War vets wearing army uniforms shot live bullets at 5 MDC activists in Rusape on Friday, resulting in the death of one of them, a woman.

The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe sent this Friday to the Angolan capital, Luanda, his minister of Rural Housing and Social Amenities, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who arrived in the country this Friday morning, in the capacity of

South African civil society, ever so vibrant, has scored an impressive victory. Its loud opposition to a shipment of arms from China to Zimbabwe bore fruit on Thursday when the Chinese government announced that the ship would turn back.

The Southern African Development Community has warned the Zimbabwe regime that it will accept no more excuses from the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission, if it fails to release the results of the presidential elections by Saturday.

Eric Pfumvuti is a war veteran who terrorized MDC supporters as far back as 2000 and is said to be leading the current Zanu PF post election terror campaign in Mutoko.

The MDC has retained its parliamentary seat in Buhera South, Manicaland province in a recount exercise that has taken five days.

The collapse of the Zimbabwean economy has proved beneficial for Mozambican sugar producers.

South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, on Friday laid out a series of steps for the South African government to take in order to resolve the current impasse in Zimbabwe.

There were a series of coordinated raids in the capital on Friday that appeared to be aimed at confiscating all documents relating to the elections held last month.

The Southern African Development Community has warned Zimbabwe that it will accept no more excuses from the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission (ZEC) if it fails to release the results of the Zimbabwean presidential elections by Saturday.

THE Swapo Youth League has come out with guns blazing, saying it was opposed to regime change in Zimbabwe.

SADC is understood to be pushing for a government of national unity as a solution to Zimbabwe's political crisis, arguing that the anticipated presidential election run-off will not end the impasse. The run-off is expected next month.

THE United Kingdom has suspended the £1 billion (US$2 billion) a year international emergency aid and development package it had set aside for Zimbabwe until the outcome of the presidential results is announced.

THE Movement for Democratic Change is currently riding on the crest of regional discontent with President Mugabe over the delay in releasing presidential election results and the incumbent's sabre-rattling about wanting to die in office.

Last week, the Movement for Democratic Change flagbearer was at the Ota Farm of erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo, who, a few months back, almost transformed himself to another Robert Mugabe through an ill-fated tenure elongation permutation and who is yet

AFRICAN civil society leaders are pressing for the appointment of a Pan-African panel of eminent persons to intervene in the Zimbabwean political crisis triggered by delays and refusals by authorities to release results of last month's presidential election.

CIVIL society organisations in Zimbabwe this week submitted a dossier to Sadc detailing alleged state-sponsored violence against hundreds of opposition supporters since the March 29 elections.

HUNDREDS of people from rural areas throughout Zimbabwe have fled their homes and sought refuge at the MDC headquarters in Harare amid reports that state-sponsored political violence is spiralling.

WHAT goes around comes around! This old adage is currently haunting the embattled President Mugabe.

CHINA has caved in to international pressure and recalled the 'ship of shame' carrying an arms shipment for Zimbabwe, which has been sitting on a time bomb since the March 29 presidential and parliamentary elections.