By Shout-Africa Correspondent MUZARABANI – A member of the MDC party was ambushed and assaulted during the first week of July 2010 by a mob of ZANU PF youth militia in Muzarabani. Mr. Kagura was heavily assaulted by a gang of more than eleven men armed with logs. He sustained life threatening head injuries, twisted wrist joints and limbs. Kagura told Shout-Africa correspondent in Harare that he only managed to flee when he fired a gun shot from his firearm forcing the marauding mob to disperse. The MDC activist, had visited Keba Madya,a member of the ZANU PF party at... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa – Spurred by overwhelming support, the MDC 99 says it has printed over tens of thousands of membership cards for Harare province. “The need to print the party cards was necessitated by overwhelming demand by Harare supporters who have found new hope and confidence in the solid movement called MDC 99,” said the party. “The cards bear our party logo and expire after eight years. ‘ MDC99 which is the second breakaway faction from the original opposition movement after the Mutamabara-led faction claims that since the cards went on sale, queues have formed at its headquarters “sending shivers... Continue Reading
GUTU – ZIMBABWE. Newly-formed opposition party MDC99 say it’s President Job Sikhala last night (22 June 2010) escaped with minor injuries and a claim the party believes was an attempt on his life at around 23 30 hours, 30 km from Gutu towards Harare after his two right wheels were shot flat from a passing unregistered double cab CAM vehicle. His vehicle then veered off the road and landed in a ditch. The CAM vehicle then accelerated off at high speed. “President Sikhala was coming from Bikita where he had gone to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Nkomo,... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba – Johannesburg – The former chief of the Rwandan army, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, was shot on Saturday outside his home in Johannesburg, police said. Nyamwasa’s wife Rosette said the former army chief of staff was shot outside the gate of the upmarket complex where they lived in Johannesburg, in what she described as an assassination act. “When we got to the gate, a black man with a pistol came to the driver’s window… The window was half open… And he fired a shot,” she told journalists. “The driver obstructed the assassin… My husband leaned forward. He was... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba The African National Congress (ANC) says it is saddened by the death of one of South Africa’s legendary musician uMama uBusi Mhlongo.ANC National Spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said, “Her passing on after a long illness is a huge loss to South Africa, particularly the music fraternity. Her passing away has robbed us of a contribution she would have continued to make in the development of music in South Africa.’ “We join many South Africans in paying tribute to this music icon who became a beacon of hope and inspired many artists and individuals in our country and abroad.”... Continue Reading
