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Former Zimbabwe army boss blames Motlanthe for his abduction
Retired army colonel Elliot Piki has blamed Commission of Inquiry chairperson Kgalema Motlanthe for his abduction, suggesting that he should help the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) with information th...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
'Women lose makeup kits to Mnangagwa's armed security'
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has sensationally claimed that heavy security deployed to search people attending the graduating at Zimbabwe Open University on Friday lost pens...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 13:27hrs | 2344 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army dismiss Piki's abduction claims
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed a story being peddled by some privately-owned publications alleging that Elliot Piki, a senior officer dishonourably discharged from the army for having an af...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:15hrs | 418 | by Staf reporter
Mnangagwa left paralysed by a crisis of legitimacy
Last week on November 24 Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Murombedzi - former president Robert Mugabe's village backyard in Mashonaland West - to commemorate his chequered one year in office following his co...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1537 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Mnangagwa officiates at Zimbabwe Staff College
The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has today officiated at the graduation ceremony of the Joint Command and Staff Course Number 31 comprising 66 students from 8 SADC c...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 13:09hrs | 1400 | by Staff Reporter
Zezurus fall from high positions as Karangas take over
Like bags of maize dropping from a speeding truck, Zezurus that have been occupying strategic positions during Mugabe era are now falling in numbers as Mnangagwa's Karanga take over and build their ow...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 9303 | by Israel Dube, MLO Secretary for Information and Public Affairs
Chamisa to testify before Commission
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa has made a major climbdown after he was forced to abandon conditions he had set to testify before the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 Post-Election Vio...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga backs Mnangagwa for 2023
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thrown his weight behind President Emmerson Mnangagwa as Zanu-PF's presidential candidate for 2023, ending months of speculation linking him to the top job....Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 13:09hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
General Sibanda's testimony disputed
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) rarely admits to wrongdoing, officials from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) told a Commission of Inquiry probing the August 1 post-election violence that...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 20:14hrs | 8895 | by Staff reporter
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga demoted?
"Commissioner General of Police Godwin Matanga, has been sent on leave pending redeployment as an ambassador,"exiled former G40 Kingpin Prof. Jonathan Moyo has revealed."This paves the way for...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 08:36hrs | 26869 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa, Motlanthe face off
THE commission of inquiry probing the post election violence on August 1 in which the army killed six civilians is reportedly headed for a clash with opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa after refusin...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 4990 | by Stafff reporter
One year after 'Asante Sana', coup sounds still rumbling
One Tuesday, November 14 2017, military elites took control of all security arms of government and moved tanks into Harare's central business district to take control of government. Four hundred and f...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | 1973 | by Pearl Matibe
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe National Defence University
The Commander in Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Emerson Mnangawa on Friday officially launched the Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU). The launch was held...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:48hrs | 3525 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Trevor Ncube lied about Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has exposed how Alpha Media Holding Boss Trevor Ncube misled the nation in November 2017 claiming that Prof Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere were...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 09:56hrs | 6083 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 1011 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: General Sibanda nails MDC Alliance?
Zimbabwe Defence Force Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda believe President Emmerson Mnangagwa authorised the brutal clampdown at the end of which at least six people were dead and dozens other...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:22hrs | 4651 | by Staff reporter
August 1 victims dead before soldiers arrived
On an extraordinary and defining day in the quest for the truth over the August 1 military massacre on the streets of Harare, the men who made the key decisions on that day all totally denied they had...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:48hrs | 2756 | by zimlive
'Zimbabwe soldiers did not kill civilians on 1 August'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces did not kill any civilian during an operation aimed at restoring order in Harare's central business district following violent demonstrations that resulted in the death of ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1836 | by Staff reporter
ZNA August 1 murders questions!
The ZRP Police Commissioner has told the International Inquiry into the ZNA murders of civilians that he asked the VP to deploy the Army because ZRP thought the demonstrators wanted to march to State ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 18:58hrs | 5296 | by Ndaba Nhuku
'MDC has militant army deserters'
Commander of the Presidential Guard, Brigadier General Anselem Sanyatwe says the MDC Alliance has a militant wing that probably consists of army deserters and they were in action during the Augu...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:24hrs | 7220 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1 August killings: I invited the army says police boss Matanga
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has detailed how the army got involved in the 1 August post-election violence that left 6 civilians dead after been gunned down by members of the Zimbabw...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:57hrs | 3610 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo explains Chiwenga fall-out
EMMERSON Mnangagwa manipulated his way to become vice president at the Zanu-PF congress in 2014, deceitfully side-lining party stalwart Oppah Muchinguri, a former cabinet minister has claimed....Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:26hrs | 14204 | by newzimbabwe
Motlanthe Commission meets ZDF, Police tomorrow
THE Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August post-election violence will hear evidence from members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimbabwe Republic Police tomorrow.President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:30hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Shocking rot at ZBC exposed!
The state owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corperation has for years been a home of corruption, nepotism and disregard of rule, we reveal today.A high ranking insider source within the struggling S...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 10:54hrs | 6757 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa strips Chiwenga's millitary power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stripped Vice President of his powers to have control over the military.The gazetted statutory instrument 214 of 2018 said: His Excellency ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 10:31hrs | 23654 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe soldiers 'run amok, fire gunshots, teargas at farmers'
A Zimbabwean court is reportedly set to hear how soldiers recently fired gunshots and teargas at farmers who resisted eviction to make way for the establishment of an army base near Domboshawa, one of...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 16:38hrs | 11749 | by Stephen Jakes
Muchinguri defends military land grab
Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri has defended the move by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) to declare Elphida Farm in Domboshava a cantonment area, saying it was in the interest and safety of the ci...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'soldiers' invade shops, impose own prices
THREE men clad in army uniform on Wednesday went on a rampage, forcing Mutasa shop owners, "at knife point", to reduce prices of selected goods they went on to purchase, an MP from the area has report...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:41hrs | 17241 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa seeing ghosts, says army
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has dismissed claims by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa that he was being trailed by the military intelligence, saying his statement was only meant to seek political releva...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:55hrs | 8753 | by Staff reporter
Shooting victim's hubby demands compensation from army
A HARARE man, whose wife was fatally shot by soldiers in post-election violence on August 1, has given the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) a 30-day ultimatum to accept liability and pay compensation or ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's surveillance claims 'outrageous and false'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) yesterday dismissed reports by a local paper accusing its intelligence of trailing and investigating MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa. The article, which...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:27hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
ZDF has no adequate accommodation for soldiers
THE Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans Victor Matemadanda has said that the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has no adequate accommodation in the barracks that is why some of its members are residing ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 09:06hrs | 1157 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga, Moyo hospitalised in SA
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo are admitted at top South African hospitals where they are said to be in bad shape, the Daily News reported.The t...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 12:48hrs | 3354 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, SB Moyo in bad shape
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo are admitted at top South African hospitals where they are said to be in bad shape, the Daily News reported.The t...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:20hrs | 9734 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants everyone to defend Zimbabwe
The level of confidence and goodwill by civilians towards the uniformed forces continue to improve as shown by the increase in the number of civilian shooting clubs participating at this year's Presid...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:05hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
ZDF dismisses fake private media reports
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has dismissed allegations by the private media claiming its members were abusing citizens. The false reports also seek to tarnish the ZDF's good name. The sto...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:38hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to thwart military threat
IN the aftermath of the recent general elections which gave him some semblance of political legitimacy, albeit a hotly-disputed presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now making bold yet r...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:44hrs | 15501 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga advised to sieze total Zimbabwe power
No nonsense vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, might be forced to sieze total Zimbabwe power at all costs amid reported growing suspicion by his personal military advisor and confidant,...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 41627 | by Itai Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
Mnangagwa's commission on military killings challenged in court
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment of a seven-member commission of inquiry into the post-election violence that led to the killing of seven civilians in Harare by members of the Zimbabwe Defen...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Muridzo revisits his Bulawayo home
HOME sweet home! They say home is where the heart is and contemporary musician Andy Muridzo retraced his steps back to Bulawayo when he performed at the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Charity Dinner held at ...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga grounded
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week played the ball firmly into Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's court after politically emasculating him and sidelining his key lieutenants in his cabinet appo...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 20634 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa keeps Chiwenga in check
The new Cabinet announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday last week significantly dilutes Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's influence in the security sector, the Daily News reported....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:11hrs | 20725 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doomed as May, Merkel back Mnangagwa
On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1037 | by Tafi Mhaka
'Zimbabwe geared to become net exporter'
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has promised a massive increase in agricultural production, with Zimbabwe geared to become a net exporter of produce in the whole of Africa. In an interview...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets rogue soldiers
Former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe will lead a seven-member commission of inquiry tasked with investigating circumstances leading to the post-election violence of August 1.The ap...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 13:02hrs | 4121 | by Staff reporter
'Zero tolerance to corruption,' Dr Moyo advised ED - what, fire everyone including VP and ED himself!
Ever since Dr Nkosana Moyo decided to take part in the elections he knew and was repeatedly warn would be rigged, he lost my respect. He compromised himself and sold his very soul to the devil; there ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1776 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Thokozile Mathuthu led call for women's quota'
National heroine Thokozile Mathuthu was amongs the first people in Zimbabwe to call for a women's quota in Zanu-PF and Government, a senior ruling party official has said.Mathuthu died aged 61...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
General Valerio Sibanda issued statement under duress, says Mutsekwa
Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda acted out of his professional reputation in blaming MDC Alliance supporters for the fatal shooting of at least six unarmed civilians d...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:03hrs | 6077 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is Zanu PF Property
If you think that Philip Valerio Sibanda is the commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces you are living in your own dream land. The name 'commander' yes that's his title but functionally, zanu pf is i...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 23:48hrs | 2175 | by Clement Moyo
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces should apologies for shootings
President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa - who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) - lost a golden chance on Tuesday to apologise to the nation for the killing of at least si...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:42hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
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