POST-ELECTION violence in rural areas has sharply divided Zanu PF, amid reports that Vice-President Joice Mujuru told the politburo last week that senior party members were behind the assault and torture of villagers in Mashonaland provinces.

OPPOSITION leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to Zimbabwe on Saturday for an election run-off with President Robert Mugabe after six weeks in self-imposed exile in South Africa and Botswana.

ZANU PF and the MDC are reportedly engaged in secret talks to form a government of national unity (GNU) and forgo the June 27 presidential election run-off after the two parties agreed that the poll will not resolve the social,

Thousands of people in dozens of cities across Africa and the rest of the globe will tomorrow demonstrate their solidarity with victims of rights abuses in Zimbabwe.

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, fearing defeat in the forthcoming poll, has urged his wounded party to establish a "warlike leadership" to conduct a military-style campaign during the looming presidential election run-off.

MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai is back in Zimbabwe where he is due to start campaigning for the presidential run-off election that is scheduled for June 27.

GOVERNMENT will redouble its efforts in uplifting the quality of education in rural schools through building proper learning infrastructure, the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Cde Obert Matshalaga, has said.