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ZIMBABWE is seeking to establish fully-fledged diplomatic relations with Israel. Our (ND) senior reporter Tinashe Kairiza spoke to Zimbabwe's honorary consul in Israel Ronny Musan (RM) who spoke about...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 3333 | by Staff reporter
Govt starts security and health provisions in evacuation centres
THE government has started to provide security and healthcare in evacuation centres in the seven districts of Manicaland, where scores of people are set to be relocated in the event that Cyclone Chala...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appeals for divine help against new COVID-19 strain
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appealed for divine intervention to protect the country against a new COVID-19 strain that has been confirmed in some countries, including neighbouring South Afr...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa humbles at thanksgiving prayer
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday joined a national thanksgiving prayer and implored churches to embrace Government's economic development agenda, saying synergies between them and the State must flourish...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa urged to find each other
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has urged political actors in the country to embark on dialogue to solve the economic problems that have hindered development.This was said by ZCC adviso...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 6351 | by Staff reporter
Churches demand seat in Parliament
CHURCHES have started lobbying for a parliamentary seat to have issues affecting their constituency debated.The church representative organisations made the call in Bulawayo on Tuesday during ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
Clergy tells teachers, govt to find common ground
THE clergy has implored government to find common ground with teachers to arrest the crisis in the education sector as schools continued to turn students back because the educators, who declared incap...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:55hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa starts budgeting for Gukurahundi reburials
CONSULTATIONS over the exhumation and reburial of victims of post-independence disturbances in the Matabeleland and Midlands provinces will commence early next year, with Government now crafting a roa...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:08hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe churches paint gloomy picture
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) yesterday painted a gloomy picture of the country's economic situation, claiming several attempts by the churches to engage Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to prof...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Bishops pray against sanctions
SANCTIONS imposed on Zimbabwe by Western nations were not an attack on Harare alone, but an assault on Africa as a whole, hence the need to collectively call for their unconditional removal, Zion Chri...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:39hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails ZCC Mutendi
The Zanu-PF leadership in Masvingo has praised Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Mutendi and its leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi for initiating projects aimed at engendering socio-economic transformation amo...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Church says 'it's time for Zimbabwe to come together'
WITH the country and its two major political parties - Zanu-PF and the MDC - continuing to contend with serious challenges, the church has renewed its calls for all Zimbabweans to come together in the...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally says hunger will fuel uprisings
ZION Christian Church leader Nehemiah Mutendi, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's closest allies, yesterday warned that the high levels of hunger in the country could trigger mass uprisings, hence ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 5429 | by Staff reporter
Churches rubbish ANC meditation efforts in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has rubbished ANC meditation efforts saying the South African delegation only offered solidarity to the Zanu-PF party and the people of Zimbabwe need to liberate...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | 2636 | by Staff reporter
Opposition, civil society groups embrace ANC's Zimbabwe mediation
THE continued push by Pretoria to help Zimbabwe overcome its decades-long political and economic crises has created an air of optimism among opposition parties, civil society groups and the Church....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in a mess, says ANC
SOUTH AFRICAN President Cyril Ramaphosa's special six-member delegation, which left Harare on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with top Zanu-PF officials, has painted a gloomy picture of the situ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 11252 | by Staff reporter
Mutendi blasts US
CONTROVERSIAL cleric Nehemiah Mutendi has hit out at the US government for allegedly working with white former commercial farmers to derail Zimbabwe's land reform process in a bid to foment a citizen ...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:24hrs | 2319 | by Staff reporter
Monica Mutsvangwa's skill in dividing Zimbabwe leaves Mthwakazi green with envy
Make no mistake. Zimbabwe information Minister, Monica Mutsvanga statement was not an attack on one individual Matebele, Arch Bishop Ndlovu or Catholic Bishops. But it was an unbridled threat of Matab...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 08:54hrs | 4187 | by Israel Dube
Ndebeles in Zimbabwe worried as Information Minister threatens second genocide
Make no mistake. Zimbabwe Information Minister, Monica Mutsvanga statement was not an attack on one individual Matebele, Arch Bishop Ndlovu or Catholic Bishops. But it was an unbridled threat of Matab...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1760 | by Israel Dube
Mutendi chides Catholic Bishops for 'digging dark past', 'lies'
PROMINENT Zimbabwe cleric Nehemiah Mutendi has hit out at fellow men of the cloth in Catholic bishops who on Friday wrote to government expressing disquiet over rampant rights abuses and poor leadersh...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:58hrs | 6352 | by Staff reporter
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 | 19174 | by Staff reporter
ZCC pursues multi-stakeholder dialogue process
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) is persisting with its efforts to initiate a national dialogue process, meant to address the country's intractable political and economic crisis.It also ...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 10:05hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fights to end Zimbabwe's political crisis
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa's special envoys arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and immediately went to work - meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country.Interesti...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:57hrs | 2280 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to cooperate with SA's envoys
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa conferred with President Emmerson Mnangagwa before he appointed his two special envoys to Zimbabwe last week - amid allegations of human rights violations in the country - it...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 16:15hrs | 2155 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's Zimbabwe intervention gets off to rocky start
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa's cautious intervention in the current Zimbabwean crisis has got off to a rocky start, with the opposition warning yesterday that they will not be railroaded to accept any de...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 20:37hrs | 12892 | by Staff reporter
'We want Zanu PF led GNU' ZCC doggedly insist - it's the curse we should never tolerate ever again
One of the most enduring legacy of Mugabe's Zanu PF dictatorship is that it has sired hundreds of thousands of copycat corrupt and incompetent dictators, all with trademark Mugabe mentality that they ...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 497 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's govt welcomes Ramaphosa's envoys
THE government says it will co-operate fully with the special envoys that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed as the regional power tries to help resolve the country's challenges....Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 19:37hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
ZCC urges Zimbabweans to be masters of their own destiny
LOCAL churches have hailed South Africa's intervention into the country's political and socio-economic crisis, but urged Zimbabweans to be masters of their own destiny.This came after South Af...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:41hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Zesa announces power cuts
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) will embark on a temporary 16-hour power supply cut this Thursday for the purpose of carrying out critical annual maintenance wor...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:11hrs | 5454 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will not entertain churches, opposition until 2023
POLITICAL parties that are trying to resurrect their sinking fortunes through the church disguised negotiation forums should wait for the 2023 elections as President Mnangagwa is presently focused on ...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4442 | by Staff reporter
MDC, Zanu-PF snub churches dialogue
AN all-political parties' indaba called by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) to end the current stalemate and possibly forestall antigovernment protests scheduled for July 31 hit a brickwall yest...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:49hrs | 2940 | by Staff reporter
July 31 anti-Mnangagwa protests: Churches step in
LEADERS of Christian denominations under the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) have said they will today meet the country's main political leaders to enable them to find common ground in a move meant...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:18hrs | 17184 | by Staff reporter
Churches invites political parties to dialogue
ZIMBABWE Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary-general Kenneth Mtata has revealed that political parties invited to the church's mediated dialogue on Monday next week have submitted conditions for their...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Fresh push for Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
Zimbabwe's clergy is on a fresh drive to bring political parties to the negotiating table aimed at coming up with lasting solutions to the country's worsening economic challenges, CITE reported....Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 19:08hrs | 3012 | by Staff reporter
ZCC bishop dies in funeral car accident
A ZCC Wangamurena bishop was recently killed in a funeral service vehicle accident after a mysterious snake is said to have appeared from underneath the driver's seat causing the car to veer off the r...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:11hrs | 2046 | 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 | 10490 | by Staff reporter
Removing Chamisa won't end crisis
REPLACING MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will not solve the crippling economic and political crises facing the nation, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has said.ZCC general-secretary...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 5772 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks inevitable
DIALOGUE between opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains key in resolving the country's multi-layered political and economic crises and churches will pus...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 3390 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies renew call for dialogue
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) and Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday called on the country's leadership to engage in inclusive and broad-based dialogue in efforts to address t...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:44hrs | 2615 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans politicians using COVID-19 for electioneering'
POLITICIANS have been accused of using the COVID-19 pandemic for campaign purposes, where they are doling out goodies to the needy as they appeal to the electorate.Politicians from across the ...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:33hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda mourns another UK-based Zimbabwean COVID-19 victim
Popular broadcaster Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda has mourned the death of another Zimbabwean Mello Maqeda Zimvu in the United Kingdom.Through his Facebook Wall, Sibanda said, "We have lost yet anothe...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 17:39hrs | 2497 | by Stephen Jakes
COVID-19 kills another Zimbabwean in UK
A ZIMBABWEAN man based in the United Kingdom, Mello Maqena Zimvu died from COVID-19 Saturday.Popular radio personality Ezra Tshisa Sibanda announced the sad news early Sunday evening."...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 21:52hrs | 3315 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must deploy more security forces in high-density suburbs,' say Churches
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) wants the government to deploy more security forces in high-density suburbs to enforce the current national lockdown - saying some people there are now treating ...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 21:52hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Reverend, followers arrested over Easter Sunday service
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday arrested congregants of the Revival of Jesus Miracles Ministries in Nketa suburb for conducting public services in violation of lockdown regulations, as most churches reso...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 394 | 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 | 177 | by Staff reporter
WHO warns against easing virus measures too early
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has no blanket recommendation for countries and regions for easing measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but urged them not to lift them too earl...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
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