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Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 56 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF ropes in security agents as factional wars escalate
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has reportedly roped in State security agents as it battles to quell the growing discontent among its members against party leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, amid deterior...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu villagers relive night of terror
"THEY must rot in jail!" Selma Modi (38) of Kalembo Farm in Chegutu yelled as she narrated her harrowing ordeal of last Tuesday night at the hands of armed Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) personnel....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army will step in if Zanu-PF loses in 2023, calls for dialogue'
LITTLE known opposition Ideas Party for Democracy (IDP) president, Herbert Chamuka, has warned Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, Valerio Sibanda, might step in to save ruling Zanu-PF if it lose...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt must have a plan to rescue jobless graduates
Education used to be a ticket to a better life in Zimbabwe. Life was better when one was educated, one could afford a house and a middle income lifestyle.But this has changed over the la...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Evans Mathanda
'WikiLeaks mole' Satuku dies
RETIRED army major general Fidelis Satuku has died, 10 years after he was forced out of the security sector for allegedly badmouthing then Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Constanti no Chiwenga at a ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Full report of Chiwenga's coup released
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has released an 18 paged document that detail how the military plotted the November military intervention that ended Robert Mugabe's 37 years of...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 12:58hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Army morale lowest as economy implodes
MORALE within the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has reportedly hit rock bottom, the lowest ever since the country's Independence in 1980, amid reports that the troops are disgruntled over the rising cost of...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Police and Army bosses disown officers killing citizens
The Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Zimbabwe Defense Forces on Saturday held a joint press statement where they disowned suspected army and police officials who have been terrorising citizens....Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Army, police commanders lied under oath
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga lied under oath when they testified before the commission of inquiry into the post-...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fired military couple seeks readmission
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have approached the courts, seeking to have a High Court application for illegal dismissal filed by a couple fired after the spouse fell pregnant, set aside.V...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should publicly censure Mukupe
Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe has a knack for uttering the most unsavoury things and there is need for him to be publicly censured.His latest gaffe that the military will not allow M...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mliswa takes missing $15bn crusade to Mugabe's mansion
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy has resolved to meet former President Robert Mugabe at his private home instead of dragging him to Parliament to answer questions on the missi...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Voters shut out ex-army bosses
The majority of ex-security officials who participated in the just-ended Zanu-PF primary elections were rejected by voters, an indication that the former soldiers are finding it tough to ease into civ...Published: 05 May 2018 at 14:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Army bosses face arrest
A RESETTLED Goromonzi farmer, Dominic Musekiwa, has approached the court, seeking incarceration of top Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) bosses, on contempt of court charges for defying a court order barri...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Please Robert Mugabe Stop it! Lest we forget
I call upon the African Union, European Union whichever intergovernmental body to stop tolerating this 94 year old man who is crying every day that her wife is being tormented for attaining a fake PhD...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 12:05hrs | 40 | by Knowledge Hakata
Soldiers shut down police station
A GROUP of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers briefly cordoned and shut down Gweru Police Station in protest over the alleged shooting and arrest of a colleague on Saturday.The incident put...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's PhD cannot be revoked, too many army bosses have fake degrees
A political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has said the reason why the University of Zimbabwe is at difficulties in revoking the flawed former first lady Grace Mugabe's Doctorate degree is because there...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Mugabe Must Go!', Old system remains intact with Mnangagwa! - Generals protecting their loot
We saw General Chiwenga lifting up and waving a document that was supposed to be a constitution of Zimbabwe. He was painfully trying to quote some legal frame works from the constitution to legitimize...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 09:02hrs | 15 | by Nomazulu Thata
Jonathan Moyo: Rebel without a cause or voice of reason?
In a bid to stem the factional fights spiralling out of control in his party, President Robert Mugabe barred his quarrelling cadres from using social media to air their views.In spite of the b...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mugabe nephew taunts Zimbabwe's army bosses
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's nephew, Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao, yesterday dared Zimbabwe Defence Commander Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga and Air Marshall Perrance Shiri to stay clear of Zanu-...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai at it again 'wooing army bosses' - reforms are not negotiable, not now not ever
"Tsvangirai woos top army bosses!" read the headline in the Daily News. The news must have left every thinking Zimbabwean out there sick and it only confirmed that Morgan Tsvangirai and ...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 22:57hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai woos top army bosses
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has claimed that he is meeting some of the country's military officials as part of his bid to allow a smooth transfer of power if he wins the next year's national e...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Paradox of a President Grace Mugabe
As Zimbabwe's Opposition continues to be in disarray and President Mugabe is gradually forced out of power by old age, it looks more likely that Mugabe's successor will emerge from the Zanu PF success...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Darlington Nyambiya
Jonathan Moyo picks fights with military
Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has picked a fresh fight with top army bosses, challenging them to account for the missing $15 billion diamond revenue, which President Robert ...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe under growing siege
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, currently locked in a vicious internal power struggle with the war veterans backed by the military, is coming under a growing siege both from within and outside as forces of d...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 15:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe intensifies regime coup-proofing
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is coup-proofing his regime by giving security forces preferential treatment ahead of other civil servants in the face of worsening economic conditions in the country. Besi...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 15:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army demands special dispensation on salaries
IN a desperate move to forestall potential unrest by soldiers - who are already getting preferential treatment on wage payment dates - the Zimbabwe National Army has approached banks to set up fac...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 11:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Mnangagwa blessed Grace rallies - Zanu PF
First Lady Grace Mugabe's controversial "meet-the-people" rallies had fully backing and planned by her 92 year old husband, Zanu PF politburo minutes reveal.According to The Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Scheduled steps to Mugabe's exit
Dictators cannot walk out, regardless of what, they can only be helped with a push. That push has to be designed by experts, and the Nation has to learn to trust the experts. True expects do not creat...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 22:00hrs | | by Rakanga Danble
Army resistance shocks Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is reportedly still shocked and bruised by the fierce resistance which the military, the pillar of his strength, put up by using war veterans to protest the fierce crackdown by...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gushungo bomb plot corporal disowned by the army
The Zimbabwe National Army has rejected claims by a corporal accused of attempting to bomb Alpha Omega Dairies that he was on an official spying mission.This was revealed by investigating offi...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 13:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Army bosses get additional 240 vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will soon receive an additional 240 vehicles purchased from Indian automobile company, Ashok Leyland Ltd.About 90 of the vehicles will be allocated to lieuten...Published: 25 Sep 2015 at 12:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Army to testify in 'Baba Jukwa' case
Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana has hinted he might invite top army personnel to testify in the terrorism case involving jailed Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi. Tomana also said Ku...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army launches recruitment drive
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has embarked on a recruitment drive despite government struggling to meet its $155 million monthly wage bill for the entire civil service, translating to over 70% of ...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 08:59hrs | | by Elias Mambo
'Mugabe is hostage to army bosses'
President Robert Mugabe has no capacity to deal with the issue of obscene salaries and corruption at parastatals, since he is captive to army generals running the state enterprises. These are the...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I was ordered to kill Tsvangirai'
A Presidential Guard officer has gone into hiding in fear of his life after refusing to obey order to carry out an assassination attempt on MDC-T leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, claims T...Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai entices Zimbabwe army generals
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is courting top army officials, thus far the biggest threat to his potential rule.Since the emergence of the MDC in 2000 as the foremost threat to Zanu-PF and ...Published: 15 Jan 2013 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corrupt Zimbabwe army bosses panic
Recent activities of defiance in the military have exposed to Zimbabwe Service Chiefs that their tight grip on the military is slipping. At a recent military high command meeting to celebrate Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Mathula Lusinga
Violent Mugabe set to hand over power to Military Men!
Can the African Union help us?Personally, I have little hope in the African Union when it comes to the Zimbabwe questions. They have failed to stop people getting massacred in the DRC, Rwan...Published: 30 Jan 2012 at 22:00hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga | Harare Sunset
Chiwenga's stupidity is now a major concern for Zanu PF and the Military!
All is not well between Zanu PF and the military…Two days after the Zanu PF conference in Bulawayo earlier this month, a war of texts began between the military and political -...Published: 22 Dec 2011 at 17:50hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
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