Defence (Cantonment) (Zimbabwe Military Academy) Notice, (no. 53)
The Zimbabwe Military Academy's 1 304 hectares in Gweru — and a list of other camps, farms and rifle ranges — are declared cantonments, repealing the 1967 Southern Rhodesia notice.
The Minister of Defence has, under section 89 of the Defence Act, declared the areas in the Schedule to be cantonments for the purposes of Part IX of that Act, and repealed the Defence (Cantonments) (Southern Rhodesia) Notice, 1967.
The Schedule leads with the Zimbabwe Military Academy in Gweru: 1 304 hectares of Gweru township land, bounded by the CBD and Windsor Park to the north, Coolmoreen and Senga to the east, Shurugwi and Vungu districts to the south and Southdowns, Ivene and Lundi Park to the west, described by 1:50 000 map sheets held by the Surveyor-General in Bulawayo and by survey coordinates.
It continues with defence properties around the country — Balkiza, Little Connemara, Nagenoeg, Tsanga Lodge, Masue Army Camp, the ZDF Officers Mess, Mushandike, Decadrum, the Bikita and Chatsworth rifle ranges, Chikwerengwe, Green Valley, Gabriel and Goodhope farms and the Harare Base Workshop among them.
Cantonment status brings each area under Part IX of the Defence Act, which controls entry, use and activity on defence land.
This notice and S.I. 74 of 2025, gazetted eleven days later, carry the same number (No. 53) and the same schedule — the later instrument appears to republish the same declaration under a Zimbabwe Defence Forces heading.
What changed
- The Zimbabwe Military Academy's 1 304 hectares in Gweru is declared a cantonment
- The Defence (Cantonments) (Southern Rhodesia) Notice, 1967 is repealed
- Camps, farms, rifle ranges and the Harare Base Workshop are also declared cantonments
- The land falls under the entry and use controls in Part IX of the Defence Act
Who this affects
- Occupiers and neighbours of the Zimbabwe Military Academy in Gweru
- Residents near army camps, farms and rifle ranges
- Surveyors and conveyancers dealing with the affected land
- The Zimbabwe Defence Forces
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.