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Dumiso Dabengwa is seen here at the PF ZAPU Congress in December 2008. This was the first Congress after the breakaway from ZANU PF. There were disturbances last week in Bulawayo when youths and elders clashed in Luveve and ended up fighting. It is alleged that Cyril Ndebele, the former Speaker of Parliament who is now a member of the PF ZAPU breakaway party, was found addressing youths and urging them to dump Dabengwa in his favour Harare, Zimbabwe, 10 December 2009 Scores of youth from Dumiso Dabengwa's revived PF ZAPU have been detained by police after an altercation with Elders of the party in the Bulawayo Suburb of Luveve. Dumiso Dabengwa, a former Commander of ZIPRA guerillas during Zimbabwe war of independence (Chimurenga), broke away from ZANU PF, throwing a Unity Accord signed by Mugabe and Dr Joshua Nkomo, founding president of PF ZAPU in 1987 into disarray. He has since been joined in the revived party by high-profile figures such as former Speaker of Parliament, Cyril N...

The presidential Guard in Zimbabwe, with their distinctive yellow berets, are notorious for assaulting drivers who do not get out of Mugabe's way fast enough and getting away scot-free. They have now attacked a home for former Street Children in Bulawayo, some of whom sustained internal injuries. When police opened dockets against them, the soldiers started intimidating the policemen responsible! As usual, above you can see Mugabe whistling to himself as he inspects a guard of honour. He does this every time he inspects any sort of Guard presented to him. It is a sort of charm, apparently. Harare, Zimbabwe, 09 November 2009 Soldiers of the Presidential Guard attacked 41 former school children at Thuthuka Centre in Bulawayo last week, accusing them of being MDC-T supporters, according to a report from The Standard's Bulawayo reporters. The attack was described by authorities at the school as "vicious" and it came about as a result of a misunderstanding over a girl. Two...