| Organisation |
Zimbabwe Defence Forces |
| Alternate Name |
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| Abbreviation |
ZDF |
| Parent |
Ministry of Defence |
| u.r.l. |
http://www.nca.org.zw/COZ/coz_10.htm |
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http://www.mofed.gov.zw/docs/BUDGET%202006.pdf |
| email |
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| Country |
Zimbabwe |
| Location |
Harare |
| Address |
Public Relations Office, Ministry of Defence - H/Q, Defence House, cnr Kwame Nkuruma / 3rd Street, Harare |
| Postal Address |
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| Telephone |
+263-4 250042, 252050 - 7, 700155 - 8, 700077 - 8 |
| Management u.r.l. |
http://www.mod.gov.zw/organisation/organisation.htm |
| Fax |
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| Sector |
Military Command & Control |
| Organisation Type |
African Government |
| Status |
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| Stated Role |
The roles and functions of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces are: <P>-To ensure the protection and security of Zimbabwe's territorial integrity and independence. <P>-To provide military aid to civil power and civil authorities in Zimbabwe. <P>-To provide military support to promote Zimbabwe's economic, political and social interests. <P>-To fulfill international obligations and responsibilities with regard to international treaties and other states in the field of support operations, collective security, confidence and security building measures and humanitarian relief activities. |
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| Geographical Focus |
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| Notes |
The ZDF was set up by the integration of three belligerent forces, the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, (ZANLA) and the Zimbabwe Peoples' Revolutionary Army, (ZIPRA) on one side and the Rhodesian Security Forces (RSF) on the other at the end of the Liberation Struggle in 1980. The Integration period saw the formation of The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) as separate entities under the command of Rtd General Solomon Mujuru and the late Rtd Air Chief Marshal Josiah Tungamirai respectively. The integration commanders handed over the Zimbabwean flags to then Lieutenant General Vitalis Zvinavashe, who later became the first Commander Defence Forces (1993), and Air Marshal Perrance Shiri in 1992, and subsequently in the ZNA to then Lieutenant General Constantine Chiwenga in 1993 |