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- April 29, 2025
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VP Chiwenga calls for speedy implementation of Zim-Iran agreements
Zimbabwe and Iran should speed up the implementation of more than 13 agreements signed between the two countries in 2023 so that people from the two nations can start deriving benefits from close cooperation between Harare and Tehran, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said.
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- April 29, 2025
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Zimbabwean innovators join global call for energy access at EAIF 2025
ZIMBABWEAN clean energy investors and innovators joined their peers from across the globe at the recently concluded Energy Access Investment Forum 2025 in Uganda, where the issue of energy access for millions of people across the continent took centre stage.
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- April 29, 2025
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Shadman Islam century puts Bangladesh ahead
SHADMAN Islam’s second Test century set a strong platform as Bangladesh went into a 64-run lead over Zimbabwe, with three wickets in hand, on the second day of the Chattogram Test.
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- April 29, 2025
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Madzibaba Ishmael disowns church, members
Nyore Madzianike
IN a shocking twist of events, self-styled prophet Ishmael Chokurongerwa, also known as Madzibaba Ishmael, has renounced his position and authority in his church saying he was neither the founder nor leader of the apostolic sect.
He also disowned members of his church, with whom he is jointly charged.
In his defence case during the ongoing trial in which he is facing multiple criminal offences, Madzibaba Ishmael claimed that he was a mere congregant, who holds no authority nor decision-making position in the church.
He gave the testimony when he appeared before Norton Magistrate Ms Christine Nyandoro to answer to accusations of ill-treating children, conducting a burial without a burial order and failing to give notice of the birth and death of a person.
He is jointly charged with Takavengwa Gwenzi, Siribiniyo Chikunhire, Wonder Kabaya, Devlodge Katsande, Zebedia Sigudu, Aaron Chokurongerwa and Shingirai Ngavafume, all from Lilly Farm, Nyabira.
Madzibaba Ishmael also told the court that any of his congregant who called him a leader was mistaken.
He further told the court that he routinely takes medical care for his children, highlighting that any of his church members who fails to do the same was doing so on their own volition.
The self-styled prophet, however, failed to reconcile his claims with an affidavit he filed at the High Court, in a different matter, where he claimed to be the leader of the church when cross-examined by State counsel Mr Tafara Chirambira and Ms Sheila Mupindu.
Madzibaba Ishmael is expected back in court on May 15, 2025, when he is expected to call his defence witnesses to cement his testimony.
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- April 29, 2025
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ZACC chairperson at ZNDU
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Mr Michael Reza has addressed 32 senior security services members drawn from various countries at the Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU).
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- April 29, 2025
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Matonga removed from remand
CHEGUTU magistrate Ms Evelyn Mashawakure today released former Deputy Minister of Information Bright Matonga from remand on two cases involving allegations of stealing farming implements and vandalising electrical transformers.
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- April 29, 2025
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Palestinian Ambassador slams Israeli blockade of Gaza
Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Zimbabwe, Dr Tamer Almassri, has accused the Israeli government of deliberately using starvation as a weapon of war.
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- April 29, 2025
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Bikita gives Brigadier-General Rungani a befitting send-off
Scores of people today thronged the Rungani homestead near Nyika Growth Point in Bikita to give national hero Brigadier-General (Rtd) Victor Rungani a befitting send-off.
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- April 29, 2025
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Bosso to miss two stars
PREMIERSHIP giants Highlanders will be without the services of suspended midfield duo of Melikhaya Ncube and Mason Mushore when they face Bikita Minerals at Barbourfields on Wednesday.
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- April 29, 2025
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Pastor turns to court for help
A HARARE pastor has approached the court seeking a protection order against his daughter who is addicted to drugs.