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Zimbabwe rendition saga ends with a suspended sentence 14 years on
Friday saw the end of the controversial Zimbabwe rendition sage, which had dragged on for nearly 14 years.The matter was even heard before the Zondo Commission, and saw former top police offic...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:43hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wedding was a political statement
HIGH-PROFILE weddings, especially those of the rich, famous and powerful - very important persons (VIPs) - are renowned worldwide for their grandeur, luxury and vibrant celebrations.These ausp...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's strategic best man
Many Zimbabweans would have expected Zimbabwe National Army commander Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe to be Vice-President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga's best man at his much-hyped wedding...Published: 26 Dec 2023 at 16:59hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi, Prison boss dragged to court
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu have been taken to court for failing to sanction a prison officer for dabblin...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer hits prison officer with lawsuit over partisan conduct
A LAWYER has approached the High Court seeking an order for the dismissal of a prison officer, who is vigorously involved in partisan politics, in contravention of constitutional provisions that bar c...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:15hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa likely to make sweeping changes that will shake Zimbabwe securocrats
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to make sweeping changes that will shake securocrats in an unprecedented way since he assumed office in 2017, amid reports several uniformed forces bosses had re...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 15:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
How ZPRA, ZANLA were allocated camps in Entumbane
WE round-up our interview with former freedom fighter Lieutenant-Colonel (Rtd) Alson Masilinge Muleya. Lt-Col (Rtd) Muleya who trained as a regular officer cadet at the Zambian Military Academy in Koh...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prison boss shields partisan officer
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services has ignored a letter written to it by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights attorney Innocent Gonese over the misconduct of ZPCS officer Caroline Manjongo who ha...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Rights lawyers demand action against Zanu-PF prison officer
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) lawyer Innocent Gonese of Lawman Law Chambers (LLC) has written to Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu demandi...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prison sparks political storm over activism in Zanu-PF
LETTERS from Zanu-PF and war veterans requesting the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to release an officer to enable her to campaign for the ruling party ahead of the 23 August gener...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 09:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
US Afghanistan spies enter Zimbabwe to fight for asylum in South Africa
THE group of 22 Afghan nationals, who worked closely with United States military and security agencies after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on Americ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Major-General Nyathi burial today
National hero Major-General (Retired) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi will be buried at the National Heroes Acre today.Maj-Gen (Rtd) Nyathi (61) died last Sunday at the Josiah Magama Tongogara Barrac...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns national hero Nyathi
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has sent a condolence message to the Nyathi family following the death of Major-General (Retired) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi who has been declared a national hero....Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic violence in Limpopo village divides SA police
AMID strong allegations of police complicity, the fresh outbreak of xenophobic violence against Zimbabwean foreign nationals in a usually tranquil rural My Darling village in Limpopo has pitted a Hawk...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses trust in lieutenants
FAILURE by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fill key vacant posts of vice-president and state security minister signals that he has lost trust in his lieutenants as he seeks to maintain a delicate ethn...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:48hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean caught producing fake SA IDs and passports to appear in court
A Zimbabwean national is expected to appear in court on Tuesday, after Gauteng police swooped on a flat in Hillbrow, catching him red-handed while he was allegedly manufacturing various documents, inc...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane, Binga battles relived
TODAY as we continue our interview with Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Stanford Moyo pseudo name Lloyd Zvanananewako or Mabhikwa, the former freedom fighter takes us through operations in the Zipra oper...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman kills her newly born baby in South Africa
A ZIMBABWEAN woman employed as a maid in Hartbeesportdam in South Africa's North West province allegedly killed her newborn baby boy by submerging him in boiling water soon after giving birth, before ...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Encounter with the Selous Scouts: A former guerilla shares personal experience
IN mid-1979 I left Lupane and Nkayi areas operations where I had been deployed to in 1977 and joined the furthest platoon in Bubi District. Most of the comrades I found there had been trained in Angol...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Stanford Moyo
Mashingaidze leads new war vets board
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has appointed the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Board led by Major-General Gibson Mashingaidze (Retired). Other board m...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to buy security vehicles
MORALE in the security services may soon hit rock bottom as the government battles to plug a massive backlog of personal service vehicles for senior officers amid deteriorating working conditions, The...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra cadres eulogise SB Moyo
FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade Minister Major-General (Rtd) Dr Sibusiso Moyo (SB), was yesterday described as a brave and intelligent soldier whose military prowess both during and after the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 54 ZNA officers
President Mnangagwa yesterday promoted 54 Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel effective November 10. The President made the promotions under the Defence Act...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa makes hast military appointment amid coup threats' - Report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made forced cross-cutting changes to his Presidential Guard (PG) Brigade several months after his wife Auxillia clashed with one of the most senior officers in the uni...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers kill Nyanga villager
A NYANGA man died after he was allegedly assaulted for straying into a ranch where soldiers were conducting military exercises as he was searching for his cattle.A badly beaten Tendai Muchesa,...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho magistrate in trouble over judgment
TSHOLOTSHO magistrate Rogers Mawarire is in trouble after a Chiredzi woman Violet Chauke, who was severely bitten on the nose by a soldier lodged a complaint against him with the Judicial Services Com...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Was the man who 'bribed' Ramaphosa murdered?
The Watson family has asked for space to grieve in the wake of the death of controversial businessman, Bosasa chief executive Gavin Watson, on Monday morning.Valence Watson, one of Gavin Watso...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by City Press
Army chef sidelined over nasty fallout with Mnangagwa's wife
THE commander of One Presidential Guard Infantry Battalion at State House, Lieutenant-Colonel Samson Murombo, was sidelined from commanding the parade at the Defence Forces Day commemorations on Tuesd...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army boss sidelined over audio
The commander of One Presiential Guard Infantry Battalion at State House, Lieutenant-Colonel Samson Murombo, was sidelined from commanding the parade at the Defence Forces Day commemorations on Tuesda...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Update on South African army in Manicaland
The construction of roads infrastructure and bridges destroyed by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani led by the South African Defense Forces is moving steadily it has been reported. State broadcaster...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:56hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
South African soldiers to leave Zimbabwe in December
THE South African National Defence Forces (SANDF), which is helping the Zimbabwe National Army in the construction of Cyclone Idai-damaged bridges in Chimanimani, said it will leave the country in Dec...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
War veterans want to be paid like Lt-Colonels
War veterans in Mashonaland East on Wednesday demanded that their pension benefits be raised to match salaries of serving army lieutenant-colonels.Speaking during a public meeting by the Calis...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, army rift exposed
AN explosive leaked audio recording allegedly of First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa (pictured) has exposed the simmering bad blood between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the military.This comes h...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa purges NPA officials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to purge senior military officials seconded to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), a constitutional body which institutes criminal proceedings on behalf of...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC and the colonial ghost of whiteness
David Coltart, the self-confessed former British South African Police (BSAP) member, who authored a rehashed moribund autobiography, recently rebounded as treasurer of the MDC at the party's congress ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Army boss up for rations theft
The commander of One Commando regiment in Harare was arrested last week for allegedly stealing army rations valued at more than $500 000.Zimbabwe National Army spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers linked to Tsvangirai daughter's crash
Police have allegedly closed an investigation into the horror accident that took two lives and left the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter battling for life amid revelations it involved sold...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
19 bogus soldiers arrested
A joint operation by the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested 19 people for abusing military uniform to commit a spate of criminal offences.The susp...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Col Tshinga Dube, Gen PV Sibanda were almost blown up by Rhodies
TODAY we conclude our series of interviews with Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, the last Zipra chief of communications, former Cabinet Minister and chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Industries (ZD...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZNA dismisses AK47 report
The Zimbabwe National Army yesterday dismissed as false a story in a local newspaper alleging that poachers who were recently cornered in Bubye Valley Conservancy in Beitbridge had abandoned their&nbs...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Economic revival unstoppable, claims Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is on an inexorable and unstoppable economic and political trajectory that will definitely lead to prosperity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.The country, he said, is like a tr...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns gukurahundi commander
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday described the late national hero Brigadier General Emilio Munemo as a great teacher who educated people on politics, revolution, and the Zanu-PF ideology. Brig Ge...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's military changes fuel fears of internal strife
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s daring manoeuvres to change and redeploy critical personnel and commanders in strategic military units in a major shake-up has triggered fears of purges among...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA cops intercept truck heading for Zimbabwe border with stolen goods worth millions
Limpopo police on Sunday intercepted a closed truck transporting a stolen luxury vehicle, LED TVs and several other items in Polokwane, believed to be worth millions of rand.A Zimbabwean and t...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Military pays tribute to bomb victim
A funeral parade for Colour Sergeant Stanley Mugunzva, who died from injuries sustained following an explosion at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday, was held yesterday at the 2 Presidential G...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No link between Mnangagwa and Army band'?
In what could be seen as efforts by the military to drum up support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election campaign, a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) music outfit, Crocodile Sounds, on Friday launc...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The eye that witnessed Nikita Mangena's death
ON Friday the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially named the cantonment, which houses the Zimbabwe National Defence University and other institutions the Rogers Alfred Nikita Mangena ...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Passport saga: Trial date for driver set
The trial of a cross-border bus driver who was arrested by South African police after he was found with 16 passports of Zimbabweans staying illegally in that country has been set for April 26....Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean bus driver caught with 16 passports
A 42-year-old cross-border bus driver has been arrested by South African police after he was found with 16 passports which he had fraudulently facilitated their endorsement on behalf of Zimbabweans il...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Soldier killed in beer brawl
A soldier based at 5 Infantry Battalion in Kwekwe died on Monday evening after he was head-butted by a colleague when a beer brawl turned nasty.Onias Moyo (26) was rushed to Kwekwe District Ho...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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