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Minister Mnangagwa was addressing 60 officers from Sadc countries who graduated from the Zimbabwe Staff College Friday after completing the Junior Staff Course.

The students were from Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia.
“The continued participation of students from the Sadc region is ample evidence of our country’s commitment towards regional military integration,” Minister Mnangagwa said.
He said his ministry would continue to advocate for inclusion of female students in training courses to eliminate gender imbalances in regional defence forces.

He thanked China for supporting the training centre, a relationship he said epitomised the traditionally strong ties between Harare and Beijing.
The graduates completed a compressed and demanding course whose main aim is to sharpen their knowledge and skills in staff procedures in both peace and war time.

Another course is to develop versatile and proficient officers in the key areas of tactics, leadership and training, and peace support operations.
The course ran for 21 weeks.