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Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 5755 | by Staff reporter
For there is no authority except from God
After taking a lengthy Covid 19 induced sabbatical from church, yours truly had an opportunity to attend one this week which was characterised by a blast sermon which was topical, intellectually and s...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:55hrs | 603 | by Tafara Shumba
Zimbabwe govt intransigence self-destructive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa administration's intransigence towards overtures by the African Union (AU) and various civic organisations to urgently address Zimbabwe's drawn out political and economic ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:58hrs | 639 | by Golden Maunganidze
Media should guard against being purveyors of hate, ethnic animosity
THE tribally connotative remarks attributed to the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Senator Monica Mutsvangwa, following the pastoral letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholic...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 255 | by Golden Maunganidze
NGOs warn Mnangagwa
FOREIGN FUNDED HUMAN rights lobby groups have rapped President Emmerson Mnangagwa for denying that the country was in a crisis, warning the deepening problems would not self-correct.In a state...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:38hrs | 4507 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland CSOs fret over Mutsvangwa 'tribal remarks'
MATABELELAND civic groups have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Sadc, African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) complaining about what they said was a tribal outburst by Information minister ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:37hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
War veterans warn 'sodomist' Catholic priests to stop playing with fire'
WAR VETERANS have stormed the raging tirade pitting government and Catholic priests with the militant pro-Zanu-PF group telling the clerics to stop "playing with fire".This comes after the men...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 870 | by newzimbabwe
Why should Zimbabweans not open ZANU PF inflicted wounds, but freely open Rhodesian caused wounds?
As much as the highly emotive Gukurahundi genocide has never ceased to be one of the most central issues to grip Zimbabwe for the past four decades - being indisputably the darkest blot on this countr...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 18:58hrs | 2057 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa says his detractors in disarray and desperate after July 31 failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended Zimbabweans for shunning the 31 July demonstrations which had been planned by the opposition and other anti-government forces.Speaking at the Zanu-PF...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:09hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa engages Vatican envoy
Government has engaged the Holy See's papal Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe, Archbishop Marek Zalewski, to establish whether a pastoral letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholics Bishops Conference (ZCBC) was a r...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3632 | by Satff reporter
Global instruments of colonisation condemn Mnangagwa
INTERNATIONAL Christian organisations have thrown their weight behind the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) in calling for justice and the protection of citizen's rights as President Emmerso...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:15hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Attack on Catholic Bishops by the Government is an offside!
Thank you the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) for finally speaking on behalf of your flock that have been suffering for time immemorial. A good shepherd does not leave his or her flock eve...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 21:13hrs | 3749 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
US piles more misery on Mnangagwa
INTERNATIONAL pressure continues to pile on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to respect human rights, with the United States embassy in Harare also raising concern over the matter yesterday....Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 21:38hrs | 19173 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Adventist Lawyers' damning statement on Mnangagwa
On the 13 of February 2020, we issued a statement condemning corruption in our society and calling on Government to the following values,I. That though justice must be deliberate yet it cannot...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 19:44hrs | 6196 | by Adventist Lawyers Association
Pope Francis Ambassador throws weight behind Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops
Pope Francis Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, Archbishop Paolo Rudelli has thrown his weight behind the under attack Archbishop of Harare, Robert Christopher Ndlovu, the Vatican News has reported. ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 19:02hrs | 4610 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to address the nation on the Catholic Bishops' letter
Secretary for Information Ndabaningi Nick Mangwana has announced that Presidnet Emmerosn Mnangagwa will issue a statement on Tuesday regarding issues around the Pastoral Letter by the Zimbabwe Catholi...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 18:33hrs | 3280 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZCTU endorses Catholic Bishops' letter
The Zimbabwe Congres of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has issued a statement supporting a pastoral letter by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops (ZCBC) which called upon the government to respect human rights and cea...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 14:13hrs | 4794 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Open letter to Senator Monica Mutsvangwa
Senator Monica Mutsvangwa The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Archbishop Robert C Ndlovu Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Commission ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 08:54hrs | 3704 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda - ADGN President
Mnangagwa govt attack on 'evil-minded Bishops' enrages Catholics
CATHOLIC organisations were yesterday outraged after government described its leaders as "genocidal and evil-minded" for calling it out on its increasing human rights violations and demanded an apolog...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:37hrs | 4252 | by Staff reporter
Catholic Church is bigger than Zanu PF
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa openly attacked the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishop Conference (ZCBC) Archbishop Robert Ndlovu in particular. Let me remind you that the Catholic Church is not ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:26hrs | 2577 | by Concerned
Zimbabwe ruling elite unfit to govern a democratic state - as not trained to serve and protect, but only to kill and destroy
Yesterday I experienced two things that clearly opened my eyes to why I have never seen eye-to-eye with those in power in Zimbabwe, and will forever be at loggerheads.The first was having to t...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 09:38hrs | 2568 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe govt blasts 'genocidal, evil-minded' bishops
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has come out guns blazing against the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), describing the bishops as genocidal and e...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:16hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Prices go haywire
IN A development which signals the effective and official re-dollarisation of the local economy, under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, yesterday awarded restive government workers and pe...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:45hrs | 7469 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now keen to resolve his political differences with Mnangagwa
DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country's worsening political and economic cri...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 17:57hrs | 6527 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now keen to talk with Mnangagwa
DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country's worsening political and economic cri...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 15823 | by Staff reporter
'God, You made me leader of Zimbabwe' - blasphemy, can't implicate God in rigged elections
It is often said the distinction between madness and genius is a fine line, the same cannot be said about the yawning chasm that separate piety humility and blasphemy. Emmerson Mnangagwa has crossed t...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 21:07hrs | 1880 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa makes emotional plea for forgiveness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday made an emotional plea for forgiveness when he officiated at the National Day of Prayer in Harare yesterday.In his surprisingly impassioned prayer at Sta...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 10484 | by Staff reporter
Churches cancel Easter gatherings
CHURCHES in Zimbabwe have, in an unprecedented development, this year cancelled their traditional Easter retreats with most religious organisations resorting to live streaming their services during th...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:02hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe churches go digital for COVID-19 ravaged Easter
AMID the coronavirus (COVI-19) wreaking havoc across the globe, governments have responded with lockdowns and bans on large gatherings.In all likelihood, the annual Easter congregations will b...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 16:30hrs | 598 | by Agency staff
Zimbabwe has lost 40 years, says Catholic bishops
THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) says Zimbabwe has lost an opportunity in the past 40 years to redefine its history, foster national healing and to end corruption, international isolati...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa briefs traditional, religious leaders on Covid-19
President Mnangagwa yesterday met national executive members of the Zimbabwe Chiefs Council and representatives of religious groups to update them on Covid-19 and Government's efforts to curb the spre...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Catholic bishops bemoan wasted years
THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) says in the last four decades, Zimbabwe lost an opportunity to redefine its history, foster national healing and to end corruption, international isolat...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 17:15hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Pastors cancel services, call for Ecocash tithes
TITHES, the lifeblood of most churches, will be paid through mobile money while services will be livestreamed as churches prepare for life during the nationwide lockdown, with most congregations movin...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Catholic Church in Zimbabwe to live stream Mass
The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe will live stream Mass celebrations in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, which government has declared a national disaster.Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi genocide victims' exhumations, reburials will bring closure'
THE Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) has said exhumations and reburials of Gukurahundi victims buried in mass graves in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces is the firs...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fat cats squeezing the poor: Clerics
ZIMBABWE'S political leaders have become too selfish by enriching themselves while burdening the country's suffering masses through suffocating taxes and beatings for protesting the oppression, the Ca...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2090 | by Staff reporter
Church divisions more dangerous than political ones
In recent week's churches in Zimbabwe have displayed a divided tongue in public on key issues concerning national dialogue in the country, its composition and pre-recognition terms. In general...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1520 | by Terence Simbi
Chamisa to comment on church's election suspension proposal
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has confirmed receiving a proposal from the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHoCD) on Tuesday arguing for a suspension of electoral contestations in Zimbabwe for s...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 19:48hrs | 2896 | by Staff reporter
Churches want Zimbabwe to suspend polls for 7 years
THE Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) have called for a suspension of elections for seven years to pave way for political and economic reforms under a new structure which will come fro...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:12hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and Chamisa urged to emulate Tsvangirai and Mugabe
ZIMBABWE'S two main political actors Zanu PF's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa could easily resolve the country's political impasse if they take a leaf from the legacy of th...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:01hrs | 2550 | by newzimbabwe
'Stop polarising political activities ' Zimbabweans told
Zimbabweans have been urged to cease in engaging in all political activities that undermine the spirit on national dialogue. The call was made by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2575 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cyclone Idai deaths shoot to 259 in Zimbabwe
ABOUT 259 people have so far been confirmed dead and 217 unaccounted for, while over 16 000 households have been displaced by Cyclone Idai-induced floods that hit the eastern part of the country last ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 6374 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa overrating self
Fresh political crisis is brewing for MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, after he stayed away from the political dialogue meeting called by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House yesterday.The o...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:15hrs | 9916 | by Jasper Hloka
Bishops want 'second chance' Zanu PF/ MDC GNU - how many chances wasted 2008 GNU alone!
I would like to thank the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) for their well thought out letter of appeal and advice on the possible way out of the present political and economic mess Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 07:55hrs | 598 | by Wilbert Mukori
Catholic bishops urges ZANU PF and MDC to unite
(1) We begin by disowning a recent statement issued in our name during the recent stayaway that started on 14 January 2019. We, the Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe, never issued any statement during that...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 19:40hrs | 2350 | by ZCBC
Vote wisely: Church
THE Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJP) yesterday urged Zimbabweans to cast their vote prudently and bravely for the greater good of the nation.Addressing Journalists ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:32hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has given nation new hope, say Catholic bishops
CATHOLIC bishops in Zimbabwe have said President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration have given the nation new hope for the future.In a statement yesterday on the forthcoming elections, ...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Can the NPRC overcome a legacy of failure?
Our country has witnessed great deal of violence. The liberation war claimed around 50 000 deaths. During the Gukurahundi atrocities, an estimated 20 000 people were killed. In 2005, Operation Muramba...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:44hrs | 18 | by Paul Themba Nyathi
Government to translate Constitution
The Justice ministry yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) to translate the national Constitution into all 16 official languages....Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 09:48hrs | 1037 | by Staff Reporter
Catholic church forgives Mugabe
THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC) says it has forgiven former President Robert Mugabe for his "transgressions" in office over the past 37 years and implored new President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 05:15hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
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