[4] During the Rhodesian Bush War, Sibanda trained and served as a ZIPRA military combatant.
He received military training at Morogoro under the likes of Retired Brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri.
In 1974 after completing his training in Tanzania him and four others: Elisha Gagisa (Stanely Nleya), Elias Ndou, Abel Mazinyane and Joel Dambudzo were sent to Lebanon where they spent 9 months of rigorous training under the Palestine Liberation Organization at Jalub.
Among the Morogoro-based Zanla Commanders in ZIPA were Contsantine Chiwenga (commissar), Perence Shiri and Augustine Chihuri (Stephen Chocha).
Major General Jevan Maseko was the first former ZPRA cadre to rise to that rank.