The charges against the Pan-African Parliament’s president are the latest in a string of alleged offences by senior African leaders
Accusations abound in Mugabe’s cabinet where power may have been undermined to stir tribal division.
A ban on aid bodies in the Masvingo province has been lifted, and government is appealing to NGOs to resume operations there.
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President Robert Mugabe is urging Zimbabweans to ”vote for the fist”. His campaign posters — portraits of Mugabe wearing an olive green military-type shirt and holding a clenched fist aloft — reflect his hard-line politics, and remind voters of the crack troops who have helped keep him in power for 28 years.
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party is probing some of its senior officials in Masvingo province for allegedly campaigning for opposition candidates in last November’s controversial Senate election. But insiders say the probe is just an extension of power struggles in Zanu-PF over President Robert Mugabe’s succession.