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Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 4921 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Israeli Army to provide military training in Zimbabwe
The Honorary Consul of Zimbabwe to Israel His Excellency Ronny Levi Musan says he is working with the Israeli Army to bring military knowledge, Special Forces training and other security services to Z...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 08:21hrs | 6638 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa lauds public on Chivhu shooting
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate anyone who attacks, harms or kills any member of the security forces and anyone who dares cross the line will be severely punished, President and Commander-In-Chief of the...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer at 43
US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, has died of cancer aged 43.He died at home in Los Angeles with his wife and family by his...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2978 | by BBC
Criminals around President: How Zimbabwe revolution was hijacked (II)
THE first part of this series, which was published last week articulated the unconstitutionality of the military intervention in November 2017, which was a coup d'etat.This week, Part II of th...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1844 | by Jonathan Chando
Mugabe coup announcer emerges front-runner in Zanu-PF succession race
FOREIGN Minister Sibusiso Moyo has emerged as a centre of power in government and the ruling Zanu-PF party, and now fancies his chances of becoming Zimbabwe's next president.This was said by e...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:36hrs | 15525 | by newzimbabwe
UK ready to assist Mnangagwa
THE United Kingdom remains committed to assisting the crisis-hit administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, but only if Zimbabwe fulfils its end of the bargain in terms of reforms.British...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says 'Zimbabwe does not need electoral and political reforms'
THE outspoken self-exiled former Zimbabwean Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Jonathan Moyo has insinuated that political and electoral reforms in Zimbabwe are useless.Moyo s...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 20:13hrs | 5633 | by Staff reporter
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda uses fame to drive philanthropy
VETERAN broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has used his international standing to positively impact on people and communities around him. From being a radio presenter on Radio 2 now Radio Zimbabw...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Criminals around the president: How Zimbabwe revolution was hijacked
WHEN the Zimbabwe Defence Forces grabbed power on November 15, 2017, they coined their take-over "Operation Restore Legacy".At the time, they told the nation that they wanted to round up and a...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 08:02hrs | 2308 | by Jonathan Chando
Zimbabwe security sector reforms debunked
US-funded studies on security sector reform in Zimbabwe have largely taken the radical view that more often than not, the military has acted undemocratically through uttering and overseeing an array o...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 09:15hrs | 7384 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heaps praises on 'professional, peaceful' army
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesday praised the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) for "high professionalism and excellent service" adding they deserved "big compliment".He made the remarks in a m...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 22:49hrs | 1081 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa commits to improving ZDF conditions of service
GOVERNMENT is determined to improve the salaries and conditions of service for defence forces as a recognition of the roles and sacrifices they make in their duties.Addressing the nation on th...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:56hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe Army is not owned by one man' General PV Sibanda says
Zimbabwe Defense Forces is a professional army that belong to the people of Zimbabwe, Commander Zimbabwe Defense Forces General Philip Valerio Sibanda says.Speaking during a pre-Zimbabwe...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 20:08hrs | 6401 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZDF a formidable, disciplined force for the people: Gen Sibanda
Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda shares his views on the significance of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day, below are excerpts of the interview. Q: What is the si...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1750 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Armed police and army vehicles storm Bulawayo CBD
A convoy of armed police and military vehicles drove through the Bulawayo Central Business District on Sunday with a hailer telling residents to stay at home because Coronavirus kills. The arm...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 10:25hrs | 5068 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Colonel Mugwisi buried
Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) director of public relations, Colonel Overson Mugwisi, was a hardworker and remained loyal to the liberation war before and after independence, Minister of State for Hara...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:53hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army Spokesperson Colonel Mugwisi dies
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Director for Public Relations Colonel Everson Mugwisi has died. Mugwisi has been battling with an undisclosed illness for a while and had taken leave....Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 13:58hrs | 8931 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZDF dismisses fake demo news
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has reiterated that it has nothing to do with any illegal July 31 demonstration, as has been falsely peddled on social media platforms, and will not be involved in an...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:51hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe heroes, ZDF holidays to be held online
THERE will be no public gatherings during the Heroes Day and Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day holidays and commemorations will be held online to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country is set to c...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:16hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe defence ministry official dies suddenly on eve of US$20m fraud trial
The central figure in a fraud case involving more than US$20 million allegedly siphoned from Zimbabwe's ministry of defence died a day before he was due in court.Peter Muchakazi, 56, an army p...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:30hrs | 3504 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZPRA Forces: The power behind Mnangagwa's Presidency
Serving members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are former soldiers of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army are the force that sustains President Emmerson Mnangagwa's power, it ahs emerged....Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 14:25hrs | 8401 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt clears air on ZSE, agent lines closure
GOVERNMENT has rubbished falsehoods published by CNBC, an American business news portal, alleging that security chiefs ordered the closure of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) and agent lines for mobi...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:18hrs | 2918 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army distances self from planned demo
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has distanced itself from social media allegations that it is backing a deceitful plan by the opposition to effect regime change on July 31 under the guise of denounc...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:41hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League mobilises to defend Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF youths have declared war on demonstrators of the planned July 31 nationwide protests insisting they will not sit idle as their adversaries plot to unseat their leader, President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:37hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Army Commander speaks on July 31 mass protests
Commander Zimbabwe Defense Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda has refuted media reports that the army is behind the much hyped July 31 mass demonstrations. In a statement p...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 09:08hrs | 15716 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe soldiers go hungry...criminal activities feared
Zimbabwean soldiers who were instrumental in effecting the November 2017 military coup are hungry and the government has been implored to step in and assist then to prevent the details from engaging i...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 14:27hrs | 5410 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army's morale at rock bottom
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri sensationally told Parliament yesterday that morale among members of the Zimbabwe National Army had hit rock bot-tom as a result of the failing economy and that many ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 12356 | by Staff reporter
Drones to patrol Zimbabwe borders
DRONES will soon be patrolling the country's borders as Government moves to address security challenges posed by border jumpers who could be spreading infections by avoiding compulsory quarantine and ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF not political party but army appendage'
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says Zanu-PF has ceased to exist as a political party but was now an appendage of the military.He was sharing his thoughts on Twitter.Moyo,...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1278 | by newzimbabwe
Coup fears allayed after 'unusual' army drills in Darwendale
UNUSUAL heightened activity at the Zimbabwe National Army's Mechanised Brigade in Darwendale, spooked government to spiritedly dispel swirling rumours of a brewing coup against President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3491 | by newzimbabwe
'Zanu-PF is debris, embrace Nelson Chamisa' advised Moyo - two faced buzzard, celebrated MDC GNU blunders
When Mai Mujuru was booted out of Zanu-PF in 2014 within months she was criticizing Zanu-PF and her former mentor, Robert Mugabe, for mismanagement, corruption, vote rigging, murderous oppression, etc...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4251 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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 | 172 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
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 | 6356 | 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 | 4739 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa panics...deploys soldiers in Bulawayo
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba says the deployment of armed forces in Bulawayo on Tuesday was an operation to prevent an unnamed group of persons who want to stage an anti-government activi...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 13:49hrs | 11990 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa's family members clash with Army Commanders'
Sandton business tycoon Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that it may be late to redeem his integrity after some of his family members have clashed with members of the feare...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 11:51hrs | 13811 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 4408 | by Staff reporter
ZDF didn't deploy troops to Chamisa's HQ
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces yesterday dismissed as false, reports in the private and online media that it deployed soldiers to Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (formerly Harvest House) to seize the bui...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Army, police deny Chamisa HQ siege
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have both denied claims they have seized control of MDC's Harvest House headquarters, now rechristened Morgan Richard (MRT) Hou...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:46hrs | 2102 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa splurges millions on military chefs' cars
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped government has splurged millions of United States dollars on top-of-the-range vehicles, which include Toyota Hilux and Land Cruisers, for senior military officials at a time P...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:25hrs | 16699 | by Staff reporter
PPEs boost for defence forces
The Ministry of National Defence of the People's Republic of China yesterday handed over personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other critical medical equipment to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on security forces
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government is committed to improving the welfare of members of the security services. The President said this during the commissioning of 138 junior officers...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:12hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers heavily assault a rural female teacher
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has issued a statement condemning the assault of its National Secretary for Gender and Welfare, Moreblessing Nyambara by a soldier on Saturday. ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 15:39hrs | 3745 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grain Millers Boss Musarara donates to Chiweshe community
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe National Chairman Tafadzwa Musasa has made a donation to the community of Chiweshe to enable them to fight against the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. Musara...Published: 19 May 2020 at 12:41hrs | 429 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt speaks on ZDF deployment
Government had today dismissed repeated allegations that it had deployed its army to Mozambique to fight some armed elements bent on destabilising that country.Defence and War Veterans Affairs...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:38hrs | 3892 | by Staff reporter
18 Zimbabweans sneak into the country...nabbed by security agents
Zimbabwe security nabbed 18 people who sneaked into the country from South Africa through crossing illegal entry points.The citizens are said to have committed the crime because they feared being subj...Published: 07 May 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2726 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF calls for deployment of Zimbabwe army to Mozambique
Ruling ZANU PF party has used its Twitter information portal @zanupf_patriots to call for the deployment of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces to Mozambique where Islamic insurgents are wreaking havoc. ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 12:19hrs | 4728 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt dismisses claims of ZDF deployment in Mozambique
Government has dismissed allegations by some opposition elements that it has deployed troops to Mozambique to help its eastern neighbour crush an Islamist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado region that ha...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 811 | by Christopher Makaza
Mangwana denies Mnangagwa has deployed troops to fight Jihadists in Mozambique
INFORMATION Ministry permanent secretary has denied swirling reports President Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed troops to fight to northern Mozambique to help fight an Islamic insurgency that erupted a...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:52hrs | 790 | by newzimbabwe
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