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Zimbabwe nears landmine-free status
Zimbabwe has reaffirmed its commitment to the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel mines. Speaking at the 5th Review Conference of the Ot...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:07hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in fear amid Mozambique's post-election violence
Zimbabweans living along the border with Mozambique are growing increasingly fearful as post-election violence continues to spread across the neighboring country. Protests have erupted following Mozam...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:18hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe resumes war victims' compensation after 26 years
The Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs, Monica Mavhunga, has announced the resumption of compensation payments for war victims, marking a major step in supporting Zimbabwe's liber...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:12hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zim demining fund to create opportunities for women: UK Ambassador
The United Kingdom has announced an additional USD5.5 million fund to support landmine clearance in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East and Central provinces while also seeking to raise risky-related educatio...Published: 21 Sep 2024 at 10:47hrs | 855 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
The history of the liberation struggle is incomplete without mentioning Sipolilo (Guruve) Battles
Sipolilo was the entry point for freedom fighters in Rhodesia from Zambia and Mozambique during the liberation struggle. ZANLA and ZIPRA freedom fighters infiltrated in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) through the...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:04hrs | 25 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Zimbabwe Defence Forces 'a vital cog in growth drive'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces are a vital cog in the ongoing national socio-economic modernisation and development of the country and Government will continue to capacitate its service personnel through...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa must expand Lady R probe to include Nato
SOUTH Africa's sovereignty stands in the dock. Whether we emerge as truly autonomous before the eyes of the world – the jury is out. Recent events that have pitted our country against the might of t...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 17:05hrs | 10 | by Abbey Makoe
Oppah Muchinguri backs well trained Zimbabwe Defence Forces
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), backed by good training, remain a critical component in the attainment of national aspirations through the National Development Strategy 1, Defence and War Veterans ...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZDF's free medical services charm villagers
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will continue to work with ordinary people for the attainment of national goals and interests, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, ha...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Law is tool for development'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday laid down the legislative agenda for the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament which will see a number of Bills which include the consideration of legislation relating t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$1 billion steel plant ready for take off
SEVERAL arms of Government in the Midlands Province say they are ready to smoothen the way for the birth of the US$1 billion Mvuma steel plant expected to be commissioned next year.Set to be A...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises to keep Zimbabwe military well-resourced
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his administration will continue to equip the Zimbabwe defence in order to defend the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.Mnangagwa made the pledg...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 19:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe leaders who have nothing to show for 40 years of misrule now find glory in liberation struggle tales
"Matakadya kare haanyaradzi pwere" - that is the saying that I always think of whenever our leaders in Zimbabwe launch a book glorifying their liberation struggle exploits of more than forty years ago...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 10:04hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Covid-19 pandemic grounds Zanu-PF
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube boycotted the Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday, where the party's top brass spent hours discussing the dire state of the economy and how the ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK finally seals Brexit deal
Boris Johnson today declared that a Brexit deal has been done after four years of desperate wrangling - with a furious propaganda war already underway.The PM has made history by sealing future...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:13hrs | | by Mailonline
Clearing landmines from a crucial African wildlife corridor
In Zimbabwe, landmines affect not only local populations but also their precious livestock and wildlife. Thanks to an initial start-up grant from the US government, followed by another grant and stron...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 12:46hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe team rids Falklands Islands of landmines 3 years ahead of schedule
The Falklands Islands are now finally free of lethal minefields almost 40 years after the end of the conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina during which thousands of exploding devices were ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Finding Zimbabweans in secret mass graves
ONE of my earliest memories is of violence and death.It happened in Harare in 1984 when I was about seven years old.I was supposed to meet a friend to play at a dump site together....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Keith Silika
Zifa challenges Cosafa to furnish them with Fifa correspondence on Chiyangwa
ZIFA have asked COSAFA to furnish them with correspondence from FIFA on which they based their communication saying the ban on the region's football boss, Philip Chiyangwa, was null and void. ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outrage over unqualified Chunga, silence over Luphahla
There has been outrage over Zifa's decision to bar Moses Chunga from coaching Premiership side TelOne because they say he isn't qualified for the job. Joel Luphahla who guided the team into the Premie...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to adopt military salary concept soon
Commander-in-chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) President Mnangagwa yesterday urged the forces to remain loyal, vigilant and committed to safeguarding the country and subsequent processes lead...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | 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 are...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to donate animals to Angola
THE Government will donate an undisclosed number of wild animals to Angola to help the country rebuild its wildlife which was ravaged by decades of war, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressin...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Brian Sedze
'Mthuli Ncube needs be to politically savvy'
By all accounts, Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube is a brilliant man, a financial engineer with a wealth of experience in both the private and public sectors. His appointment to ...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube unnerves Chiwenga?
ZANU-PF youth league has come out guns blazing against Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, accusing him of being used by external forces in an effort to destabilise and discredit government programmes....Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube accused of being used by external forces
ZANU-PF youth league has come out guns blazing against Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, accusing him of being used by external forces in an effort to destabilise and discredit government programmes....Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
War time anti-tank mine rocks Gweru police station
AN explosion which rocked Gweru Rural Police Station sending tremors across the Central Business District was allegedly caused by a war time anti-tank mine planted inside the station. The expl...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC relives the spirit of 1999
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is for the first time celebrating its anniversary in the absence of its charismatic founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who died in February this year and effo...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's business empire
Reputedly 'Zimbabwe's richest' man, no amount has been attached to Mnangagwa's wealth, which has allegedly also been supplemented by illicit mine deals in the DRC Congo.Zanu-PF heir-in-waiting...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's Turning Point
COMRADE Elison Mupamawonde (born 1950 in Bikita), whose Chimurenga was Soft Magarasadza last week spoke about how ZIPRA out-gunned Rhodesian forces at Chirundu during the liberation struggle and how t...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zipra operations in Mashonaland
This week we continue our interview with former Zipra regional commander for the Northern Front 3 (NF3), Joseph Mbedzi pseudo name Joseph Sibuko. NF3 was a Zipra military zone that covered mainly part...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: real change possible only 'when I become president'
WHEN Robert Mugabe was ousted in a coup in 2017 after three decades in power, many in Zimbabwe hoped that his downfall would spark a new era of democracy and prosperity in a country wracked by corrupt...Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:10hrs | | by Newsweek magazine
Trecherous road, tensions and eulogies:
The road to former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Buhera homestead is symbolic of his life - it meanders and is littered with potholes that have claimed many victims since time immemorial....Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 09:59hrs | 2 | by John Mokwetsi
Constitutionalism is ideal for democracy and economic recovery
There are so many fundamental issues that Zimbabwe has to settle first before we talk of any democratic institutional or governance style of leadership. This is not confined to the ruling party only b...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 10:34hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa then fled 'assassins' for a safe place
George Charamba, the man who served former president Robert Mugabe for over 30 years and mediated the veteran ruler's resignation under pressure from the military and his party, has lifted the lid on ...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, 'Zimbabwe's richest man' and his 'illicit' mining exploitations
Reputedly 'Zimbabwe's richest' man, no amount has been attached to Mnangagwa's wealth, which has allegedly also been supplemented by illicit mine deals in the DRC Congo.Zanu-PF heir-in-waiting...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by The Citizen
This is the wealth Robert Mugabe accumulated while Zim crumbled
We break down how much 'the poorest president in the world' is actually worth.Here is a look at some of the assets Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe owns....Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 16:30hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Our chiefs can now campaign for us, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am glad that as we prepare for the upcoming elections which we have no excuse not to win by the 98 percent margin now standardised by peer d...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by CZ
'We killed sellouts mercilessly'
When we started the series of interviews with David Todhlana (born Chrispen Tapfuma Mataire) a few weeks ago, we warned about his brutal honesty. This week, he tells Munyaradzi Huni and Tendai Manzvan...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chipanga regrets Mugabe song
Controversial sungura artiste Hosiah Chipanga says he regrets releasing the song Gushungo as it failed to open the doors for him to meet President Robert Mugabe.In the song released in 2006, C...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nhari-Badza rebellion was always coming
Comrade Kenny Constantine Mabuya, whose Chimurenga name was Kenny Ridzai (born 1952), was deployed to the war front in Rhodesia in 1972. He fought many battles and was at one time mistaken for a sello...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 23:39hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe pledges to improve working conditions for soldiers
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday pledged to review and improve working conditions for soldiers to raise their morale ahead of crucial elections next year.Speaking during the 37th Defence Forc...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe the physical man naturally retreats
PERHAPS we must do that; abandon the "Him" and deal with the "It". We must leave the man and engage with the phenomenon. There are many profits in the present for reading and understanding Robert Muga...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 13:00hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
'Sanctions won't stop de-mining'
Illegal sanctions imposed by Western countries which led to the withdrawal of support for the clearance of landmines will not stop the work being done by the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) along the Zim...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga fulfills war time pledge
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces on Saturday fulfilled a pledge made during the war of liberation, as they visited Gezani Village in Chiredzi South where the community was asked to identify three developme...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Season of the MOU and the end of Political Innocence
Perhaps we must do that. Abandon the "Him" and deal with the "It." We must leave the man and engage with the phenomenon. There are many profits in the present for reading and understanding Robert Muga...Published: 04 May 2017 at 17:27hrs | 4 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
'Better to die in battlefield'
COMRADE Gilbert Musekiwa Simon Majiri, whose Chimurenga name was Chabudaishudhu Kufahakuurayi is an unassuming war veteran. Born in 1938, Chabudaishudhu who now stays in Mvurwi, grew up in Shamva,...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC is an idea which cannot be erased- Tapiwa Mashakada
MDC-T senior official Tapiwa Mashakada has warned critic that his party is an idea which cannot be erased and those who think it will collapse are day dreaming.He said people power and m...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 05:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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