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Soldier trades gun for the mic
A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer and rising sungura musician, Masharl Farirepi, who fronts Orchestra Zaka Kings, has made his intentions clear with two promising singles whose quality demonstrat...Published: 22 hrs ago | 686 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, nurses headed for another showdown
A legal showdown is looming between Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga (pictured below), who doubles as Health minister, and public hospital nurses, with the health professionals vowing to continue f...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1900 | 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 | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 54 ZNA officers
President Mnangagwa yesterday promoted 54 Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel effective November 10. The President made the promotions under the Defence Act...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:23hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya gold case opens can of worms
THE dramatic arrest and subsequent prosecution of suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has lifted the lid on the cutthroat gold trafficking underworld dominated by t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:56hrs | 11765 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to embrace constitutionalism
GOVERNMENT has been urged to protect citizens against State-sponsored abuses and to recommit to the values of good governance in order to improve people's lives.This was said by the Zimbabwe H...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:58hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army not trained to feed porridge'
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army are not trained to feed porridge to the masses, but to ruthlessly crush any public protests whether peaceful or not, deputy defence minister Victor Matemadanda ha...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1638 | by Staff writer
Criminals around Mnangagwa will surely bring him down
ONE night in November 2017, a chubby soldier donning a red beret and military fatigues appeared on ZBC-TV. It was immediately clear something was amiss. His demeanour immediately betrayed what mischie...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | 5947 | by Staff reporter
ZNA colonel threatens to 'kill' workers at Prophet T Fredy mine
Prophet T Freddy has filed urgent application at the High Court stopping Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Colonel Richard Mapanda from invading his mine in Mazoe and threaten to kill workers.Colon...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 08:06hrs | 3236 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Tsholotsho magistrate in trouble over judgment
TSHOLOTSHO magistrate Rogers Mawarire is in trouble after a Chiredzi woman Violet Chauke, who was severely bitten on the nose by a soldier lodged a complaint against him with the Judicial Services Com...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 3089 | by Staff reporter
Doctors were very foolish to bow to Chiwenga demands - without PPE, still susceptible covid-19 military or civilian
Zimbabwe is facing a serious economic crisis brought about by 40 years of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption. The economy has all but collapsed forcing unemployment rate to soar to nauseating ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 22:51hrs | 1548 | by Nomusa Garikai
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 20330 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Top army officer dies
Brigadier-General Sambulo Ndlovu (Retired) has died. He was 65. Brig-Gen Ndlovu (Rtd), whose Chimurenga name was Stanley Hlayibeni, died yesterday at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals du...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns to Israelis as populace gets restive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's edgy administration, battling to contain a restive populace amid a worsening economic crisis, has engaged the Israeli government for possible deployment of security expe...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 5424 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4983 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa issues chilling Chamisa, Biti warning
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa and one of his co-vice presidents, Tendai Biti have been warned to stop behaving like little children and immediately close their party's violent cells before the...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 2062 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers rob pedestrian at gunpoint
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members allegedly robbed a pedestrian of his US$200 after pointing him with an AK 47 and ordering him to surrender all the money he had.The matter came to ligh...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 21:37hrs | 5061 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly
In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 1007 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa issues a chilling warning
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a chilling warning on persons found attacking members of the country's security forces.This follows the gunning down of Lance Corporal Lorance Mupangany...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 21:52hrs | 6476 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army revenges for the shooting of 2 soldiers
TWO yet to be identified people who shot Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers, killing one and seriously injuring another in Chivhu on Saturday were yesterday gunned down by security forces in a dram...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 2370 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga visits injured soldiers
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harare, following a shootout with two assailants in separate i...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 4709 | by Staff reporter
Honouring the war spirit
COMRADE Muchazotida, born Sekai, was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, better known as ZANLA.She died during the 1977 Chimoio Attack by the army of racist Rhodesia....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | 332 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Soldier shot dead, another injured
A service officer of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) was shot and killed while another sustained life-threatening injuries after an unknown assailant opened fire at a police post in Chivhu yesterday ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1995 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's military Presidium has brought economic growth, says Mohadi
VICE PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has attributed what he found as economic success that Zimbabweans are enjoying to the impeccable military experience of the presidium led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 11:46hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs estranged wife seven times
A BULAWAYO soldier followed his estranged wife to her family home where he allegedly fatally stabbed her seven times and in the process ripping open her stomach using a kitchen knife after she refused...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:33hrs | 2225 | by Staff reporter
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 | 15545 | by newzimbabwe
Cop arrested for inciting colleagues to revolt
A junior police officer in Plumtree has been arrested for allegedly using social media to incite members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) to defy orders from thei...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
Tanzania army descends on Mozambique border
The Tanzanian government has deployed its Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces Southern Brigade to launch a manhunt in the forests in regions that border Mozambique.The army was deployed to deal wi...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:14hrs | 4386 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 7392 | 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 | 5082 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo reveals ZANU PF's source of funding
The ruling ZANU PF is being bankrolled by public funds through the state owned enterprises, Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed. Moyo, who was speaking to journalist Zenzele Ndebele, sa...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:23hrs | 10875 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 8413 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed soldiers raid Hurungwe hospital...steal US$1 500
Detectives of the Zimbabwe Republic Police are said to have arrested commandos and paratroopers who raided Chidamoyo Mission Hospital in Hurungwe and stole US$1 500.Media reports say that the ...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 11:44hrs | 5399 | by Mandla Ndlovu
7 soldiers rob hospital
SEVEN armed soldiers and five civilians were arrested in Chinhoyi after raiding Chidamoyo Mission Hospital in Hurungwe and getting away with US$1 500 and other valuables.The armed robbery reported...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3156 | by Staff reporter
Fake ZNA card lands bogus soldier in trouble
A bogus soldier was sold by his fake Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) which he produced at a roadblock in Guruve on Wednesday.Costa Taruvin...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 21:16hrs | 3016 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Deployment of Zimbabwe army to Mozambique dangerous lies'
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has described as dangerous rumours and lies, reports government has deployed Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) soldiers to Mozambique to help that country quell an...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 1125 | by newzimbabwe
ZNA dismisses social media assault claims
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed social media allegations that soldiers deployed in Kadoma and Kwekwe to assist the police in ensuring compliance to lockdown regulations are assaulting c...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers up for a gold rush
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members and their five accomplices were arrested at a roadblock after they were found in possession of 50 kilograms of gold ore.Prichard Padzuru (30) a corpora...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 3042 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 799 | by Staff reporter
ZNA dismisses online media lockdown claims
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed online media claims that the military took over Bulawayo on Tuesday, saying soldiers were on the ground complementing police to enforce national lockdown...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:33hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
'Soldiers brutalizing my people,' says traditional chief
Guruve chief Chipuriro has denounced members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) currently enforcing Covid 19 lockdown laws in Guruve for brutalising his ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:50hrs | 6959 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MATTER OF FACT: Army responds to reports about Bulawayo's Tuesday security situation
The Zimbabwe National Army has refuted reports that members of the armed forces moved in to take charge of Bulawayo Central Business District on Tuesday Morning. In a statement issued by Zimba...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 16:57hrs | 5915 | 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 | 12018 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Paternity tests expose nurse after 14 years
Innocent Manduna, a former member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who for 14 years looked after twin boys he thought were his biological children was shattered on Tuesday last week when a Gutu Mag...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 1939 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2882 | by George Mkhwanazi
Council security boss collapses & dies at work
A RETIRED senior army officer and Bulawayo City Council security boss Sipho Masuku (64) collapsed and died at work yesterday. Masuku collapsed in an elevator at Tower Block Municipal buildings...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Army to evict 100 villagers illegally resettled 36 years ago
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) wants to evict 100 villagers in Wengezi, Manicaland, saying they were illegally resettled 36 years ago in a military cantonment.In a letter to the villagers in...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:51hrs | 3105 | by Staff reporter
Police visibility in rural communities increased during lockdown
Police visibility has increased in the rural areas than before due to Covid 19 lock down operations.This is revealed in the latest Zimb...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 07:36hrs | 416 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe army's response to negative stories published by various publications
The Zimbabwe National Army has noted with great concern the increasing number of fabricated stories vilifying its efforts in assisting the Zimbabwe Republic Police in the enforcement of the current CO...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 16:06hrs | 4014 | by Alphios Makotore
Zimbabwe National Army rescues Binga villagers
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has provided the Social Welfare department with transport to carry drought relief grain to villages in Binga so that vulnerable beneficiaries are not charged transport...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
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