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Mnangagwa heads to Moscow for 80th Victory Day commemorations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has departed for Moscow, Russia, to participate in the 80th anniversary celebrations of Victory Day, marking eight decades since Nazi Germany's surrender to the Soviet Uni...Published: 07 May 2025 at 21:02hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe School of Infantry renamed to Lookout Masuku Barracks
Government has renamed the Zimbabwe School of Infantry to Lookout Masuku Barracks. The new name was announced at the last cabinet meeting of 2024....Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 16:07hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to bury Tshinga Dube
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today set to lead the nation in laying to rest Colonel (Rtd) Tshinga Dube, a national hero, former Cabinet Minister, and esteemed military strategist. Col (Rtd) Dube, w...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:40hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier General Ndabambi to be buried tomorrow
Brigadier General (Rtd) Shadreck Dingaan Ndabambi, who passed away last week, will be interred at the National Heroes Acre tomorrow.The Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage announced...Published: 03 Sep 2024 at 18:53hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Heroes Acre filling up quickly
President Mnangagwa has conferred national hero status on Brigadier-General (Retired) Michael Chaminuka and the late Brigadier-General (Retired) Lameck Mutanda. Brig-Gen Chaminuka, who passed ...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:06hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Thousands celebrate Defence Forces Day
Tens of thousands of appreciative citizens yesterday thronged various centres countrywide to commemmorate defence forces day with the main celebrations being held at the National Sports Stadium yIn Ha...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei ally hits jackpot with public contracts
OWNED by an ally of Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, a target of United States sanctions, the Fossil Group has won more than 15 public works contracts since June, more than many of its rivals....Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 9 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Some Zimbabweans irked by Nehanda statue
The Zimbabwean government unveiled a statue of the liberation heroine and anti-colonialism figurehead Mbuya Nehanda in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday amid controversy about its priorities while the e...Published: 26 May 2021 at 10:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Military parade, fly-past for Nehanda statue unveiling
AIR FORCE of Zimbabwe jets Friday spent some time Monday shooting through Harare skies during rehearsals for what promised to be a grand unveiling of First Chimurenga icon Mbuya Nehanda's statue by Pr...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Brig-Gen Sambulo Ndlovu
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has described the late Brigadier-General Sambulo Ndlovu as decorated General who served the country with distinction. Brig Gen Ndlovu died on Tuesday due to Covid-19 relate...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: Reformist, corruption buster chimera
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's façade of a reformist and corruption buster is cracking, revealing the real man who wants power at all costs, celebrating with shady characters and has no scruples abou...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The gnashing of teeth is nigh
The nature of Bishop Lazi's job, which often involves endlessly counselling the stricken, the infirm, the indisposed and the emotionally wounded, naturally makes him a couch potato, especially during ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:01hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe marks 39th Independence Day amid economic crises
Thousands of people will gather today to watch a military-civilian parade in the capital, Harare, as Zimbabwe marks the 39th anniversary of its independence from Britain.Thousands of people ar...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns Zanu-PF supporters terrorising people in Harare
Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday condemned Zanu-PF supporters that were terrorising people in Harare South and threatened to descend on them.Officiating at the burial of former Cabi...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
China places strategic ground to air missiles in Zimbabwe
COLOGNE - In what all but amounts to turning Harare into a satellite outpost of Beijing, China has reportedly deployed and installed a dreaded new generation of surface-to- air missiles (SAM) in Zimba...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 93 | by Itai Mushekwe
PHOTOS: Military parade of Mnangagwa's guard killed by bomb
A military parade at Presidential Guard Barracks in Dzivarasekwa for Sgt. Kuda Magunzva, one of the victims of the White City Stadium blast....Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai lacked diplomatic etiquette,' says Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa on Monday mocked the alliance's late founding president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai saying he lacked diplomatic etiquette that saw him blunder on the international scene...Published: 09 May 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Celebrating Independence Day
How much did the government spend on yesterday's independence celebrations country wide? Clearly the answer is millions of dollars - but was it worth it? For any reasoning person the answer must be a ...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Chikuni Gaba
Mujuru, Chamisa to attend Uhuru Day celebrations
Opposition political parties have said they will be attending a rally marking Zimbabwe's 38th independence anniversary celebrations in Harare tomorrow, saying it was a national event.Zimbabwea...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 12:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pays tribute to Laurent Kabila
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa has paid tribute to the late former president Muzee Desire Laurent Kabila who was assassinated at his palace in January 2001 and is buried in a mausoleum next to state...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 16:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZDF to officially rename barracks
The Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks will be commissioned on Wednesday this week. Currently, the barracks are called KG6.As a result, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Bulelani Khumalo a Mthwakazi King?
The recent diamond jubillee celebrations of the British Queen's 60 year uninterupted reign undoubtedly raised nostalgic memories of the once mighty and respected Ndebele Kingdom of King Mzilikazi with...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:32hrs | 1 | by Mncumbatha
Mugabe's deep love for all things colonial
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has not hidden his disdain for everything associated with Zimbabwe's erstwhile colonial master Britain, especially since the turn of the century when his administration embarke...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day celebrations - LIVE update
President Mugabe addresses thousands who attended the ZDF Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on Tuesday afternoon.The Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day main commemorations are...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army to defend Zimbabwe at all costs
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda has said the army will defend the country's sovereignty at all costs, noting that some citizens were taking for granted...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporetr
Retired army officer to be cremated
A military parade for Retired Lt-Col Eddie Sigoge Mlotshwa who died on Sunday last week at Mater Dei Hospital will be held tomorrow at Imbizo Barracks followed by the cremation of the body on Tuesday,...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIA plot to kill North Korea's Kim Jong-un exposed
US and South Korean agents are plotting to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, state media report.A statement by the ministry of state security said a terrorist group backed by the CIA and S...Published: 05 May 2017 at 12:00hrs | | by BBC
War vets savage Mugabe
Disgruntled war veterans yesterday lashed President Robert Mugabe for living in "la-la land" - adding ominously that they had now had enough of his "abuse" and would start returning "fire with...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 16:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga should be charged,' says opposition
COMMANDER of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Constantino Chiwenga has broken his oath of office and the values of the country's Constitution as a serving soldier, and should be charged, opposi...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Better to die in battlefield'
COMRADE Gilbert Musekiwa Simon Majiri, whose Chimurenga name was Chabudaishudhu Kufahakuurayi is an unassuming war veteran. Born in 1938, Chabudaishudhu who now stays in Mvurwi, grew up in Shamva,...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Defence Forces to get colours
Zimbabwe Defence Forces formations, regiments and units will tomorrow be officially presented with their base colours and flags for the first time since independent Zimbabwe, in a historic event that ...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Samantha Chigogo
Military parade held for Muchemwa
A military funeral parade has been held in honour of the late national hero Retired Brigadier General Felix Muchemwa at One Commando barracks in the capital.Proceedings started with the tr...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP questions govt over shortage of funds yet buying flashy cars for ministers
The MDC Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami has questioned the government over its claims that it has no money yet giving money to buy vehicles and live in government houses."This Parliament has a lot ...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 09:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Official opening of Zimbabwe Parliament - Live update
During the tenure of the Third Session, Parliament is expected to craft legislation to facilitate speedy implementation of the 10-Point Plan presented by President Mugabe in his State of the Nation Ad...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe wants EU, US arms embargo lifted
Addressing a military parade on Tuesday, President Robert Mugabe condemned a 2002 arms embargo by the US and EU that imposed an export prohibition to Zimbabwe on weapons and police equipment. ...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Subdued Mugabe raises eyebrows
President Robert Mugabe yesterday delivered one of his shortest speeches during Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day commemorations in Harare as he showed signs of fatigue. Mugabe stuck to his prepared spe...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe hails 'loyal' troops
President Robert Mugabe said the uniformed forces have grown into a reputable and reliable armed forces capable of successfully discharging its constitutional mandate of safeguarding the country's...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZUNDE will work with every sector including security and the diaspora
Zimbabweans United for Democracy (ZUNDE) has come onto the political platform when the nation is utterly broken. Our people have lost everything they ever hoped for; their souls, hopes and aspirat...Published: 14 Jun 2015 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Benjamin Paradza Vice President - ZUNDE
Mugabe meets Putin
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is today expected to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin in closed-door talks here aimed at deepening trade and investment ties with the global power.President Mugab...Published: 10 May 2015 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Mugabe arrives in Moscow
President Robert Mugabe is in Moscow at the invitation of the Russian Federation to attend the 70th anniversary celebration of Soviet Union's victory over Germany Nazism which marked the e...Published: 08 May 2015 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers clash with police in Mexico
Thousands of teachers demonstrated in Mexico City and some scuffled with police keeping them away from President Enrique Pena Nieto's residence, a day after he signed a controversial education reform....Published: 12 Sep 2013 at 04:30hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Black empowerment tops Mugabe's agenda
President Robert Mugabe says his party won "a resounding mandate" from voters to complete a sweeping black empowerment programme to take over foreign and white-owned assets.Mugabe said on Tues...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 13:07hrs | | by AP
'No to outside interference in new polls,' says Mugabe
At Zimbabwe's independence celebrations, President Robert Mugabe said Thursday Zimbabwe won't accept outside interference in crucial elections later this year and urged Zimbabweans to vote peacefully ...Published: 18 Apr 2013 at 16:26hrs | | by ANGUS SHAW, Associated Press
Ndebele Kingdom: Who should be crowned Ndebele King
The recent diamond jubillee celebrations of the British Queen's 60 year uninterupted reign undoubtedly raised nostalgic memories of the once mighty and respected Ndebele Kingdom of King Mzilikazi wit...Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 14:18hrs | 49 | by Mncumbatha
Mugabe urges peaceful elections
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe defended the nation's bitterly divided coalition government as the Southern African country yesterday marked 31 years of democratic rule.Mugabe said the coa...Published: 19 Apr 2011 at 06:04hrs | | by Byo24News
Mugabe defends coalition government
President Robert Mugabe is defending the nation's bitterly divided coalition government as the country marks 31 years of independence.Robert Mugabe says though the coalition he joined after v...Published: 18 Apr 2011 at 10:25hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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