By Talent Gondo- Zimbabwe National Army Chief of Staff (Quartermaster Staff) Major-General Hlanganani Dube has revealed that army members are now joining hands with criminal syndicates to rob and plunder for economic survival.

Major General Dube said the ZNA is concerned with the increase in criminal cases involving its members some of of which include theft of army rations, robbery, fraud, illegal panning, abuse of military equipment and many others.

He however advised that the army will not tolerate such behaviour warning that those who violate the law will be fired.

He said:

“We will not hesitate to discharge culprits who will be found on the wrong side of the law regardless of their ranks.

It is unfortunate that social media has proved to be a double-edged sword and in most cases, it has become a threat to national security through the transmission of hostile and misleading messages.

I, therefore, urge you to use such platforms cautiously as members of the security forces since breaches of national security nowadays are always through social media.