Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has today announced that the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander General Constantino Guvheya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga has retired, pending redeployment. Lieutenant General Phillip Valerio Sibanda has been promoted to the rank of a full General and assumes the post of Commander Defence Forces (CDF). Before this latest promotion and appointment, he was Commander, Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA).
General Philip Valerio Sibanda
In a statement, Dr Sibanda also announced the retirement of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Dr Augustine Chihuri.
“Commissioner General of Police, Dr Augustine Chihuri started his leave on December 15, 2017, pending his retirement from the Service,” he said. “Deputy Commissioner General Cde Godwin Matanga has been appointed Acting Commissioner General of Zimbabwe Republic Police.”
Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri
President Mnangagwa also promoted Air Marshal Perrance Shiri to the rank of Air Chief Marshal on retirement. Major General Sibusiso B Moyo was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on retirement, while Major General Engelbert Rugeje has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on retirement. Dr Sibanda said the three remained part of the National Reserve Force.
Lieutenant General Sibusiso B. Moyo
Ambassador Major General Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyo has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, and assumes the post of Commander Zimbabwe National Army, taking over from Gen Sibanda. Before this latest promotion and appointment, Major General Chimonyo was on secondment to the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, with multiple accreditations to the Republics of Burundi and Rwanda.
Air Vice Marshal Elson Moyo has been promoted to the rank of Air Marshal and assumes the post of Commander, Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ). Before this latest promotion and appointment, Air Vice Marshal Moyo was Chief of Staff, Joint Operations and Plans at the Zimbabwe Defence Forces headquarters. Brigadier General David Sigauke, Brigadier General John Chris Mupande, Brigadier General Paul Chima and Brigadier General Hlanganani Dube were promoted to the rank of Major General, while Air Commodore Jasper Garikayi Marangwanda was promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal.- state media
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We totally disagree with you on Madofo,that’s wrong urikuisa maonero ako Uye madofo Haag one kuverenga,Mugabe was powerfully sorrounded by people who could kill to serve him,we are happy for change and nothing else and this the chance for our opposition parties to first amend and engage the conistution and push out undemocratic laws and move on and Hammer this thugs on counter attack
Mu Zimbabwe muzere madofo chaiwo. I was surprised kuona vanhu vachifarira kubviswa kwa Mugabe ne military. The MDC tried to remove him from power many times bt the same military killed many opposition supporters defending Mugabe. The reason for removing Mugabe was:
1. Constantino Chiwenga wanted to save his job and loot since he was facing being removed from power and then face coup charges.
2. Munangagwa lost his job and consequently his looting ability and desperately wanted to come back.
3. Team lacoste and some military personnel were in danger of being politically and economically irrelevant.
So why did the people support the military. The task of removing ZANU pf is nw harder than before since we now have a military government. Clever people in a country with wrongly claimed higher literacy rate should have seen this or at least listen to analysts on etv or sabc.
Zimbabwe’s political landscape will never be the same again. It is gonna b worse. The opposition is gonna b crushed. The whistle was given to mad man. We did not like Mugabe but what is happening as some of us said is scary. Even though they said the army has been withdrawn we know from 2008 that they are going to operate in plain clothes in townships and the rural areas. One thing for certain is that they cannot cow or victimize the economy. Zimbabweans we need to pray . I know there are a lot of people in denial who are still supporting the army but from day one we said problems in zanu PF did not warrant the intervention of the army. Anywhere we beg the current president and his army to prove people like us that we were wrong not to put our trust in them. Prove to us by not punishing people who oppose u , prove to us by improving the economy. We are very much afraid and we can only pray to God that u will b better than Mugabe and better than our suspicions