible for the mutilation. But some residents of Marondera, a town 72 km east of Harare, insist it is satanism. And they pressured the health authorities to fire suspects. Two men were fired
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