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International funders behind eSwatini 'winter revolution'
There are claims that at the centre of the pro-democracy movement riots in eSwatini is a sponsored move for a power grab of resources funded by prominent international organisations with vested intere...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwean leaders can learn from FW de Klerk's legacy
WHEN the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe met the last apartheid South African leader Frederik Willem de Klerk, who died of cancer-related complications at 85 this week, in Gaborone, Bot...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'I am proud of Muzorewa' Douglas Mwonzora says
Opposition MDC-T leader Douglas Togarasei Mwonzora has praised the late former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa as being the best nationalist Zimbabwe has ever had. ...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 08:21hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe secretly deploys key special forces to Mozambique
FOLLOWING a recent military siege on the northern Mozambican town of Palma by Islamist insurgents, killing dozens, including a Zimbabwean, while leaving a trail of bloodshed and destruction in its wak...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not worried about Ramaphosa speech in Tanzania
The president of South Africa Mr C Ramaphosa paid tribute to the countries he said helped and fought with ANC to remove Apartheid in South Africa. Mr Ramaphosa thanked Tanzania for being the centre an...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:24hrs | 11 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ZNA clears air on Chipinge incident
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed a report by a non-governmental organisation, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) alleging the army concealed evidence that its troops deployed in Chipinge a...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Security agents worst human rights violators'
A REPORT by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has exposed State security agents in the country as the worst violators of human rights in the month of February.The report released on Satur...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army dismisses false media report of alleged villagers assault
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dispelled false allegations which have been published in the media regarding the involvement of soldiers in assaulting Mberengwa villagers.In a statement, ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army commandos beat up police in Beitbridge
TWO Beitbridge policemen sustained injuries after they were allegedly assaulted by the recently deployed army commandos.Detective Sergeant Albert Gonye and Detective Constable Kurai Marongere ...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge residents 'fed up' with the recently-deployed commandos
BEITBRIDGE residents are "fed up" with the recently deployed commandos from a crack Zimbabwe National Army unit and the Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit from Chikurubi who they accuse of committi...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independence disturbances used to send shivers down the spine...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Terror in Seychelles Zimbabweans in crossfire
THIS is the second in a three-part series about the hijacking of an Air India Boeing 707 flying from Harare to New Dehli India on November 26, 1981. The plane flew into a coup attempt in the S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Honouring the war spirit
COMRADE Muchazotida, born Sekai, was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, better known as ZANLA.She died during the 1977 Chimoio Attack by the army of racist Rhodesia....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Tracing the failed assassination of Joshua Nkomo in Lusaka
Some four decades ago, Zimbabwe's veteran nationalist - former Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - who was affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe, survived an assassination attempt on Apri...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko
How Chiwenga's soldiers killed two Israeli snipers
Commandos under the command of Vice President Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga are reported to have killed two Israeli bodyguards who were guarding the then Minister of Finance Ignatius Chombo's house dur...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 14:27hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo tears into Mnangagwa's escape story book
Former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has described a new book about the November 2017 coup called Two Weeks in November by Douglas Rodgers as a fiction script laden with lies and myths. ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chimbetu's 'lovechild' preaches unity
Dendera musician Chamson Boroma, affectionately known as Aforomani, has released a six-track album titled Tiripamwe laden with social commentaries.Boroma, who claims to be the son of the late ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
One revolutionary bullet and a tank full of commandos for my mother
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Tafi Mhaka
Mnangagwa and the theft of history
IT is with indecent haste that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has of late been seeking to flag his increasingly questionable presidential credentials and ambitions before Zimbabwe and the world. Th...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Gukurahundi: 'The oath of Bhalagwe'
I have visited many countries in the world, but few invoke mixed emotions like Germany.On every visit I plan an excursion, not to the Alps Mountains or boat cruise along Rhine River, but to Bu...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Tamsanqa Mlilo
Zimbabwe Army Commandos graduation - Pictures
The picture collage shows ZNA Commandos being confirmed and displaying their skills at a graduation at Wafa Wafa in Kariba (all pictures by John Manzongo)....Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 09:03hrs | 8 | by John Manzongo
REWIND: South Africa war planes attack Zimbabwe, Zambia
Zimbabwe, May 19 - This morning, hours after South African commandos desc...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 15:37hrs | 1 | by EDWARD A. GARGAN, Special to the New York Times
Behind the Closed Doors of the Mafela Trust - Inkunzi Series: Discussion Document 3
1. Introduction The former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ledum Mitee, observed that, 'In every era, in every c...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 00:26hrs | 1 | by Dr Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza
Of Nera, Election Boycotts and Rigging
INTRODUCTIONCruel as it may sound, for progress sake I think it's safe if we assume that most Zimbabweans suffer from an extreme and dangerous case of dementia and are in dire need for medical att...Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 17:51hrs | | by Mangosuthu Mbele
How Mugabe saved Sadc: The untold story
IN August 1998, the newly installed government of President Laurent Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo came under heavy attack from some rebels from Rwanda and Uganda. Clearly lack...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele, Shona tensions reach boiling point
Tribal tensions between Zimbabwe's two main ethnic groups,the Shona and the Ndebele have reached the boiling point.The country's leaders have turned a blind eye to the time bomb waiting to explode any...Published: 01 Aug 2016 at 09:54hrs | 41 | by Thabo Kunene
Bin Laden's son vows revenge
NEW YORK - The son of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.Hamza...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by agencies
Somalia attacks expose US 'hunger' to dominate Africa
On March 7 the Pentagon announced that it had killed 150 members of the Al-Shabaab guerrilla movement in a bombing operation in Somalia.These military actions are part and parcel of a broader ...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Abayomi Azikiwe
Dabengwa reveals plot to blow Joshua Nkomo out of the sky
THE late Vice President Joshua Nkomo could have never seen independent Zimbabwe in 1980 had a plot to gun down his plane by the Rhodesian Air Force succeeded in 1979.VP Nkomo who died on this ...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 11:51hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Zimbabwe players land safely in Pakistan
The Pakistan Cricket Board promised fool-proof security as the Zimbabwe cricket team landed in the country on Tuesday, becoming the first Test-playing nation to visit in six years. Zimbabwe ar...Published: 19 May 2015 at 07:24hrs | | by AFP
Zimbabwe scores big at Afcon 2015
ZIMBABWE's security assistance has enabled Equatorial Guinea to success-fully host the African Cup of Nations and safeguard continental pride, a top military commander here has said. After vi...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 11:12hrs | 12 | by John Manzongo
ZIPRA Cadres that had an Effect in my Life
To all those that operated under ZIPRA during the war of liberation alive today and those no longer with us your inspiration in my life was massive and life changing. I am proud and honoured to ha...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Tsolo Dube
Army now applying stiff penalties to its members
Zimbabwe National Army recently expelled and jailed rogue elements among its rank and file to retain the good image of the force, a senior officer has said.Addressing Commando Regiment troops ...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 16:27hrs | | by John Manzongo
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
43 Army Commandos graduate
Zimbabwe National Army personnel should embrace and contribute meaningfully to successful implementation of the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation, an official has said....Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 06:21hrs | 5 | by John Manzongo
Zimbabwe Army Commandos graduation - Pictures
The picture collage shows ZNA Commandos being confirmed and displaying their skills at a graduation held recently at Wafa Wafa in Kariba (all pictures by John Manzongo)....Published: 31 Mar 2014 at 05:20hrs | 20 | by John Manzongo
Son of top Libya army commander kidnapped
Tripoli - A Libyan security official says masked gunmen have kidnapped the son of a top commander of the special forces in the eastern city of Benghazi.The official says that the son of Colone...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Powerful blast near Benghazi Swedish consulate
Benghazi - A car bomb exploded outside the Swedish consulate in the restive Libyan city of Benghazi Friday, seriously damaging the building but causing no casualties, a security official said....Published: 11 Oct 2013 at 10:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Who was suppose to lose the election
Who was suppose to lose or win in the harmonized election? There is always a winner and a looser in the game!Africans we understand all the null and void, nikkuv, rigging, South African compan...Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 20:21hrs | | by Phepsi khabo
Malaysian troops attack a group of Filpinos
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian troops Tuesday attacked a group of Filpinos occupying a town in the eastern state of Sabah for three weeks to press their ancestral land claim.Explosions rocked Tanduo...Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 15:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Somali militant group posts pic of dead French soldier
Mogadishu - A Somali militant group has posted photos of what appears to be a dead French soldier.Two photos posted by an al-Shabaab-run Twitter account show a man wearing military pants and ...Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teenager held prisoner, beaten and raped daily for two years
A teenage girl in Missouri, USA, was beaten and raped daily for two years - and forced to have her captor's baby.Held prisoner in a house shared by her 24-year-old attacker's mother, the 19-y...Published: 25 Aug 2012 at 07:51hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Sanctions are a threat to national security
THE ZNA (Zimbabwe National Army) has described the West's economic sanctions regime as a threat to national security given the interconnectedness of eco...Published: 04 Nov 2011 at 21:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Israel evacuates envoy from Egypt
Israel's ambassador to Egypt and senior staff have been evacuated home after protesters stormed a building containing the country's embassy in Cairo on Friday night.Israel Radio said on Satur...Published: 10 Sep 2011 at 09:13hrs | | by Moyo Roy
White South Africans in secret military training, warns against land redistribution
Young white South Africans are taking part in secret military training exercises on farms across the country the NewAge of South Africa has revealed.It is reported that over weekends an...Published: 08 Jul 2011 at 09:15hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Bomb hoax Zimbabwean faces deportation from USA
A refugee from Zimbabwe has been sentenced to four months in prison for telling a tall tale to customs agents that involved a bomb, radiation poisoning and George W. Bush's presidential library....Published: 16 Jun 2011 at 06:37hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Latest Osama bin Laden videos: Official
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Al-Qaeda to release bin Laden tape 'soon'
Dubai - Al-Qaeda said it will soon release an audiotape of its leader Osama bin Laden that was recorded a week before he was killed by US commandos in Pakistan, US monitoring group SITE Intelligence ...Published: 06 May 2011 at 14:06hrs | | by Nare
Al Qaeda confirms Osama bin Laden's death
Al-Qaeda confirmed the death of its leader Osama bin Laden which it threatened to avenge, in a statement posted on jihadist internet forums on Friday, the US monitoring group ...Published: 06 May 2011 at 13:31hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Bin laden was un-armed when US commandos shot him dead
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States revealed that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US commandos shot him dead and that Pakistani authorities were kept in the...Published: 04 May 2011 at 08:41hrs | | by Andrew Gully
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