On this day in 2007, MDC party leader Morgan Tsvangirai and other officials including his driver Nhamo Musekiwa were arrested on their way to a prayer rally organized by churches in Highfield Harare. A number of MDC supporters were also arrested and activist Gift Tandare was gunned down in a protest.
On this day in 2007, Nhamo Musekiwa who was Morgan Tsvangirai’s bodyguard since the formation of the MDC party in 1999 died in South Africa. His death came as a result of the injuries he sustained in early March after his arrest and torture together with Tsvangirai. Musekiwa was said to have been vomiting blood since the beating.