Philip Valerio Sibanda

Lt General Philip Valerio Sibanda is the current Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army.

The Zimbabwe National Army is the land based arm of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, formed at Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 following the integration of former members of the Rhodesian Army with ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrilla movements (the armed wings of, respectively, ZANU and ZAPU). Lt General Philip Valerio Sibanda is a former ZIPRA combatant.

Personal life
Lt General Sibanda was educated at Marist Brothers Dete in Dete.

Rhodesian Bush War
During the Rhodesian Bush War, Philip Valerio Sibanda trained and served as a ZIPRA military combatant.