President Robert Mugabe’s continued stonewalling on the leadership succession threatens chaos as increasing numbers of politicians from the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front throw their hats into the ring – or at least appear to. The established rival senior factions, those of Vice-President Joice Mujuru and Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, are unable to operate openly and have to rely on proxies to gain advantage before the ZANU-PF elective congress in December. As a result, some have spotted an opportunity and are setting out their stalls for the 2018 election in the hope that the leadership will skip a generation. africa-confidential/article/id/5596/Scramble_for_the_top
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:07:23 +0000
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