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State and religion-competing centres of power
When rulers obsessed with power and addicted to “lording it over us” realise that “organised religion” represents another centre of power , they want a share of it, in fact a big bite of it, want to...
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‘Makandiwa to raise the dead’
United Family International Church (UFIC) founder, Emmanuel Makandiwa is “waiting for a few instructions from God” to begin raising people from the dead, one of his top aides claimed Sunday. “In fact...
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Residents threaten to stop the construction of a multi-million dollar church
Ashdown Park residents on Monday threatened to stop the construction of a 200 000 seater church which is being constructed by a local Christian denomination Heartfelt International ministries saying...
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Gumbura women trial kicks off
The trial of eight women linked to Independent End Time Message founder, Robert Martin Gumbura, kicked off at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday. The eight face allegations of contravening the...
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Makandiwa church property seized
Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa (photo:M. Chibaya). Celebrity prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s United Family International (UFI) Church in Bulawayo is in trouble after the Messenger of Court seized some of its...
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Chinamasa brews storm over Makandiwa remarks
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa’s dig at United Families International Church founder Emmanuel Makandiwa has torched a storm with some people accusing the minister of seeking to divert the nation’s...
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Centre preserves mbira heritage
Zimbabwe is set to hold a mbira festival later this year courtesy of Mbira Centre. This was revealed by Mbira Centre director Albert Chimedza during a tour of the facility by Secretary for...
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Bulawayo Gospel Music on the rise
The year 2013 was a defining time for gospel music in the City of Kings as fans have shown maturity by supporting local artistes. Many groups have sprouted adding to the already existing ones, although...
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ACCZ exonerates El Bethel Church
The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has exonerated El-bethel Tabernacle Ministries Church after allegations of sexual abuse, engineering forced marriages and equipping junior pastors...
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Pius Ncube fumes over Gukurahundi prayer ban
Defrocked Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube on Saturday expressed dismay over police action to ban the Gukurahundi commemoration prayers slated for the Baptist Church in Bulawayo. Ibetshu Likazulu,...
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Witch-hunter’s antics cause confusion, disbelief at Chihera
The community at Chichera farm near Old Marlborough suburb has been left in a state of confusion, awe and disbelief following the invasion of the area by a self-proclaimed witch-hunter, who claims to...
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Women need to define their role in church
The church is grossly misleading people under the guise of religion and women, who form the majority of worshippers, are almost always on the receiving end culminating in emotional abuse and in worst...
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Man claiming to be Jesus causes stir
The Bulawayo man, Abdullah Ncube, who has caused a storm by claiming to be the reincarnated Jesus Christ, was Sunday morning jeered by Entumbane residents who called him a false prophet after he took...
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Chiredzi pastor performs wonders
A Chiredzi pastor, who claims to have been anointed by popular Nigerian pastor TB Joshua, is making waves in the south-eastern Lowveld town where he is said to be performing breathtaking “miracles”....
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‘My survival up to God’, Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe has attributed his long life to God. At 89 and turning 90 in just about a month, Mugabe has now outlived his two sisters and three brothers who are all late. In his eulogy at...
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Makandiwa failed to save Mugabe’s sister
Pastor Emmanuel Makandiwa (photo:M. Chibaya). Pentecostal prophets including United Family International Church (UFIC), founder Emmanuel Makandiwa prayed for President Robert Mugabe’s sister Bridget...
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Church leaders demand stands
Church leaders here are up in arms with Kwekwe city Council after its failure to swiftly allocate church stands to over hundreds of applicants. Founder of Twelve Apostles, Pastor Tawanda Kufakunesu,...
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The power of religious indoctrination or just human gullibility?
I am reminded of those years when we were young attending Sunday School or listening to lectures on Religious and Moral education in Primary school. During those years of young age, we believed places...
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New kid on the gospel block
New kid on the gospel scene Neverson Ngoshi, who recently released a six-track compilation of inspirational gospel music, says he is ready to turn the world to trusting God alone through whatever...
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Gumbura’s judgement deferred again
Harare Magistrate, Hosea Mujaya Friday 31 January postponed judgment in a case in which Independent End Time Message founder, Robert Martin Gumbura. Gumbura is facing nine counts of raping six female...
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