Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda has lamented over the citizens’ attitude towards members of the army.

Sibanda claims that citizens have misconceptions about the army though it remains a fact that soldiers have always been used by the goverment to terrorise citizens.

“In Zimbabwe, we seem to have a love-hate relationship with the military. There are times when the people like the military and there are times when they do not like the ministry. This is because of social media and what is flighted by different individuals who post on social media.

“The truth of matter is the ZDF belong to the people. The role is to provide security to the State. We belong to this country and we are meant to serve the people of Zimbabwe.

“We find people trashing the defence forces like the Defence forces belong to somebody. They don’t belong to one person. It is unfortunate that we have some among us who would like to believe that this is a foreign force and therefore should be trashed left right and centre.

:I would like to urge Zimbabweans to understand that we are an institution of the State, but we belong to the people of Zimbabwe.”