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ZANU-PF Central Committee meeting postponed
ZANU-PF President and First Secretary, Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the party leadership to lead by example in the fight against COVID-19.The President was speaking at 338th ZNAU-PF Polit...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 18:45hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses go on strike
Zimbabwe nurses have reported that they are going on an indefinitely demanding water and coronavirus allowances. The statement comes after the doctors announced that they are downing tools....Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:03hrs | 783 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-CIO Boss Happyton Bonyongwe urged to write a book
Former Director General of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation Happyton Bonyongwe has been urged to write a tell all book that will expose the real story of Zimbabwe's history since his assu...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 12:02hrs | 3713 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe National Army to counter modern threats
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) will continue to invest in training programmes for its personnel to enable them to effectively counter modern threats, a senior officer said yesterday. Officia...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:47hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Military surveillance could endanger democracy
The commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) announced early this month that the military would start snooping on civilian communication on social media, which "poses a dangerous threat to our na...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:26hrs | 927 | by Dumisani Ndlela
US says Zimbabwe sanctions not enough
THE US government has admitted its sanctions were not enough to force any change of behaviour among Zimbabwean authorities and has urged ordinary locals to also take the challenge and remedy their own...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Trump to slap more Zimbabwe officials with sanctions
A NUMBER of high ranking government officials are under probe for human rights violations and risk being slapped with individual sanctions if found to be trampling upon citizens' rights, a senior US o...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 00:09hrs | 3276 | by newzimbabwe
Fake soldier arrested
A 44-year-old Harare man was arrested after he went to State House wearing a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniform.He pretended to be a member of the defence forces saying he wanted to have a s...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 09:29hrs | 5290 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army to monitor social media
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Edzai Chimonyo says the military would soon start snooping into private communications between private citizens to "guard against subversion," alarming media...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 07:35hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to pacify uniformed forces
THE setting up of shops with subsidised groceries for uniformed forces in their camps by the government are part of efforts to pacify them, analysts have said.This comes after Finance minister...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 16:55hrs | 2704 | by Staff reporter
Soldier nabbed over US$20 000 robbery
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) based at 53 Infantry Battalion in Kwekwe has appeared in court over a robbery charge involving more than US$20 000.Emmanuel Tafirenyika Kambanje (2...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:54hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing US$400m to oil pipeline cartels
ZIMBABWE is losing US$400 million annually in potential oil revenue due to Sakunda Holdings' untenable monopoly over the Beira-Harare fuel pipeline, it has emerged.Sources in government and th...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:33hrs | 1803 | by Staff reporter
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:25hrs | 106 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Muchinguri, Chimonyo deny shooting victims compensation
DEFENCE Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant-General Edzai Chimonyo have refused to pay two shooting victims over ZW$800 000 in damages for injuries ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Army denies deploying special forces
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has furiously denied allegations that it has deployed special forces in the country. Thi...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:48hrs | 4246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army chiefs panic, deploy special forces
MILITARY commanders have deployed large numbers of officers from the Zimbabwe Intelligence Corps (ZIC), commonly known as military intelligence (MI), the elite Special Air Service (SAS) and the Specia...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:14hrs | 9966 | by Staff reporter
BCC threatens to engage soldiers to deal with lawlessness
Bulawayo City Council has threatened to engage the members of the Zimbabwe National Army to deal with lawless residents if the level of lawlessness keeps ...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 4419 | by Stephen Jakes
Bogus soldier rides ZNA bus for the whole year
A daring Harare man masquerading as a soldier spent the whole of last year enjoying free Zimbabwe National Army transport but his luck ran out when his bid to seek medical attention at an army hospita...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 3987 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles army chiefs
AN unsettled President Emmerson Mnangagwa, seeking to strengthen his grip on power and coup-proof his regime, has yet again changed commanders of the Presidential Guard (PG), the infantry battalion wh...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:16hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
Is the new dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 13:45hrs | 488 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Zimbabwe's hard-pressed war vets demand more
Veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle have asked government to review their monthly pensions in line with the poverty datum line and the rising cost of living.The economy is beset by risi...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:47hrs | 1861 | by Staf reporter
Army looks for bombs at Zanu-PF HQ
A CANINE unit from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) was Tuesday spotted sweeping through Zanu-PF headquarters in an unexpected security operation that took both senior party officials and employees by...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:27hrs | 7293 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's guards arrested
POLICE have arrested three members of the elite Presidential Guard, as well as a former broadcaster, after they allegedly assaulted villagers and tried to forcefully take over a gold mine in Mt Darwin...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3196 | by Staff reporter
Hwindi soldiers embarrass Army
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has distanced itself from the activities of its wayward members who seek to supplement their salaries through means that are unprofessional and outside of the organisa...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:21hrs | 2615 | by Staff reporter
Fake cops raid vendors
TWO Bulawayo men, one of them a member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), allegedly masqueraded as police officers and swooped on illegal vendors near Tredgold Building in an early morning "raid" be...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:06hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Soldier dies fishing in Zambezi river
A member of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) drowned at the might Zambezi River in Kanyemba on Wednesday while fishing in a canoe with his two colleague...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 15:52hrs | 2600 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Army pays medical bills for accident victims
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) is paying medical bills for 26 recruits who were involved in an accident that killed two others near Imbizo Barracks, Chief of Staff Administration Staff, Major Genera...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:20hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Russian-made fighter jets for Zimbabwe's military
ZIMBABWE is on the verge of replacing its antiquated military helicopters with Russian-made fighter jets, among other armaments, in a deal that has seen Harare mortgaging part of its vast mineral weal...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Defence ministry bosses charged with fraud
TWO senior employees at Defence House appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday charged with fraud after they allegedly raised fake invoices valued at $306 135 claiming they were for cleaning serv...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 09:51hrs | 4609 | by Staff Reporter
Soldier shot dead at mining site
A 28-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) worker Kudakwashe Hoko (28) was allegedly shot dead in January 7 at Brompton mine in Battlefields, Kadoma in a gold Rush Bulawayo24.com has learntSou...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 07:15hrs | 5808 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Army bus accident injures 11
Eleven Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers were injured last night when the driver of the bus they were travelling in lost control as it descended a slope near Kuwadzana 6 and veered off the road be...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:03hrs | 1912 | by Staff Reporter
Mashurugwi: A smokescreen to loot and plunder by the rulers
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Zimbabwe government expands food assistance
Government and its development partners intend to expand urban and rural food distribution to include food-insecure households in more districts countrywide. This comes amid warnings of poor c...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 14:52hrs | 1139 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe army defends $340k suit
THE Defence and War Veterans ministry and commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Edzai Chimonyo have filed court papers challenging a $340 000 suit filed by a Harare man who claimed he was assa...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 18:23hrs | 3267 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 51 ZDF officers
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), President Mnangagwa, has promoted three Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Group Captains to the rank of Air Commodore, 17 Wing Commanders to Group Ca...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:47hrs | 3987 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa promotes senior army officer
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), President Mnangagwa, yesterday promoted Colonel Themba Mlambo to the rank of Brigadier-General. The promotion was made in terms of Sect...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:20hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
REVEALED: Iran helping Zimbabwe to build a cyber army
In a desperate bid to thwart feared mass uprising in the country over a worsening food security situation, health crisis, and economic disfunction, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, has a...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 06:35hrs | 5422 | by Itai Mushekwe
Obert Mpofu speaks on Muchinguri replacing General Chiwenga
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has dismissed rumours that Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri is set to replace General Constantino Chiwenga as Vice President during the ZANU PF ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 16:03hrs | 18234 | by Mandla Ndlovu
3 liberation war heroes buried
MIDLANDS Province yesterday laid to rest two liberation war heroes, days after another one was also buried at the provincial heroes' acre in Gweru. Those buried yesterday at the provincial shr...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:14hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Zimbabwe condemned
Sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries have not only impacted negatively on the country's economic performance, but also on the military's ability to access resources such as armoured vehi...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:11hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga commissions 2 bridges
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday officially commissioned two Bailey bridges constructed by the South African National Defence Forces (SANDF) and the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) at Kopa, ...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:11hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube's book reveals plot against ZPRA
Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube says he averted a potential civil war in the formative years of independent Zimbabwe after an order was issued to dismiss all the ex-Zpra soldiers in the newly formed Zimb...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:17hrs | 2468 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube averted a potential civil war in Zimbabwe
Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube says he averted a potential civil war in the formative years of Independent Zimbabwe after an order had been issued to dismiss all the Ex-ZPRA soldiers in the newly formed...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:07hrs | 1498 | by Staff reporter
Fired police officers challenge dismissal
THREE police officers who were forced to retire on medical grounds after sustaining injuries during the course of duty have taken Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to court challenging their ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:47hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
1 Infantry Brigade gets new army commander
BRIGADIER General Josephat Kudumba is the new commander of One Infantry Brigade headquartered at Khumalo Barracks in Bulawayo and takes over from Brigadier General Augustine Chipwere who has been rede...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:47hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army generals sweat over rampant indiscipline
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant-General Edzai Chimonyo last week convened an emergency staff meeting where he read the riot act over rampant indiscipline, theft of rations and crimin...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:56hrs | 4388 | by Staff reporter
ZRP shake-up looms, Matanga to go
A SHAKE-UP is imminent in the Zimbabwe Republic Police, with Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga set to be replaced, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to ring changes within the security secto...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:56hrs | 8626 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presides over ZNA graduation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday presided over the graduation ceremony of the Joint Command and Staff Course No.32 at the Zimbabwe Staff College in the capital.Speaking during the grad...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 16:32hrs | 2460 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa again
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has warned that the country risks being plunged into civil war if citizens are pushed to retaliate against the escalating brutality by security forces, the Daily News ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 7105 | by Staff reporter
Panic as CIO,army and police bosses meet in Harare
The Joint Operations Command met on Monday to discuss the security concerns in the country a source in the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation revealed. The meeting which was supposed to...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 15:06hrs | 39465 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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