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BCC wants army to clear out panners

BULAWAYO city fathers have resolved to engage the army to deal with artisanal miners working on Upper Ncema, threatening the ability of the dam to supply water to the city.This comes at a time when re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa to fire political army generals

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, has warned he will fire senior military and security officers who have meddled in the country's politics.Chamisa said this on Wednesday, while addressing party supporters ga...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 June 2019

POLITICS

'Zanu-PF, army, police and CIO inflate govt wage bill'

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to pay ghost workers unearthed by a civil service audit a few years ago, former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has claimed.Biti told newzimbabwe.com in an intervie...

By newzimbabwe | Published: 03 May 2019

POLITICS

Zimbabwe army commander sued for abduction, assault

A HARARE man has dragged the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander Edzai Chimonyo to the High Court demanding $15 000 compensation, claiming he was abducted and assaulted by soldiers in November 201...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

POLITICS

Army deployed to Bulawayo streets

Government has deployed the much-dreaded Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) in the city as part of its desperate move to contain the civil unrest that was fast getting out of hand.All roads leading to the c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 January 2019

POLITICS

Ex-MDC MP applauds Zimbabwe soldiers

The MDC-Alliance instigated violent protests witnessed early this week had nothing to do with an increase in the price of fuel or high cost of living among Zimbabweans, but part of the broader attempt...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 January 2019

POLITICS

Zimbabwe army chopper in forced landing

An Alouette III helicopter carrying Secretary for Defence and War Veterans Mr Martin Rushwaya force-landed in Gutu on Saturday after developing a mechanical fault. No one was injured in the incident a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 December 2018

POLITICS

Army, police commanders lied under oath

The Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga lied under oath when they testified before the commission of inquiry into the post-...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 December 2018

POLITICS

'Mnangagwa should apologise for army killings'

OPPOSITION political parties and civic groups have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to publicly apologise to families of people killed and injured by the army and police during the August 1 post...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 December 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe army dismiss Piki's abduction claims

The Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed a story being peddled by some privately-owned publications alleging that Elliot Piki, a senior officer dishonourably discharged from the army for having an af...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 December 2018

POLITICS

Army killings shock details

Fresh harrowing evidence of people shot by the army during the August 1 protests in Harare has surfaced amid claims that the commission set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored the majority of t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe army has shares in GDI

ZIMBABWE Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) board chairperson Peter Chimboza on Monday disclosed to Parliament that the army has 30% shareholding in the Great Dyke Investment (GDI) mining company.C...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 November 2018

POLITICS

Doctors nail Zimbabwe army in killings

ZIMBABWE'S military was responsible for the fatal shooting of six civilians, some of whom had nothing to do with the post-election protests that erupted on August 1 in Harare, the Zimbabwe Association...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 November 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe state security organs on high alert

HOME Affairs minister Obert Mpofu has said all State security organs have been put on high alert ahead of tomorrow's planned demonstrations by opposition political parties to force the Zimbabwe Electo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2018

POLITICS

Army responds to farmer eviction story

THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday responded to the story 'Military evicts Mnangagwa's elderly cleric at gunpoint'  that it had forcibly evicted the cleric, claiming that no force was use...

By Staff Writer. | Published: 20 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's army salary increase ploy to buy votes

THE decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to award salary increases to the security services sector a few weeks before this month's crucial election is a stark reminder of how far the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe army told to be vigilant

ARMY officers should remain vigilant and alert to avoid the recurrence of incidents similar to what occurred at White City Stadium, in Bulawayo recently, where a bomb blast killed two VIP security per...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

Army deployed in G40 strongholds, ZDI claims

DEFENCE forces chiefs are worried that people in G40 strongholds will likely vote for the opposition to spite President Emmerson Mnangagwa who took over through a military coup, a local think tank has...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Army, police to help Zec despite denials

AS the furore around Zimbabwe's viciously-fought election continues, police have revealed the army might still be called upon to provide logistical support for the month-end polls.Police's elections c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Top army official ordered to vacate farm

HIGH Court judge Justice Hlekani Mwayera has ordered top army officer, Colonel Never Makuyana, to vacate former Zanu-PF Manicaland youth leader Mubuso Chinguno's Chipinge West Farm.Makuyana invaded th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe army warns Chamisa

The military is fretting over a potential electoral strategic alliance between former president Robert Mugabe and the adventurous opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa whom it has warned could...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

POLITICS

Do not trust army, says pro-democracy group

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has warned Zimbabweans against investing their trust on the military which on Wednesday vowed to remain impartial ahead of the country's general elections July 30.(...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe army to review Mnangagwa's security

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close protection will be drastically tightened following a botched "attempted assassination" of the head of state at a rally in Bulawayo, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

POLITICS

Zim army dodges questions on power transfer

ZIMBABWE's military, for long accused of dabbling in partisan Zanu-PF politics, yesterday ducked questions on whether they would allow for smooth transfer of power in the event of a victory by an oppo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe army vows neutrality in election

Zimbabwe's military vowed on Wednesday to stay neutral in upcoming elections, dismissing suggestions it would deploy service personnel to influence national polls scheduled for July 30.The military is...

By AFP | Published: 04 July 2018
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