POLITICS

Zimbabwe 'killer soldiers' facing the gun

IN A surprise development, a close confidante of President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the long-awaited prosecution of soldiers who killed innocent civilians in August last year will begin next year, the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

POLITICS

Zimbabwe soldiers leave ugly terror trail

Horror stories are slowly emerging of how the country's trigger-happy security forces brutalised ordinary Zimbabweans this week - shooting  68 people and leaving dozens others requiring life-savi...

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

Mnangagwa's soldiers in Boko Haram-style invasions

AT a private hospital in Harare on Wednesday, a mother lay between her two children, all writhing in pain from injuries sustained when masked soldiers attacked their home Boko Haram-style.After firing...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 January 2019

POLITICS

Soldiers' use of live bullets was 'unjustified and disproportionate' - Report

SOLDIERS and police who were deployed to quell post-election protests which rocked Harare on August 1 killed six people and injured 35 others, while their use of live bullets was "unjustified and disp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 December 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa sent in killer soldiers, says Obert Mpofu

ZANU-PF secretary for administration and former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu yesterday told the commission of inquiry investigating the post-election violence of August 1 that the soldiers who al...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Soldiers' salary increase has ripple effects

THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions yesterday said the 22% salary increment awarded to soldiers has triggered more unions to press for higher pay, and will result in government printing money to pay...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Teachers irked by soldiers salary hike

THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday expressed dismay over what they called discriminatory practices by government after soldiers were awarded a 22,5% salary hike and police of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa rewards soldiers, police

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has awarded a whopping 22,5% "special allowance" rise to members of the security service, raising fears that the gesture could be a vote-buying gimmick as it ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Truck drivers, soldiers clash at Zim border post

INTERNATIONAL haulage truckers and Zimbabwe National Army officers clashed at the Beitbridge Border Post on Tuesday after the former blocked a section of the customs and excise yard over delays in cle...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe defence forces hard hit by HIV, Aids

THE State security sector has been hit hard by HIV and Aids and is struggling to provide adequate health care to its sick personnel, Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda h...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 June 2018

POLITICS

'Zimbabwe soldiers, CIO deployed in rural areas'

FORMER Home Affairs minister and Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa has expressed doubts over the credibility of next month's general elections, which he said were being rushed through before implementation ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe soldiers to stay in Equatorial Guinea

ZIMBABWE will maintain its soldiers deployed in Equatorial Guinea to provide security to the country's leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo as well as train the West African nation's military, it has ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2018

POLITICS

Soldiers urged to maintain discipline

A SENIOR officer in the Zimbabwe National Army has called on military personnel to consider discipline as a pre-requisite for any duty.Colonel Luckmore Mukurazhizha from the Colonel Careers, who was t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

POLITICS

ZEC put on the spot over soldiers

A lobby group advocating for free and fair elections has approached the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to disclose the names of officials who were recrui...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa to deploy soldiers at hospitals

The government has put Zimbabwe National Army doctors on standby as the situation at the country's public hospitals continues to deteriorate due to a month-long strike by doctors, Health and Child Car...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 March 2018

POLITICS

'5 000 soldiers deployed to rural areas'

Opposition leader Ambrose Mutinhiri has told an election observer team from the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) that regional bodies should deploy military personnel to observe the forth...

By staff reporter | Published: 18 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Soldiers to be deployed to Beitbridge Border Post

THE Government will soon deploy soldiers to Beitbridge Border Post to help eradicate criminal activities during the festive season cross-border movement.During peak periods such as the festive period,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 December 2017
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