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Mnangagwa promotes Airforce of Zimbabwe officers
A total of 22 officers from the Air Force of Zimbabwe have been promoted to group captain and wing commander by President Mnangagwa.Six officers who were promoted from wing commander to group ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
An account of Zimbabwe's elections of August 2023
I HAVE been present at Zimbabwean elections since 1980. The independence elections of that year followed intense negotiations first in Lusaka, Zambia, and then in London over the latter part of ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 16:24hrs | | by Stephen Chan
Mnangagwa mourns Air Commodore Maketo
President Mnangagwa has mourned the death of decorated Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) general air officer and pilot, Air Commodore Pio Pasipamire Maketo who died in on Saturday describing him as an excep...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints first female Air Vice Marshal
AIR Force of Zimbabwe senior officer Winnie Mandeya yesterday made history as she took oath as Zimbabwe Defence Forces first woman to reach the rank of Air Vice Marshal, a rank equivalent to a Major G...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree pilot defies racial attitudes to pursue dream
FORTY years and still counting years of flying different aircraft types, heads of States, the late Prince Philip; husband to the late Queen Elizabeth II, and roles spanning basic flying, advanced flyi...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's iconic Post Office Gardens crumble
A gaping hole now exposes the western part of the Post Office Gardens. It is perhaps ironic that a building also known as the War Memorial Park or the Cenotaph, now looks like it was the victim of a n...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa siblings denied bail
TWO siblings who were arrested for conspiracy to commit armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearms three weeks ago denied the charges yesterday, saying they were framed.The duo, Tawanda...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephews denied bail in firearms case
HIGH Court judge, Justice Benjamin Chikowero, has denied bail to two siblings, believed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephews who were allegedly involved in a foiled robbery attempt....Published: 17 May 2022 at 20:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers run amok in Chegutu
DOZENS of villagers near Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo Airbase in Chegutu were on Tuesday allegedly assaulted by soldiers reportedly searching for a machete gangster who had assaulted their collegue.A...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe flies British fighter jets again despite sanctions
Zimbabwe's Air Force has mysteriously found parts for its grounded Hawk fighter jets - 21 years after Britain imposed a crippling arms embargo.Four BAE Hawk jets took part in a fly-past during...Published: 01 May 2022 at 19:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military strength gets major boost
The strength of Air Force of Zimbabwe has received a major boost after the Hawk Fighter Jets flew for the first time in years. Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba using his new Twitter m...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 17:26hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
3 Air Force paratroopers injured during drills
TWO Air Force of Zimbabwe paratroopers were last week injured during drills to prepare for Independence Day celebrations.A third paratrooper was also got injured while displaying his skills du...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephews in court on robbery, gun charges
Two nephews of President Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in court on Saturday charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and possession of illegal firearms.Tawanda Munangagwa, 36, a squadron ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
High Court reinstates theft accused soldiers
SIX soldiers recently discharged from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) on allegations of stealing state property have been reinstated by the High Court.The six are Collen Chiba, Charles Mhuri,...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Female pilot feted at State House
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa on Monday hosted a dinner at State House in honour of history making female officer graduate Air Lieutenant Gamuchirai Maria Mbigi who for the first time in the history o...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
General Sibanda escapes death in an accident
THE Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Phillip Valerio Sibanda was nearly killed in an accident when a motorist rammed into his motorcade on Monday, a magistrate court heard yesterday....Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
General Valerio Sibanda's car in accident
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (NSSA) employee, Desmond Sinoia (51), yesterday admitted to reckless driving and ramming into a vehicle belonging to Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Philip...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc unsettled by Rwanda's Mozambique deployment
FRESH fissures have emerged in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) after Rwanda last week deployed a contingent of 1 000 troops to conflict-ridden northern Mozambique ahead of the region...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Board of inquiry for helicopter crash
GOVERNMENT has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the cause of Friday's helicopter crash which killed two Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) pilots and a flight technician in Goromonzi, Mashonaland Eas...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe mourns the death of helicopter accident victims
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is in mourning after the horrific accident that claimed the lives of two pilots and an aircraft technician.The pilots who perished are Wing Commander Thomas Tin...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lookout Masuku: An exceptional, patriotic fighter
SOME of the greatest wars in history were not only won through the competency of soldiers on the battlefield, but through the astute leadership of the men and women engaged in the fighting. Th...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Walter Muchinguri
Security forces move in to refurbish buildings
BUSINESS enterprises that were destroyed during violent protests in January 2019 are set to reopen after Government availed affordable loans to business owners, with security forces already on the gro...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
2019 protests: Affected businesses qualify for loans
BUSINESSES destroyed during protests in January 2019 qualify for affordable Government loans and now a team from the security forces is on the ground reconstructing destroyed and damaged buildings. ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 11 Air Force of Zimbabwe officers
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Mnangagwa, yesterday promoted 11 Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) officers from the rank of Squadron Leader to Wing Commander. The Presi...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe mourns crash victims
An Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) aircraft, SF 260 Genet trainer, crashed near Dabuka Railway Siding in Gweru around 2pm on Tuesday killing instructor Squadron Leader Mkhululi Dube (37) and trainee pilot...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bomb scare: Army called in
The Zimbabwe National Army bomb disposal squad and police were on Monday called to Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb after residents stumbled on a hand grenade believed to have been left in the area during ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes army officers
The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Emmerson Mnangagwa has promoted two brigadier generals to the rank of major generals.The two promoted are Major General Tho...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 15:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Oppah Muchinguri to have reconstruction surgery
ZANU-PF national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has been airlifted to South Africa for reconstruction surgery after her breast was ripped off when an explosion rocked an election campaign rally ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 15:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 10 Squadron leaders
The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved the promotion of 10 Squadron leaders to the rank of Wing Commanders.The 10 senior air fo...Published: 10 May 2018 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man in court for wearing military combat shirt
A BULAWAYO man has been taken to court and charged with unlawful possession and wearing of a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) military fatigue.Thubelihle Ncube (22), who allegedly falsely identifi...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 11:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa
How Zipra commander Ndlovu lost his eyesight
THIS week we round-up our interview with former Zipra adjutant-general and later on chief of technical engineering Jeffery Ndlovu pseudonym Kenny Murwiri. In the past three weeks Ndlovu has spoken abo...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the monster called Zanu PF
For a number of years Zimbabwe has been meandering in the corridors of confusion, leadership failure and despondency. Lurching from one crisis to another and perpetually yearning for the ever elusive ...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Patson Dzamara
Rhodesians hit Angola
TODAY we bring to a close the interview with Somandla Dube pseudo name Richard Machikito Mguni who survived the 26 February 1979 bombing of a Zipra Camp in Boma near Luso, in Angola.In his mem...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy: A case of inherited oppression
The legacy of colonialism in Africa has largely affected the idea and nature of the post-colonial State. It is in the wake of decolonisation (with all its attendant meanings) that discourses of Negrit...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 13:42hrs | | by Patson Dzamara
From white to black Rhodesia: A case of inherited oppression
The legacy of colonialism in Africa has largely affected the idea and nature of the post-colonial state. It is in the wake of decolonization (with all its attendant meanings) that discourses of Negrit...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 16:50hrs | 10 | by Patson Dzamara
Mugabe promotes 12 Air Force officers
The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Robert Mugabe has promoted 12 Air Force of Zimbabwe officers from the rank of squadron leader to wing commander.The 12 newl...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe confers wings to 11 pilot cadets
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday presented Wings to 11 pilot cadets at Thornhill Airbase in Gweru.The Head of State and Government and Commander in Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces also commissi...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Spill Blood' Mujuru sweeps graves of 2008 victims whilst preparing to spill more blood
The crass of Mai Mujuru's political cynicism and hypocrisy is breath taking! She was in Gutu, Masvingo province, where she visited and swept the graves of some MDC supporters who were murdered...Published: 21 May 2017 at 20:16hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Lt Col Ngwenya dies
Zimbabwe Defence Forces senior officer Lieutenant Colonel Albert Ngwenya, who died on Monday after a short illness, was laid to rest yesterday at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo. ZDF said in a ...Published: 05 May 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean invents world's first electric car which doesn't need charging
Sangulani (Maxwell) Chikumbutso is a Zimbabwean born serial inventor with the typical I dropped out of school, but I am a genius story, synonymous with some of the successful people we know today....Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 15:17hrs | 6 | by youtube
Air Force of Zimbabwe Group Captain dies
Air Force of Zimbabwe Group Captain Raymond Stanford Mharapara, who died at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals on Tuesday, was yesterday buried at Glen Forest Cemetery in Harare. A funeral pa...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 11:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We are on the right track, says Gen Chiwenga
This week we publish the final instalment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga's, interview with The Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa and Repo...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ian Smith's mean machine exposed
JUST been reading the book, "The Empire Writes Back" by Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin and the book tickled me to critically think about the on-going and well-funded project by ex-Rh...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 16:57hrs | 10 | 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 | 5 | by Dean McCleland
Bhasikiti reveals Zanu-PF 2008 poll secret
Ousted ex Zanu PF Masvingo Resident Minister , Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, has revealed that President Robert Mugabe personally deployed the Zimbabwe National Army to wage a violent campaign against MDC-T s...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demining exercise continues at Mukumbura to Rwenya
The demining between Mukumbura and Rwenya is reportedly continuing as there are claims that there is still a lot of land mines that along those areas.According to parliament Hansard, the 426km...Published: 20 Feb 2016 at 08:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
25 959 land mines recovered between Vic Falls and Mlibizi
The National Mine Clearance Squadron (NMC SQN) has since reportedly recovered 25 959 AP land mines between Victoria Falls and Mlibizi and they have been destroyed.According to parliament Hansa...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
US regime change disaster in the Middle East
Seymour Hersh's recent revelations about an effort by the US military leadership in 2013 to bolster the Syrian army against jihadist forces in Syria shed important new light on the internal bureaucrat...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:07hrs | | by Gareth Porter
Obama takes focus off Mugabe
President Obama seemed less concerned than usual about Zimbabwe on his visit to Kenya and Ethiopia, and leaked correspondence has shown that, for now at least, the focus may be off Robert Mugabe. Ins...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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