Zanu PF on edge

Zanu PF is on edge as its 15th annual conference roars into life in the resort town of Victoria Falls to be officially opened by party leader President Robert Mugabe today.

The usually sleepy town is crawling with security details and an elaborate set-up seemed to have been put in place including an accreditation centre that is placed almost a kilometre away from the venue.

Sources said security was on high alert even during the central committee meeting in Harare ahead of the yearly indaba amid fears the factionalism gnawing at the former liberation movement could explode into open fistfights.

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