Zimbabwe Defence Industries

PVD: Yes indeed, we only have the outgoing president Robert Mugabe and the outgoing first lady, Grace Mugabe, and that's all, in terms of individuals. We also still have an arms embargo and restrictive measures against Zimbabwe Defence Industries. VG: There were mixed reactions to those restrictions ...

The EU has progressively lifted sanctions on Zimbabwe leaving only two people, Mugabe and his wife Grace, and the Zimbabwe Defence Industries. The EU did not state the reasons why it wanted to maintain sanctions against Mugabe but said the former president can write to the organisation before 29 ...

The Zimbabwe Defence Industries is a company that was registered in 1985 by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) a parastatal. The Zimbabwe Defence Forces did not have legal mandate to register the company and thus ZDI was registered by IDC to circumvent this restriction. IDC only owns 5% ...

HARARE - The Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has approached the High Court seeking to block the attachment of its property by a clearing agent that claims to have paid $73 000 tax to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on behalf of the State-owned military outfit. ZDI filed an urgent chamber ...

Then there is Anjin mining in which the Zimbabwe Defence Industries has a 40% stake. Jinan mining is another, and is considered an extension of Anjin that is 50% owned by the ZMDC. Mbada Diamonds has operated one of the largest mining concessions in Marange, and its owners hide behind a web of ...

A few days ago, Dube was publicly admonished by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko who warned that the former Zimbabwe Defence Industries boss could find himself at loggerheads with the authorities if he continued siding with renegades like Mutsvangwa. “Tshinga, you are a senior person, I wonder ...

HARARE - War Veterans minister, Tshinga Dube, had a one-on-one meeting with President Robert Mugabe after yesterday's Cabinet meeting, the first such encounter since a furore broke out over the retired colonel's controversial remarks over the weekend. The former Zimbabwe Defence Industries chief ...

Political analysts said while it was refreshing that the former Zimbabwe Defence Industries boss had boldly spoken about an issue considered taboo in Zanu PF, he was likely to be censured given the deep divisions within the liberation movement, which is being devoured by infighting stemming from ...

HARARE - Zanu PF has rubbished the European Union (EU)'s decision to renew sanctions imposed on President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace for another year, saying the move is “shameful and disgraceful”. The union, which also upheld sanctions on the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), ...

Machinegun ammunition belts. The State-owned Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) said it would be better to be shut down due to poor economic conditions and halted production lines. ZDI is a Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) owned military industrial complex which manufactures small arms ammunition ...