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Army builds bridge in Filabusi
THE Zimbabwe National Army has brought relief to Mapholisa villagers in Filabusi after building a bridge that links them to a school, clinic and other essential services.Speaking at the offici...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans should look beyond the horizon'
ZIMBABWEAN businesses should look beyond the horizon of challenges and grab available investment opportunities under the new dispensation to help transform the country's economy, Steward Bank chief ex...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:17hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army threatens
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) will not hesitate to deal decisively with any forms of indiscipline which drag the image and reputation of the force into disrepute, a senior army official has said. ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:15hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
ZPP exposes threats BVR was to be used for witch hunting voters
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has extensively reported on widespread intimidation and harassment used in the run up to the elections. The organisation said there were threats of using the B...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:24hrs | 316 | by Stephen Jakes
Church dispute rages on
THE United Pentecostal Church in Zimbabwe (UPCZ) has approached the High Court seeking an order interdicting a breakaway group from disrupting church activities and harassing congregants pending an ap...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Operation restore order invaded SA
THE events of November last year when the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) carried out the famous "Operation Restore Legacy" will go down in history books as a turning point in the country's political tra...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 21:31hrs | 3156 | by Erick Matotoba
Mnangagwa must act fast to salvage legacy
In his short, to the point, inauguration speech, President Emmerson Mnangagwa dwelt at length on his quest for free, fair, credible and non-violent elections. The non-violence was supposed to be a fea...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1433 | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
Zimbabwe military not involved in Biti arrest
THE Zimbabwe National Army has nothing to do with the arrest of MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti, a senior police officer said yesterday.Chief Superintendent Jealous Nyabasa made the remarks...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 15:56hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
ZDF chief spells out army role in community projects
Commander Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Phillip Valerio Sibanda has said the uniformed forces had a "secondary" mandate of assisting communities in developmental projects and institutions in need of...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
'ZNA to defend country from aggressors'
The Zimbabwe National Army will defend the country from aggressors bent on disturbing national peace and security, Commander ZNA Lieutenant-General Edzai Absolom Chakanyuka Chimonyo has said.I...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:34hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans pay tribute to fallen heroes, heroines
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans from all walks of life yesterday thronged various venues across the country to commemorate Heroes' Day.In Bulawayo, residents converged at the Provincial Heroes' Acre ...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Operation Restore Legacy invades SA
THE events of November last year when the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) carried out the famous "Operation Restore Legacy" will go down in history books as a turning point in the country's political tra...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:51hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
Army 'pumps' bullets into ZCTU offices
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has filed criminal charges against the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) whose bullets ripped through the main labour body's head office windows during angry pr...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 11:35hrs | 4004 | by Staff reporter
'Crackdown on opposition activists against democratic tenets'
Christian Voices International Zimbabwe (CVI-Z) has criticised the ongoing crackdown against MDC Alliance officials and lawyers following last week's disputed polls, saying this was against the tenets...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 08:00hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga resurfaces
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday implored Zimbabweans to shun divisions and uphold unity of purpose if the country is to achieve socio-economic development. The Vice President, wh...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:35hrs | 4394 | by Staff reporter
Ishmael Kumire died at the MDC-Alliance violent demonstration: No single alliance official attended the funeral
He was buried in Chinamhora, writes German Journalist Christian Selz and there was not even one MDC-Alliance at his funeral. Ishmael was a street vendor eking out a living for his family when he was c...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 08:00hrs | 6108 | by Nomazulu Thata
Impact of Zimbabwe's post-electoral violence
On the eve of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s announcement of the outcome of the contested presidential results, Harare's central business district was barely recognisable, yet familiar, as ...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 595 | by Mandipa Ndlovu
Fired military couple seeks readmission
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have approached the courts, seeking to have a High Court application for illegal dismissal filed by a couple fired after the spouse fell pregnant, set aside.V...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:23hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
ZNA is weak - Mthwakazi activist
Mthwakai activist Hloniphani Ncube has said what happened recent when the soldiers shot at civilian in Harare exposed how weak the Zimbabwe National Armyu is."Zimbabwe National Army is weak. S...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 11:54hrs | 859 | by Stephen Jakes
EXCLUSIVE: Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe Presidential Election through the barrel of a gun
HARARE - Caretaker leader, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, is all but almost certain to be announced the winner of today's historic presidential election, by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by lu...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 11976 | by Mary-Kate Kahari- Zimbabwe Editor
Why Mnangagwa is unelectable
The current Coup President has just called for the watershed harmonised elections in Zimbabwe on the 30th July 2018. This is the first time Zimbabweans are going to the polls without the name Robert M...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 09:54hrs | 1839 | by Frazer Muzondo
The army and politics in Zimbabwe
There have been several calls on our Army to be non partisan from the opposition parties as well as civic organizations. Has the Army heeded the call, if they have it is just a smokescreen for they ar...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 18:58hrs | 2611 | by AT Kadada
Rugeje born again
The mere mention of the name Engelbert Rugeje used to send cold shivers down the spines of many opposition supporters in Bikita.Many people knew the now Rtd Lt Gen of the Zimbabwe National Arm...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:19hrs | 2917 | by Upenyu Chaota
Army responds to farmer eviction story
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday responded to the story 'Military evicts Mnangagwa's elderly cleric at gunpoint' that it had f...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:34hrs | 2341 | by Staff Writer.
Coltart lashes out at ZEC
Senator David Coltart has expressed concerns over the manner how the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has tried to argue over the legality of postal voting not being observed by both observers and politi...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | 4599 | by Stephen Jakes
Chigumba says printing of presidential ballots almost complete
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Priscillah Chigumba has said the printing of the presidential ballots is almost complete yet the police have already started voting amid concerns of vot...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:19hrs | 1080 | by Stephen Jakes
Matebeleland South youths urged to join security forces
Youths in Matebeleland South Province have been urged to consider joining the security forces amid concerns over the continued failure by the region to meet its quota.Speaking on the sidelines...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 21:07hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Zanu is an old serpent, canning, deceptive, conniving, sly and waiting to strike again
Listening to the debate which were ably conducted by Great Zimbabwe Debate and moderated by Gary Thomson was revealing and fascinating.I do not think anyone will deny the fact that Chris Mutsv...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 09:05hrs | 1658 | by Andrew Manyevere
High Court blocks splinter group from using church name, buildings§
THE High Court has blocked a breakaway group involved in the United Pentecostal Church in Zimbabwe (UPCZ) leadership wrangle from using the church name and buildings as well as interrupting services a...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:55hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
White City bombing: Are the CIO, ZRP & ZNA united?
Norton MP Temba Mliswa has questioned if the Zimbabwean security is united following the bomb attack at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's White City rally last Saturday."Thoughts to pondor ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 09:16hrs | 2061 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Can we say our Army is one of the best in Africa?
One thing I observed long ago is how my compatriots will boast in many areas, be it in education,sport ,hard working ethics.Does this sound familiar?It even extends to, yes, our Army or security agenc...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 20:47hrs | 1818 | by AT Kadada
Military pays tribute to bomb victim
A funeral parade for Colour Sergeant Stanley Mugunzva, who died from injuries sustained following an explosion at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday, was held yesterday at the 2 Presidential G...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, allies organised starvation during Gukurahundi
This paper explores an episode of state-perpetrated extreme mass violence and atrocities in south-west Zimbabwe in the 1980s, with specific focus on Matabeleland South between February and April 1984,...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:16hrs | 1047 | by Hazel Cameron
Fake soldier demands $200 for military jobs?
A 33-year-old Kadoma man allegedly disguising himself as a soldier and duped two desperate men of $200 by promising them military jobs.The accused, Terrence Maxwell Nyanga (33) residing in Mun...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:53hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri 'personalised' diamond firm
FORMER Police Commissioner General Dr Augustine Chihuri allegedly personalised the Zimbabwe Republic Police's diamond mining company, Gye Nyame, in Marange as he "sorely" operated it, a Parliamentary ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army won't tolerate indiscipline'
SOLDIERS have been urged to maintain discipline and patriotism in safeguarding the gains of the country's Independence to ensure security and peace.Speaking at the Zimbabwe School of Infantry ...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: 'Mnangagwa's' Army band - Crocodile Sounds
Meet the 'Crocodile Sounds Guys' who are part of the band! The 'Garwe Rauya' Album Launch by the Zimbabwe National Army!In what could be seen as efforts by the military to drum up support for ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 19:17hrs | 5008 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF doesn't need Robert Mugabe
ZANU-PF took the first major undertaking in its new life without former president Robert Mugabe, who was toppled in a coup last year, with the party holding chaotic primary elections early this month....Published: 27 May 2018 at 18:19hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter
'No link between Mnangagwa and Army band'?
In what could be seen as efforts by the military to drum up support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election campaign, a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) music outfit, Crocodile Sounds, on Friday launc...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:17hrs | 953 | by Staff Reporter
Army won't allow Nelson Chamisa to lead Zimbabwe (Shape-Up or Pull Out)
Galileo is said to be the man who first observed that the earth was round (though controversial) and his claim landed him in great trouble. He suffered abuse from the society and was almost hanged. Th...Published: 27 May 2018 at 09:31hrs | 522 | by Don Chigumba
Man sues VP Chiwenga
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has been taken to court by a Harare man, who is seeking an order to compel the military to release his brother, an army corporal, who is detained at Harare Remand P...Published: 27 May 2018 at 09:24hrs | 811 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa commissions 149 officer cadets
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 149 officer cadets, among them five Namibians, at the 34th Regular Officer Cadet Course graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Military Academy (ZMA) in Gweru....Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers urged to maintain discipline
A SENIOR officer in the Zimbabwe National Army has called on military personnel to consider discipline as a pre-requisite for any duty.Colonel Luckmore Mukurazhizha from the Colonel Careers, w...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF pointed as the leading perpatrator of violence
Peace building civic group the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has reported increase in political violence, pointing out ruling Zanu PF and the MDC as the main perpetrators."The year 2018 started...Published: 22 May 2018 at 13:26hrs | 972 | by A Mhlongo
Zanu-PF, MDC-T in same violence WhatsApp group
Peace building civic group - the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) - has reported an increase in political violence, which it said was being perpetrated by both the ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC.In it...Published: 22 May 2018 at 13:12hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Army accused of refusing to hand over robbery suspects to police
A SHURUGWI Court on Friday instructed the police to ensure that six Gweru-based members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who are implicated in a robbery of more than 2 000kg of gold ore at a local ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Man hires armed soldiers to rob gold mine
A 33-year-old Shurugwi man reportedly hired six armed members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) stationed at Gunia fowl army base who allegedly robbed a Shurugwi gold mine of its ore last Sunday....Published: 13 May 2018 at 09:23hrs | 2365 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZNA duo up for drugs
TWO members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) have been arrested for unlawful possession of mbanje.Obert Mukarati, 33, and Tedmore Nyamurima, 27, pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of...Published: 08 May 2018 at 16:21hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
The life and death of Solomon Skuza
THE life of Solomon Skuza, a man many regard as one of the greatest musicians to ever step inside a recording booth in Zimbabwe, is still largely a mystery.If one turns to that goldmine of inf...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:26hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean soldier shot dead in South Africa
A SOLDIER from Bulawayo died in South Africa last week after he was shot by an unknown assailant after he resisted a robbery attempt leading to an argument in a supermarket.Sergeant Phakamile ...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:43hrs | 6830 | by Staff Reporter
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