South African deputy president Jacob Zuma, flew to Harare late on Thursday to congratulate Mr Mugabe in person, and the two men were photographed hugging each other and giving the one-fisted amandla (power) salute of the black liberation struggle.
Meanwhile, Mr Mugabe's police were using his draconian public order and security decrees to break up a meeting of the Zimbabwean Congress of Trades Unions.[End Excerpt]