Zimbabwe Army Boss Defends Commander-in-Chief Overthrow On Defence Forces Day Eve
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Lieutenant-General Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyo has defended former state President and Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander-in-Chief Robert Mugabe’s ouster in a military coup November last year. Chimonyo was addressing the media at the Josiah Magama Tongogara barracks on the eve of Tuesday’s Defence Forces Day, the first to be presided over […]
Army Boss Accuses MDC Alliance For Post Election Violence Deaths, Leaves Out Soldiers Who Pulled The Trigger
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) boss Philip Valerio Sibanda yesterday accused MDC Alliance for causing the deaths of six people shot by soldiers during post election violent protests in Harare over presidential election results announcement. In an interview with a local publication ahead of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day today, ZDF Commander General Sibanda said six […]
Zimbabwe opposition leader Chamisa divides police, military
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reportedly suspended 16 top police officers, accusing them of allowing MDC Alliance activists to freely demonstrate in Harare’s central business district on Wednesday before soldiers moved in and fired indiscriminately, killing six people on the spot and injuring 14 others. This came amid reports of fierce fights between police […]
Zimbabwe Army in Rural Areas Campaigning for Zanu PF Ahead of Crucial Elections
A survey conducted by the Zimbabwe Democracy Initiative (ZDI) shows that some members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces have already been deployed in the country’s rural areas and there are fears that they are campaigning for the ruling Zanu PF party ahead of the July 30th general elections. The findings of the survey in which […]
Stop poking nose in electoral affairs, Zimbabwe National Army told
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has challenged the army to stop meddling in elections and called upon President Emmerson Mnangagwa to walk the talk on his pledge of free, fair and credible elections. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, HRW Southern Africa director Dewa Mavhinga said the electoral field will never be level if the military keeps […]
Six Zimbabwe National Army soldiers rob mine of 700 kg gold ore
SIX members of the Zimbabwe National Army from Kwekwe have been arrested for allegedly robbing a Shurugwi mine of 700kg of gold ore worth more than $13 000 at gun point. Reality Mazanga (21), Gilmore Mudzimurenga (29), Kholwani Ndlovu (26), Alois Chiwodza (25), Tedman Muzararikwa (26) and Munashe Chidyafodya (22) have since appeared before Shurugwi […]
Zimbabwe Army officials urged to be disciplined, loyal
A COMBINED 578 army officers graduated at the Zimbabwe School of Infantry in Mbalabala and at Five Infantry Brigade Headquarters at Battlefields last week. At Mbalabala in Matabeleland South, where 463 officers graduated on Thursday, a senior army official called on army personnel to exercise the highest form of discipline and loyalty which are among […]
Zimbabwean soldiers causing crime havoc in South Africa – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula
PRETORIA Members of the Zimbabwe National Army fleeing from the military service in their country are engaging in violent crimes in South Africa, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Tuesday. “There are people who come here from Zimbabwe, and they cross the line here. They run away from the military in Zimbabwe, and they come […]
Out-of-Control Soldiers Beat Up 37 Students in Zimbabwe
‘Thirty-seven students were viciously assaulted with 14 suffering broken limps and one is feared to have had brain damage and is currently in a coma.’ ZIMBABWE National Army gunmen allegedly went on a rampage Saturday night, beating up Midlands State University scholars at the campus in a revenge after one of their number was assaulted […]
Zimbabwe Safe From Renamo Bandits – Army General Trust Mugoba
The country is safe from incursions by RENAMO bandits from Mozambique despite sporadic attacks between that country’s Government forces and the rebels, the Zimbabwe National Army has said. There were fears that rebel RENAMO bandits under the leadership of Mr Afonso Dlakama, would pose a security threat in communities in Manicaland that border with Mozambique. […]
