Mugabe's backyard on fire

Zanu-PF leader President Mugabe's Mashonaland West backyard went up in smoke on Saturday as two factions - one led by Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo and the other by President Mugabe's nephew Edwin Matibiri - engaged in a verbal face-off during a charity fundraising event superintended by party national chairman Simon Khaya Moyo.

The fracas led to the arrest of Matibiri– who is also eyeing Chombo's Zvimba North constituency – after a youth from Chombo's camp alleged that he had been verbally assaulted.

He was, however released.