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Brigadier-General Raban Nikisi takes over
The command of the Mechanised Brigade at Inkomo has officially changed hands, with Brigadier-General Raban Nikisi assuming leadership from Major-General Josphat Kudumba, who was recently promoted....Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 12:01hrs | 2765 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cracks whip on top soldiers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly cracked the whip firing seven high-ranking members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) after they failed to rein in their subordinates who walked out on hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:55hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Chinese military donation to Zimbabwe raises eyebrows
A RECENT donation of Chinese military hardware to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has raised eyebrows as the Asian superpower pushes to further its interests in Zimbabwe.Mnangagwa re...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to lead Heroes, Defence Forces events
President Mnangagwa is expected to preside over the Heroes Day commemorations and Zimbabwe Defence Forces celebrations in two weeks time where several activities have been lined up as preparations for...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Belarus deals help bust Zimbabwe sanctions
A STRING of bilateral agreements that were signed between Zimbabwe and Belarus this week and in 2019, have helped the country bust sanctions not only in the agriculture sector which is on the rebound,...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Lukashenko to visit Victoria Falls today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his Belarusian counterpart President Aleksandr Lukashenko are expected to visit the tourism city of Victoria Falls this morning as the two countries seek to cement relations ac...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is rising again, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is a giant that is now awake and ready to take its pride of place among the fast-developing countries, regardless of the sanctions imposed by the West, President Mnangagwa has said.Ad...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 1 | 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 | 54 | by Staff reporter
2022 population census kicks off
THE 2022 population and housing census, which is conducted after every 10 years by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), begins today.Yesterday marches were held in all major citi...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CIO, Soldier & Cop arrested for demanding a bribe
A CIO, soldier and policeman are languishing in remand prison on charges of soliciting a R6500 bribe from a motorist traveling from South Africa through Beitbridge border post.Munyaradzi Mupes...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe won't apologise for land reforms'
THE successful agrarian reform that corrected land ownership imbalances remains irreversible as evidenced by the Second Republic's bankrolling beneficiaries' activities to help Zimbabwe regain its bre...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
We are on the brink of World War III
A Third World War is looming after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The military action which Russian President Vladimir Putin described as a special military operation to disarm a neo-Nazi...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 11:02hrs | | by Energy Mutodi
How the West is plotting to exploit Africa
IF designs of global money are not stopped in their tracks, Africa is threatened with environmental degradation and nutritional poverty. If we, as Africans, do not begin to think deeply about what is ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 2 | by Linda Apollo
Land reform a game changer, says ZDF
The Land Reform Programme is a game changer in Zimbabwe's economy that has resulted in the positive transformation of people's livelihoods. This was said by Zimbabwe National Army director civ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine workers understate 46% wage increment
HARARE - NMWUZ - National Mines Workers Union Of Zimbabwe has vehemently rejected the 46 percent wage increment recently awarded the already financially struggling mineworkers by COMZ - Chamber ...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 06:25hrs | 12 | by Maxwell Teedzai
'Command agriculture failing due to unpaid loans'
A REPORT by the Public Accounts Committee (Pac) has revealed that the command agriculture programme (CAP) was not properly administered as loans issued to some beneficiaries were yet to be re-paid....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'It's not yet rainy season'
FORMER principal agronomist Davison Masendeke has warned farmers to desist from planting, saying the rains that hit Bulawayo, Matabeleland and other parts of the country during the weekend did not mar...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Soldier arrested for armed robbery
A SOLDIER, Raymond Negomo Dzapasi (34), has been arrested and arraigned before the courts facing an armed robbery charge.Dzapasi of B1 Mechanised Battalion, Inkomo Barracks, on Saturday appear...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Farmers need tractors, cattle have died
My rather heavy footsteps did not jolt the old farmer out of his deep thought, head rested on his bony knees, sort of mind comatose. The man was 'lost' in great thinking, pondering how he would tackle...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Who is the next ZNA commander?
Zanu-PF internal political dynamics are expected to play out when President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander following the death of Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chi...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UMD supports fair, just land reform programme
The Zimbabwean masses have been unequivocally sold out and abandoned by the Zanu-PF government in their quest to be legitimate owners of pieces of land in their motherland. The announcement to...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | | by Lovemore Moyo, UMD president
Mnangagwa presents new coup-proofing measures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa - under siege in the face of worsening economic hardships fuelling a groundswell of social discontent - is coup-proofing his regime by giving the security forces preferent...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ED now faces tough political choices
AS Zimbabwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequen...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa faces riots, palace coup and impeachment
AS Zimbababwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequ...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rugeje tipped for Vice Chancellor post
Former ZANU-PF secretary for commissariat and Chief of Staff for the Zimbabwe National Army Engelbert Rugeje is the front runner to land the post of Vice Chancellor of the Zimbabwe National Defence Un...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 20:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reels over security sector reform
AS the European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe prepare to resume formal re-engagement talks, with Brussels insisting on sweeping reforms, including security sector overhaul, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is b...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Army wants to recruit Officer Cadets
Required are suitably qualified candidates to be trained as Officer Cadets to fill existing vacancies within the Zimbabwe National Army.Candidates should:• Have a m...Published: 01 May 2019 at 15:02hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No German company to manufacture Zmbabwe number plates
Government has not engaged any foreign company to manufacture vehicle registration number plates following a shortage caused by the lack of foreign currency to import raw materials required to produce...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
130 soldiers graduate at Inkomo
A TOTAL of 13o non-commissioned members of the Zimbabwe National Army yesterday graduated at Mechanised Brigade Headquarters, Inkomo Barracks, after successfully completing a four-month-long drill and...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 11:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diamond exploration starts along highway
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has intensified diamond mining by spreading its tentacles from Chiadzwa to Murazvu Village A adjacent to Wengezi, along the Mutare-Masvingo highway, wh...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri urges millitary college to reserve quarter for women
A total of 41 officers from the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have received certificates after completing a Joint and Command Staff Course aimed at equipping them with knowledge on aspects of staff wo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa contradicts Mthuli Ncube on farmer subsidies
Government will continue to subsidise farmers to ensure both national food security and sufficient feedstocks for local industries, which get 60 percent of their raw materials from the sector, Preside...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Agricultural productivity a panacea to Zimbabwe's economic revival
Zimbabwe's economy is hinged on agriculture which feeds a number of downstream industries that process agricultural produce into various foods for both humans and livestock. The revival of this sector...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 15:15hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa cannot do it alone
Command Agriculture has put the country on the path of food self-sufficiency, increased rural incomes and better living standards.Agriculture's influence, as a sector which supplies 60 percent of ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Munyaradzi Mlambo
Winds of change blow in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promise to transform the nation by broadening and revitalising its economic opportunities, while ensuring progressive steps are taken towards a democratic future, have c...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 15 000 tractors
THE country needs more than 15 000 tractors for it to be fully mechanised in agriculture and be able to utilise land productively, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga back from Russia
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga is back home from a two-day visit to Moscow, Russia.In Moscow, the Vice President delivered a special message to the Russian government and ...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We don't regret land reform,' says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe does not regret embarking on the land reform programme, which attracted debilitating economic sanctions from the West, because it is a principled nation that knows its destiny, President Mnan...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unprecedented security at Mnangagwa's event
Security for President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his first meeting following the Bulawayo bomb blast which he described as an attempt on his life by "my usual enemies" was ultra-tight at the Harare Intern...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 13:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance 'bullet train' political campaign
The MDC Alliance's "bullet train" political campaign has clearly been quick off the mark (no pun intended).Perhaps too quick off the mark to the extent that they had raked up in excess of 40 r...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
'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
Rugeje is just what the doctor ordered for Zanu-PF
Rugeje's sincerity in ensuring vibrant internal democracy in zanu-pf is widely acknowledged even by those who used to be on the other side of the political divide.Exactly two months ago, Zanu-...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Ranga Mataire
Govt faces tough task in graft fight
THE government faced a herculean task to stamp out deep-rooted corruption and needed to do more than just establishing anti-corruption courts, experts have said.President Emmerson Mnangagwa ha...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spells out Vision 2030
Zimbabwe is going through the primary stages of a radical economic transformation that will witness the country becoming middle-income economy by 2030, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Af...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
$5m explosives plant for Zimbabwe
Mining has transformed radically and makes it nonsensical not to use mechanised miningTHE positive winds blowing in Zimbabwe’s mining sector since the change of guard at central government h...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Elderly men fail to pronounce 'Mnangagwa'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has released a video showing that elderly people in Zimbabwe cannot pronounce President Emmerson Mnangagwa's surname.Moyo said, "So with e...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Dokora's curriculum to stay'
Government has said teachers and learners need to be given the capacity to facilitate the smooth implementation of the new curriculum, which is critical in ensuring that the education sector contribut...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar Rugeje is one of Gukurahundi gang?
Revealations have emerged that the new Zanu PF National Commisar Engelbert Rugeje is one of the surviving Fifth Brigade operative that massacred over 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midlands during ...Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
92 army officers graduate
At least 92 Zimbabwe National Army School of Armour officers on Friday graduated in Troop Second in Command, Crew Commander and APC driving and maintenance courses. Speaking during the graduat...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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