Court reprieve… Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa was arrested on child abuse charges and illegal burials at shrine, has been granted bail HARARE – Apostolic sect leader, Ishmael Chokurengerwa is finally out of custody after he was granted US$1,000 bail by the…[Continue Reading...]
AN apostolic sect cult leader, Ishmael Chokurongerwa has finally been granted US$1 000 bail by the High Court after languishing in jail for nearly two months following his arrest for breaching the Burial and Children’s Act, respectively. Chokurongerwa (54), popularly…[Continue Reading...]
A TRADITIONAL leader from Mashonaland West province is pleading with authorities to intervene and immediately shut down Madzibaba Ishmael’s apostolic church, which allegedly wantonly tramples on children’s rights to education, health and accessing birth certificates. Members of the Johanne Masowe…[Continue Reading...]
HARARE – Two female members of an apostolic sect led by controversial cult leader, Ishmael Chokurongerwa on Thursday appeared in court facing trafficking charges. This comes after they were caught harbouring nine females believed to be key witnesses in the…[Continue Reading...]
NORTON, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - The leader of a religious sect in Zimbabwe was denied bail on Tuesday after being arrested last week for suspected child abuse when police found 251 minors working on his farm and 16 graves. Ishmael Chokurongerwa,…[Continue Reading...]
Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa, and his seven church members have been denied bail on the basis that they may interfere with witnesses and that they may be a public outcry. The ruling was made Norton Court Regional magistrate Christine Nyandoro today…[Continue Reading...]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police on Wednesday said they have arrested a man claiming to be a prophet of an apostolic sect at a shrine where believers stay in a compound and authorities found 16 unregistered graves, including those…[Continue Reading...]
“I cannot let my children die because of a religion.” Mavis Gunyana (not real name) from a village in Gutu, narrated how hard it is for women of the apostolic sect to get medical services for their children. For years,…[Continue Reading...]
A BULAWAYO man died after allegedly drinking a poisonous concoction he got from a self-proclaimed prophet whom he had consulted in a bid to cure an undisclosed ailment, a magistrate heard yesterday. Kilason Tshuma (42) died shortly after allegedly drinking…[Continue Reading...]
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