Philip Valerio Sibanda

By Luke Tamborinyoka Serving Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander Philip Valerio Sibanda who was controversially and unconstitutionally appointed ex-officio member of the Zanu PF politburo, is being lined up for succession. As…
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The heterodox alliance between the ruling Zanu-PF party and the military continues to be strengthened by authorities in a major show of the suppression of the rule of law and persistent turning of the government into a securocratic state,…
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Workers employed by Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance have taken Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Philip Valerio Sibanda and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to court over their subordinates’ involvement in the “violent” seizure of…
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A 32-year-old Harare man, who is married to Zimbabwe National Army commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda’s daughter, Viola was arrested and appeared in court last week facing a domestic violence charge after he allegedly assaulted his…
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Zimbabwe’s military commanders have told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down or risk another coup which is simmering within the army’s middle ranks, former Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo claims in a new…
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Former Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzai has approached the High Court seeking $500 000 compensation following his acquittal on charges of unlawfully possessing an umbrella which resembled military camouflage.
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The Commander of Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), General Philip Valerio Sibanda has claimed that there were some detractors who wanted to manipulate the military for their personal gains and urged the military to remain resilient in…
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Zimbabweans have reacted with stunned disbelief to the testimony by two generals who denied troops killed six people in August when the military was called in to crush protests following the country’s disputed elections.
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Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda acted out of his professional reputation in blaming MDC Alliance supporters for the fatal shooting of at least six unarmed civilians during a violent protest last week, MDC…
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By rushing to blame the main opposition party over the mayhem that rocked Harare just after harmonised elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa could have compromised his mooted commission of inquiry to probe the disturbances.
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