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New commander at Ngezi barracks

The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) last Friday marked a significant leadership transition at Ngezi Barracks with the handover-takeover ceremony for the 51 Infantry Battalion Commanding Officers.The event, overseen by Commander 5 Brigade, Bri…

Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 15:49hrs | 5470 | by Staff reporter

ZNA tells Zimbabweans not to panic over army unit

ZNA Announces Routine Field Training in Harare Suburbs Amid Political SpeculationThe Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has confirmed that one of its units is conducting a routine field training exercise across several Harare suburbs from June 3…

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Soldiers at Mpandawana bash colleague to death

Two Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) soldiers are appearing before the High Court in Masvingo, charged with murder following a brutal assault on a fellow soldier that led to his death two weeks later. The incident took place on April 28, 2024,…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Lt Gen Matatu takes command of Zimbabwe National Army

The Zimbabwe National Army ushered in a new era yesterday as Lieutenant General Emmanuel Matatu officially assumed command in a colourful handover and takeover parade held at Charles Gumbo Barracks in Harare.Lt Gen Matatu takes over the re…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:48hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter

Lt Gen Sanyatwe dilemma revealed

After the unexpected removal of Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe as commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the riled general faced tough choices: accept a 'promotion' to Sports Minister or risk se…

Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa appoints new Zimbabwe National Army commander

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Major-General Emmanuel Matatu as the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, promoting him to the rank of Lieutenant-General. Matatu replaces retired Lt-Gen Anselem Sanyatwe, who has been reas…

Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland calls for transparency in army, police recruitment

Residents of Matabeleland have called for a decentralized recruitment process for civil servants, including soldiers, police officers, and nurses, amid growing concerns that the region is being overlooked in national recruitment drives.The…

Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bogus ZNA recruitment agent jailed for conning aspiring recruit

A fake Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) recruitment agent has been sentenced to an effective two years and two months in prison after swindling a potential recruit of US$632.Whyson Magura was convicted of fraud and sentenced by magistrate Maxw…

Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa dragged into Masvingo chieftainship dispute

A former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant Colonel, Elliot Piki, has approached the High Court seeking to prevent President Emmerson Mnangagwa from installing a new Chief Hama in Chirumanzu. Piki, who is a member of the Ruzengwe Hama…

Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Trial of ZNA legal officer postponed

Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere yesterday postponed the case of suspended Zimbabwe National Army legal officer Grace Kurasha, who is accused of doctoring her certificates.The matter failed to proceed after suspended Council for Legal Edu…

Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

3 killed in Binga landmine explosion

A tragic landmine explosion in Binga claimed three lives Wednesday after a vehicle belonging to the Binga Rural District Council ran over an explosive believed to date back to the 1970s liberation war.The incident occurred on the road conn…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Lupane benefits from ZNA medical outreach

The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s recent free medical outreach programme in Lupane District, Matabeleland North Province, has been hailed as a success, with more than 500 villagers receiving healthcare services. The one-week initiative, w…

Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:16hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter

Sanyatwe effectively confirmed ZANU PF can't win free and fair elections!

The recent utterances by ZNA (Zimbabwe National Army) Commander General Anselem Sanyatwe were quite troubling on many fronts.The most obvious, of course, was the flagrant disregard for the supreme law of the country. His unambiguous and un…

Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:29hrs | 21 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe army recruits general duty soldiers

THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) is recruiting general duty soldiers in Matabeleland North Province.According to a statement, the army will recruit at; Binga Army Camp 25-26 March, Hwange 12 Infantry battalion 28 to 29 March, Lupane Mabhik…

Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 18:52hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

PHOTOS: Eye surgeries...army doctors step in

In a groundbreaking display of compassion and commitment to the well-being of its citizens, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has embarked on a noble mission, offering free eye cataract surgeries in the Midlands Province. This extraordinary…

Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:34hrs | 20 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Why Ngarivhume matters: PART 1

This is the third week since Magistrate Faresi Chakanyuka sentenced Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume to an effective 3 years in prison for inciting public violence. Not only was this harsh but very unreasonable for a protest t…

Published: 16 May 2023 at 17:25hrs | 4 | by F Muridzo

Soldier stabbed to death on Christmas day

A  Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) employee Simesihle Mkandla (24) was stabbed to death following a dispute on Christmas day at St Luke's Business Centre in Matabeleland North.Police in Bulawayo have confirmed the arrest of Ronald Ncube …

Published: 29 Dec 2022 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole

My accuser begged to join our farming project before cheating us: former ZNA captain

The former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu who had been jailed six years for theft of vehicle belonging to a businessman Osfael Mazibuko has said his accuser had begged to join them in their farming project at Mjingwe C…

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 14:52hrs | 31 | by Stephen Jakes

Controversy around reinstatement of acquitted army captain

...he feels he is unfair treated THERE  is controversy around the reinstatement of a former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu who had been jailed six years for theft of vehicle but was later found not guilty and acqu…

Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 11:33hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes

Ex-ZNA captain counts losses after a 6-year incarceration

FORMER Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) captain and chaplain at Mbalabala Barracks, who was wrongly jailed for six years for theft of a vehicle belonging to businessman Osfael Mazibuko says his business crumbled when he was rotting in jail.Sol…

Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Who is the next ZNA commander?

Zanu-PF internal political dynamics are expected to play out when President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander following the death of Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyo last week.Chimonyo, who was re-as…

Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'Zanu PF - ZNA bond in unbreakable' said Chinamasa - rubbish, 2017 broke it and since feared another

Zimbabwe is not the first and only country to gain her independence and sovereignty after a bitter armed struggle; many other nations have in Africa, Asia, North and South America, etc. have had a similar history. Whilst many countries hav…

Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:32hrs | 5 | by Wilbert Mukori

Be wary of bogus soldiers, says ZNA

A group of armed robbers masquerading as members of the Zimbabwe National Army and Criminal Investigation Department detectives is on the prowl, robbing people using fake search warrants. The gang, which numbers between four and six, has t…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZNA clears air on Chipinge incident

The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed a report by a non-governmental organisation, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) alleging the army concealed evidence that its troops deployed in Chipinge assaulted a civilian to death. In a stat…

Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimra to engage ZNA over border post landmines

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority  (Zimra) says it will seek the intervention of the Zimbabwe National Army to assess Forbes Border Post for possible landmines to enable authorities to access an area within the border post that has becom…

Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Property Rights in Zimbabwe were destroyed by ZANU PF to enable the destruction of human rights.

Someone once said the following story.  "There were baboons that used to steal maize meal and other crops from a farmers fields.  The farmer was a vegan and conservationist, as such he didn't believe in shooting the animals to ge…

Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 15:14hrs | 13 | by Thabo Makuyana

Shame on you Zanu PF

Editor ,The move by the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) to bar Zanu-PF bigwigs from interfering with food distribution in the Cyclone Idai ravaged areas is quite commendable.It is very inhumane to politicise food distribution in such a situat…

Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 13:48hrs | | by Stanley Mawire

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 House. This is not  good enough an…

Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 18:58hrs | | by Ndaba Nhuku

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 trajectory.Operation Restore Legacy led to…

Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 21:31hrs | | by Erick Matotoba

The retired general Chiwenga siege of the Zimbabwe Nurses Assiciation

Military rule governs more by an iron fist than sanity! Breathes more by the hand than the nostrils! Feels more by the foot than the heart! Relies more on emotional turbo-drive Animal Farm judgment than quality common sense judgment! This …

Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 23:32hrs | 2 | by Evangelist Reginald Thabani Gola

Soldiers cause mayhem at Sports Bar over free sex refusal

Three members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) reportedly caused mayhem at Dendere Sports Bar  in Mvurwi last night after one of them was turned down by a commercial sex worker, Bulawayo24.com heard.The soldiers allegedly teamed up…

Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Ndou Paul

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'Mnangagwa won't serve beyond 2028': ZANU-PF insider, opposition confirm

Harare woman arrested for stabbing husband over loan shark dispute

Gweru man killed in hit-and-run near church, driver surrenders to police

Zimbabwe's teacher training colleges face sharp decline in male enrolment

Zimbabwe rubbishes remarks by US lawmaker

US lawmaker warns Mnangagwa

George's political Sudoku failed to align

Mohadi awarded Honorary Doctorate

ZRP addresses public concerns over roadblocks

Kasukuwere rubbishes Mnangagwa's 2030 bid

'A junior soldier, not Chiwenga, could remove Mnangagwa' analyst warns of a 'neat, sadly bloody' plot

Jonathan Moyo's legal gymnastics cannot stretch Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028

Bulawayo Councillors Decry Lawlessness Among Public Transport Operators

Filabusi commissions fire tender as new firefighters join local ranks

Selecting reliable live football metrics for accurate predictions

Mliswa dares Charamba to a fight

Man in court for stealing iPhone 11, US$70

Businesspeople lose over US$25,000 to con women

Lithium producer Prospect to build 70MW solar plant

Madzibaba WeShanduko charged over Geza protests

Horror crash driver to stand trial

Chinese company directors face US$420K fraud charge

Chimombe, Mpofu's properties to be forfeited

Zimbabwe govt to cut more fees, licences

Thunderstorms predicted in Zimbabwe

Widow jailed 27 years for premeditated murder

Zimbabwe fires coach Michael Nees

Term limits for municipal executives a masterstroke?

Zanu-PF expels 5 members

Use of Zimbabwe Gold surges