'Zanu-PF could split,' says Mugabe

A worried President Robert Mugabe has expressed the fear that his post congress Zanu-PF could be heading for another devastating split owing to the party's seemingly unstoppable factional and succession war.

Since the brutal ouster of former VP Joice Mujuru late last year over untested charges the deadly ructions have worsened.

Mugabe castigated ambitious cadres in Zanu-PF who fight for positions through personality clashes which threaten to split the party.

President Mugabe said most of the differences were initiated by party cadres who sought personal advancement.

He said while problems were expected on how to organise the party, elections, administration and recruitment of new members, problems bedevilling the party presently were to do with personality clashes for positions.

President Mugabe said some people who joined Zanu-PF recently already harboured ambitions for senior positions in the party and Government.