Religious

HARARE - Eunor Guti, widow of the late Archbishop Ezekiel Guti, has cited principles rooted in her faith and her late husband’s legacy, as reasons why she declined a luxury vehicle and a large cash donation offered by flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo.

SCOTLAND - Walter Masocha, a 61-year-old Zimbabwean church leader and former University of Stirling professor, was sentenced to an extended term of 14 years on July 28, 2025, after being convicted of rape and sexual assault.

In April 1988, Jimmy Lee Swaggart, the fiery Pentecostal televangelist whose sermons once captivated millions, stood at a crossroads that would define his legacy.

HARARE - A firestorm has erupted within the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Zimbabwe, sparked by controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's decision to invite former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander and Zanu-PF member Anselem Sanyatwe to speak from the pulpit during a recent evangelical campaign where he allegedly made ‘partisan political declarations’.

HARARE - Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Walter Magaya and his wife, Tendai, have secured a one-week postponement in the High Court proceedings initiated by GetBucks Microfinance Bank Limited, which seeks to liquidate their personal estates over an outstanding debt of US$420,140.72.

HARARE - GetBucks Microfinance Bank Limited has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Zimbabwe, seeking to liquidate the personal estates of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Walter Magaya and his wife, Tendai, over an outstanding debt of US$420,140.72.

LIVERPOOL - UK based Zimbabwean gospel singer, model and pastor, Walter Chahwanda (33) currently in remand prison, has been charged with additional offences as part of an ongoing sexual offences investigation by Merseyside Police.

HARARE - As if to prove that he has a bottomless well of riches, controversial tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo has given a brand new US$550 000 Mercedes Benz Maybach to Zion Christian Church (ZCC) leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi, after the previous vehicle he had gifted him, a 2025 Range Rover Autobiography SV worth US$400 000 was damaged before delivery to the clergyman.

VATICAN CITY - The new pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church.

DALLAS - Bishop TD Jakes has announced that he is stepping down as the senior pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, a few months after he suffered a debilitating heart attack.