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Hooliganism cannot be part of the beautiful game.
If my memory serves me well, not long ago ZRP was allocated some state-of-the-art helicopters to assist in their policing duties which at times can be quite challenging. One would think those ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:23hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
'Mnangagwa's govt misplaced priorities on helicopters'
OPPOSITION party Zapu says government's move to buy helicopters from Russia was a misplaced priority and insensitive to the plight of the citizens who are struggling to access basic healthcare service...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chopper deal raises stink?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been criticised for presiding over a controversial deal that saw Zimbabwe acquire 32 helicopters from Russia worth a staggering US$320 million without following laid d...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reached out to brother Putin on helicopter deal
A fleet of 18 Russian Ansat helicopters was delivered to Zimbabwe this week to assist with policing and disaster relief. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Harare, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and R...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Russian choppers deal raises dust
ZIMBABWE yesterday took delivery of 18 helicopters from Russia under a public-private partnership (PPP) deal, but critics questioned why their procurement has been shrouded in secrecy.Governme...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russian chopper, ambulance for Mnangagwa
GOVERNMENT has taken delivery of a specialised medical helicopter and an ambulance from Russia as Zimbabwe leans to Moscow when most countries are shunning the Eurasian country over its invasion of Uk...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa's security more important than our national security?
This country is a mighty weird place!Normally, 'weird' can be funny - if not downright hilarious - but, in Zimbabwe, 'weird' can border on ...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 15:03hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa to acquire a new chopper after scary incidents
GOVERNMENT has set in motion plans to acquire a helicopter for President Emmerson Mnangagwa amid concerns over his security following a spate of hair-raising incidents aboard ageing and unreliable Air...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in another scary helicopter landing
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's two helicopters bound for Chimanimani in Manicaland province were Wednesday morning made a sudden U-turn in Mutare.According to reports the choppers later landed...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in another mid-air scare
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's two Chimanimani-bound helicopters were yesterday forced to make a U-turn after reaching Mutare only to land in a golf course in Marondera, with one of them landing awkwa...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Deadly helicopter was meant for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's fleet of presidential helicopters was depleted in April when an Air Force of Zimbabwe chopper crashed in Acturus, 30 kilometres east of Harare, as new details emerge on ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Scary details on Mnangagwa helicopter crash emerge
NEW details have emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official helicopter crash-landed due to a technical problem triggered by a faulty power system and flat battery, The NewsHawks reported....Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's chopper in hair-raising emergency landing
IN a hair-raising incident which might leave heads rolling at the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential helicopter was dramatically forced into an emergency landing ...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls experience charms American executives
VICTORIA Falls is a must-visit basket of attraction and leisure. That is how 10 American executives summed up their three days and two nights at one of the worlds' prime tourist resorts. They came, th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube furious as locals sidelined in Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road rehab tender
Despite the government's claims that it is committed to devolution of power, some people in Harare received a contract to clear the bushes along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway road, defying a pol...Published: 26 May 2021 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Third part soars cost of Mnangagwa copter
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa cancelled a deal by his late predecessor Robert Mugabe to acquire a presidential helicopter from Russia opting for an Airbusmade superjet in a deal involving a third party...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
400 cops, soldiers descend on Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Zimbabwe National Army have deployed more than 400 officers from outside Beitbridge in a major clampdown that has seen hundreds of people arrested and fined in the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Airlifted leather sofas trigger PR disaster as Mnangagwa meets Idai victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made his way to Manicaland this week to take in the damage from Cyclone Idai and meet with officials responding to the disaster, but the trip was sullied by featherbedding...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to tour cyclone-ravaged areas
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly planning to visit the Cyclone Idai-ravaged Manicaland province this week for a first-hand assessment of the disaster and appreciate the needs of the ...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets rogue soldiers
Former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe will lead a seven-member commission of inquiry tasked with investigating circumstances leading to the post-election violence of August 1.The ap...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 13:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK in Zimbabwe: From tragedy to farce
A poetic cliché by Karl Marx which claims that in the life of nations "history repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce" does not only keep gaining new meanings for all countries but at ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 16:05hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
WATCH: Mnangagwa arrives in Zimbabwe
Soon to be President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has landed at Manyame airbase where he has met army generals for debriefing.Mnangagwa will leave for Zanu PF headquarters where he is expec...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 14:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tables turn on Mugabe
For 37 years Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has led his country on the back of brute force, incredible wit, and constitutional gamesmanship. When tables have turned on him, he has used his...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 12:12hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Chiwenga refused to meet Mugabe at his Blue Roof house
The military are reported to have today refused to meet President Robert Mugabe at his Blue Roof house in Borrowdale Harare saying it is not his official residence hence his (Mugabe) motorcade was see...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama's chopper banned from British airspace
Politicians love helicopters, quick-moving aircraft that don't need a runway and can get you between meetings while others are stuck in traffic.But in Britain and Norway, a ban on a model used...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing hunter might have been eaten by Zim crocodiles
Polokwane - Teams searching in Zimbabwe for missing SA hunter Scott van Zyl, 44, have found what is possibly human remains in two crocodiles they shot. According to ...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 21:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Army choppers rescue Tsholotsho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAc0S_6YCzA...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rhodesia: The Great Betrayal
For just over three months I stayed at the Hilton Hotel while I worked in Pietermaritzburg recently. Staying there also was an ex-Rhodesian of roughly my age. This is his story in his words of his exp...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 12:07hrs | 6 | by Dean McCleland
Mugabe's campaign choppers grounded, claims Baba Jukwa
President Robert Mugabe's campaign has hit a snag amid reports that two of his three Presidential helicopters are grounded at Manyame Air Base due to mechanical faults and lack of spare parts....Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
‘Jacob Zuma's gift of helicopters for Mugabe', disgusting
Reports that the South African Defence Force is about to send a gift of helicopters and spares to its Zimbabwean counterparts, come as no surprise after an ANC pledge to help Zanu-PF win electi...Published: 25 Jan 2013 at 17:35hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Political Analyst, London,
Russia to supply Zim with military choppers in a platinum swap deal
Russia's State corporation - Russian Technologies - may supply military helicopters to Zimbabwe in a swap deal to buy the world's second largest platinum deposit, a Russian paper - Kommersant busines...Published: 27 Jun 2012 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
British and French combat helicopters deployed in Libya
Attack helicopters struck Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Saturday, as the Nato-led war entered a new phase."Attack helicopters under Nato command were used for the first time," ...Published: 04 Jun 2011 at 13:59hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
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