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South Africa releases names of 14 soldiers killed in DRC

South Africa has released the names of 14 soldiers who died in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), when the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels stormed the city in North Kivu province on Monday.The soldiers, part of the Southern Africa…

Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 10:36hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter

Former Zimbabwean CIO boss recounts near-fatal helicopter crash

Former Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director-General Happyton Bonyongwe has revealed that he narrowly escaped death in a helicopter crash in Manicaland province in May 2007. Bonyongwe was traveling with the then-head …

Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 10:32hrs | 3033 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's ex-CIO Chief details counter-espionage success in his book

In his book, One Among Many: My Contribution to the Zimbabwean Story, former Director-General of Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Happyton Bonyongwe, offers a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of counter-espionage oper…

Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 15:59hrs | 4415 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean CIO's role in Simon Mann's arrest

Happyton Bonyongwe, Zimbabwe's former Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has disclosed details about Zimbabwe's involvement in thwarting a 2004 mercenary-led coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. The revelations …

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 16:21hrs | 2176 | by Staff reporter

Ex-CIO boss's father was killed after being branded a sellout

Former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director-General Happyton Bonyongwe has opened up about the devastating impact of the liberation struggle on his family, recounting the tragic murder of his father at the hands of "comrades" d…

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:47hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter

Bonyongwe express irony over the death of Gen Mujuru

Former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director-General Happyton Bonyongwe has expressed irony over the death of ex-army commander General Solomon Mujuru, a key power broker in Zanu PF, who was killed in a mysterious fire at his Be…

Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 12:09hrs | 3285 | by Staff reporter

Bonyongwe, Mutsvangwa bitter feud escalates

The ongoing feud between former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director-General Happyton Bonyongwe and Zanu PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has escalated, with Bonyongwe launching a scathing attack in his new memoir, One Among Ma…

Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 09:23hrs | 3963 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's former spy boss reflects on short stint as Justice Minister

In his recently released autobiography, One Among Many: My Contribution to the Zimbabwean Story, former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director-General Happyton Bonyongwe has revealed that he would have declined the ministerial po…

Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 12:00hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's former CIO boss launches autobiography

Former Director-General of Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Happyton Bonyongwe, has launched a revealing autobiography titled One Among Many: My Contribution to the Zimbabwean Story, which provides an intriguing and hist…

Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:25hrs | 3229 | by Staff reporter

Itâ€™s the economy, stupid!

Three weeks to the elections and the only thing that is clear is that Zanu PF still has no idea how to turn around the economy. The state media reports that billions of dollars of investments are pouring into the country and thousands of j…

Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 23:31hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary

Ex-CIO boss appears before Temba Mliswa

Former Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and former CIO Director General Retired Major General Happyton Bonyongwe today appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy together with POTRAZ Direc…

Published: 14 May 2018 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mutsvangwa calls for Chihuri, Bonyongwe's prosecution

 War veterans' leader Christopher Mutsvangwa said the former Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) director, Happyton Bonyongwe and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General, Augustine Chihuri should be held accountabl…

Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bonyongwe threatens life sentences for rapists

NEWLY-APPOINTED Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe has flexed his muscles and threatened life jail sentences for rapists of minor children.Addressing Beitbridge residents during an advocacy meeting organis…

Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe is paving way for a successor through a democratically elected congress to save his legacy

What people don't know for now is that Mugabe is strategically intelligent; his Zanu PF congress will run concurrently with other liberation movements in Namibia and South Africa (ANC). Mugabe is now preparing for exit and my analysis will…

Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 10:34hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo

Baptism of fire for 'CIO' Bonyongwe

New Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe (pictured) had a baptism of fire in the National Assembly yesterday.Along with other new ministers in President Robert Mugabe's bloated Cabinet, the former director-g…

Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 07:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Auctioning Zimbabwe -The shady individuals and companies behind

Mugabe's brutal regimeAccording to sources close to them, Zanu PF and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) officials continue to manipulate indigenisation rules to secure financial gain for their private lifestyles âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ„Ãº somethi…

Published: 05 Dec 2011 at 07:27hrs | 4 | by Mathula Lusina

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