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Joshua Nkomo: A globalist, political negotiator and institution builder
FORMER Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's legacy is prominently embedded in the military and radical polemic side of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.This historiography bias towards Nkomo's contribu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 153 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 171 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa blames 'vultures' in his govt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday conceded that all was not well in his administration, accusing some of his lieutenants of sabotaging him and calling them "wolves in sheep clothing".Face...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 3068 | by Staff reporter
General PV Sibanda slams Zimbabwe leaders for becoming 'corrupt'
Gen Philip Valerio Sibanda, commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), says the level of corruption displayed by some of the country's leaders is tantamount to selling out.Speaking in a r...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 18:49hrs | 6289 | by Staff reporter
How General Philip Valerio Sibanda survived assasination attack
Commander Zimbabwe Defense Forces General Philip Valerio Sibanda has relieved how he survived the assassination attack by the Rhodesian settler regime at Freedom camp in Zambia. Speaking durin...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 18:31hrs | 4244 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa challenges Zimbabweans to be patriotic
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to be patriotic and work towards achieving the national vision 2030.The President made the remarks at the National Shrine where the late ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:34hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pays tribute to Nleya
ZANU-PF has paid tribute to national hero, Stanley Nleya as one of the foremost contributors to the liberation struggle. Nleya, who died on Tuesday last week was declared a national hero and w...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
General Philip Valerio Sibanda salutes hero Nleya
Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda yesterday described national hero Stanley Nleya as a humble, dedicated and selfless cadre who contributed immensely to the liberation o...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
National hero Nleya's burial set for Wednesday
NATIONAL hero Stanley Nleya will be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Wednesday and not on Tuesday as earlier reported. Nleya (72), described as a true soldier, died on Tuesday at the Uni...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Guerilla training was no picnic
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa on Friday conferred the national status on former Zipra deputy chief of operations Stanley Nleya pseudonym Elish Gagisa who died in Bulawayo last Tuesday.During the armed s...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Nleya and Sadza
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent his condolence message following the death of liberation war veteran and ZIPRA Commander, Stanely Nleya. He has also extended his deepest condolences to the Sadza...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 19:46hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Liberation war stalwart Nleya dies
ONE of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) stalwarts, Stanley Nleya has died. Nleya whose guerilla name was Elish Gagisa died on Tuesday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) due to ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
General Philip Valerio Sibanda's Commander Stanley Nleya dies
Senior journalist Zenzele Ndebele has reported that former ZPRA Commander Stanley Gagisa Nleya has died.The former ZPRA Deputy Chief of Operations was born in 1947 in Masendu ,Bulilima Distric...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 16:12hrs | 7602 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coup, what coup? Spreading to fear and dispondence?
ON Thursday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe was joined by fellow ministers in the security sector and army bosses just to dispel rumours of an "immi-nent coup d'état".Kazembe was f...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa to folk out $600,000 for defamation
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent), who was last year slapped with a $10 million defamation suit by BDO Chartered Accountants boss, Ngoni Kudenga, has been ordered by the High Court to pay $600 000 ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 2912 | by Staff reporter
'Plot afoot to oust Mnangagwa'
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe flanked by service chiefs at a Press briefing in Harare last nightHOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe last night accused rivals in government, military ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 5853 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drags army to court
WORKERS employed by Nelson Chamisat MDC Alliance have taken Zimbabwe Defence Forces com-mander Philip Valerio Sibanda and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to court over their subordinates' i...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 4385 | by Staff reporter
Army boss' daughter bashed for alleged infidelity
A 32-YEAR-OLD Harare man, who is married to Zimbabwe National Army commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda's daughter, Viola was arrested and appeared in court last week facing a domestic violence ch...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 4907 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Mtetwa's scathing letter to Mnangagwa
Sir, I address you, not because you personally abducted, tortured and sexually abused JOANA MAMOMBE, CECILIA CHIMBIRI and NETSAI MAROVA. Neither do I address you because I know or am in other way conn...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:59hrs | 8046 | by Beatrice Mtetwa
Mnangagwa deploys elite soldiers to Mozambique...urges SADC to send joint army
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed a group of elite soldiers to assist the Mozambican government to fight against the Islamic insurgency that has captured a number of districts. The Zim...Published: 08 May 2020 at 19:25hrs | 5464 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe stares at another war in Mozambique
THE Zimbabwean government has placed its security forces on high alert amid threats of infiltration along the border with Mozambique where Islamist fighters and opposition Renamo militia have escalate...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:47hrs | 3961 | by Staff reporter
Nguluvhe details Manama wartime recruitment
IN January 1977, the ring of a bell, usually alerting pupils at Manama High School in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, of the time to go to the dining hall for supper, signalled a new chapter for ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Zim @ 40, A New Dispensation that never was minus Mugabe's booming voice
It's dreary Saturday and somewhat overcast midmorning in Pretoria as I watch live news feeds from the North across the mighty Limpopo River. Life away from home has turned many into creatures ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 299 | by Josiah Mucharowana
'Zimbabwe police, army risk spreading COVID-19'
SOLDIERS and police enforcing the 21-day national lockdown risk contracting and spreading COVID-19 as they continue operating without protective clothing, it has emerged.The fears came as the ...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:45hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU you are offside! Obert Mpofu has a right to speak
Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence. This year's celebrations were meant to be special as they were set to be held in Bulawayo for the first time in the history of Zimbabwe.This was s...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 14:57hrs | 2229 | by Nicholas Ncube
Rumour of another Zimbabwe coup swirl
Zimbabwe may be gearing up for its second army-driven removal of a sitting president in the past two-and-a-half years.The economic meltdown in the country constitutes the biggest threat to Zan...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 20407 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UK step up re-engagement
Zimbabwe and Britain have begun laying the ground for formal political dialogue to normalise relations, it has been learnt.Despite domesticating the European Union stance on Zimbabwe on Februa...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:16hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Game over for Mnangagwa?
Spotlight Zimbabwe claims that it has received confirmation from military circles, that the ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 18:21hrs | 24033 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's departure as Zimbabwe President finalised
Spotlight Zimbabwe claims that it has received confirmation from military circles, that the ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:21hrs | 18803 | by Staff reporter
Oppah Muchinguri sued over January 2019 army crackdown
SCORES of citizens, who claim they were assaulted by soldiers during last year's fuel price hike protests, have taken Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to the High Court demanding compensation...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:51hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to launch army food bank..as coup looms
In a desperate bid to pre-empt mutiny among it's middle and junior ranks over growing inadequate food rations and supplies, together with appalling conditions of service at the barracks, the cou...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 09:19hrs | 9662 | by Nancy Mabaya
EU ready to further review Zimbabwe sanctions
The European Union (EU) is always ready to meet and review the remaining sanctions on Zimbabwe, as relations between Harare and Brussels continue to thaw.The bloc last month removed four indiv...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:46hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Army Commander appears with Mnangagwa in Botswana
Zimbabwe Army Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda is currently in the Republic of Botswana accompanying President Emmerson Mnangagwa on a diplomatic trip. A picture that has surfaced on t...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2948 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa told to account for January killings
EUROPEAN Union ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen has said the bloc is still concerned about the January 2019 killings of protesters by the military and warned that the suspended restrictive measure...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki's return lifts Zimbabwe hopes
The imminent return to Harare of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, to continue with his mediation efforts in the local impasse has lifted the hopes of many Zimbabweans who see dialogue as th...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:16hrs | 8322 | by Staff reporter
UK 'disagrees' with easing of Zimbabwe sanctions
Britain has given its clearest signal that it intends to pursue a different course from the European Union over sanctions on Zimbabwe after voicing its disagreement with a decision last week to suspen...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 18:21hrs | 2296 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks on brink of collapse
Talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have broken down, pitching Zimbabwe further into political disarray.MDC leader Nelson ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 2087 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pressured on talks with Chamisa by EU
THE European Union (EU) has indicated that it does not recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pet project, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) as adequate to resolve the problems in Zimbabwe and s...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 3680 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe remains on EU sanctions
LATE former President Robert Mugabe has been removed from the European Union (EU) sanctions list but his widow, Grace remains "restrictive measures".Mugabe died September 6 last year, aged 95....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1278 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe removed from sanctions
The European Union has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe, as well as a targeted asset freeze on the state arms company.In a statement on Monday, the Council of the European Union said the l...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:19hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Grace, Chiwenga, Velario Sibanda, Shiri still in the EU sanctions list
The European Union has announced that four Zimbabwean top officials still remain under its restrictive measures despite them having applied for the suspension of the measures on them....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:01hrs | 3317 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4895 | by George Mkhwanazi
In renaming streets, Bulawayo totally forgot my father: Zephaniah Sihwa
I cannot help but comment on the renaming of streets in Bulawayo Town. I was so shocked to realize that my father was totally forgotten from the list of those whose names have been recognized in renam...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:31hrs | 1917 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's govt redeploys army personnel
In a policy U-turn, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will transfer non-commissioned officers who are married to commissioned officers to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Zimbabwe Prisons and Co...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 4921 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Oppah Muchunguri dragged to court
A LOCAL conservancy company, Apatron Mining has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa; Defence Minister, Oppah Muchinguri and Commander of the Defence Forces, Valerio Sibanda to court for deploying sol...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1742 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hails Catholic schools
The Catholic Church is building new secondary and primary schools in Chinhoyi, leading Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday to commend the church for supporting Government's policy of afforda...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:23hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles army chiefs
AN unsettled President Emmerson Mnangagwa, seeking to strengthen his grip on power and coup-proof his regime, has yet again changed commanders of the Presidential Guard (PG), the infantry battalion wh...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:16hrs | 1958 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa brought soldiers to cabinet to intimidate G40
President Emmerson Mnangagwa brought in members of the Joint Operations Command to Cabinet to intimidate members of the G40 into endorsing the Command Agriculture program when he was still Vice Presid...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 10:47hrs | 6539 | by Mandla Ndlovu
REVEALED: Iran helping Zimbabwe to build a cyber army
In a desperate bid to thwart feared mass uprising in the country over a worsening food security situation, health crisis, and economic disfunction, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, has a...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 06:35hrs | 5438 | by Itai Mushekwe
'Mnangagwa labelled Chigumba sellout'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly blew his top and lashed at Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscillah Chigumba after she allegedly went to his office with a proposal for elector...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 17358 | by Staff reporter
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