Defence (Cantonment) (Zimbabwe Defences Forces) Notice, 2026, (No. 56)
The Goromonzi and Falcon cantonment boundaries are redrawn — 859.6 hectares of James Farm in Ruwa and 75.2 hectares in Harare are declared military cantonments under new coordinates.
The Minister of Defence has re-declared two cantonment areas, replacing the coordinates published for them in S.I. 210 of 2025.
The Goromonzi cantonment is a piece of land in Ruwa forming part of James Farm, covering 8.596 square kilometres — 859.6 hectares — on map sheet Goromonzi 1731 C4 at 1:50,000. Its corners are given both in UTM Zone 36K and as the Military Grid references UR195254, UR226255, UR224224 and UR197224.
The Falcon cantonment is 75.2 hectares in Harare, on the 1:50,000 Harare sheet, bounded by fourteen listed points in grid square 36KTF.
Declaring land a cantonment brings it under Part IX of the Defence Act, the part that governs military areas and access to them. For anyone with land, business or a right of way near these boundaries, the practical question is whether their ground now falls inside one — and the answer is on the plan, which may be inspected free of charge at the office of the Secretary of Defence, Defence House, Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Harare.
The notice does not describe what changed against the 2025 coordinates, and it does not state a commencement date beyond its gazetting on 13 February 2026.
What changed
- The Goromonzi and Falcon coordinates in the Schedule to SI 210 of 2025 are repealed and replaced
- Goromonzi cantonment covers 859.6 hectares of James Farm in Ruwa, bounded by four grid references
- Falcon cantonment covers 75.2 hectares in Harare, bounded by fourteen grid references
- Both areas are cantonments for the purposes of Part IX of the Defence Act
- Plans may be inspected free of charge at Defence House, Harare
Who this affects
- landowners and occupiers near James Farm in Ruwa
- landowners and occupiers near the Falcon area in Harare
- developers and surveyors working in Goromonzi and Ruwa
- the Zimbabwe Defence Forces
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