President Emmerson Mnangagwa, currently on leave, has extended the tenure of General Philip Valerio Sibanda, 70, as Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) by a year after he reached retirement age.
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Opposition party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) has reiterated that it will stop at nothing to guarantee that Jacob Zuma participates in the next parliamentary elections, even if it means changing the Constitution.
Zambia's Acting Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Mulambo Haimbe, urged the United States of America and other nations to lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.
The United States announced on Monday the reimposition of sanctions on nine individuals and three entities in Zimbabwe, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, citing their involvement in corruption.
Francisco Marconati, a prominent businessman from Marondera, has issued a stern warning to local online publication Bulawayo24.com, threatening legal action over what he claims are defamatory articles.
Zimbabwean authorities have confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old South African man suspected to be behind the email threat that led to the disruption of flights to Victoria Falls last Friday.
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken swift action after a bomb scare that disrupted operations at airports, announcing the dismissal of the country's Air Force commander.
President Mnangagwa, en route to the resort town from Harare, was instructed to turn back mid-flight, with his Dassault Falcon X7 presidential jet rerouted to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.
Zimbabwe mourns the passing of Karikoga Kaseke, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), who died on Thursday at the age of 62.
Midlands Minister of State and Devolution Affairs, Owen Ncube, has barred journalists from The Mirror and NewsDay from all government functions in the province.
