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Mugabe blocks Grace from succeeding him
21 Jun 2017 at 15:57hrs | Views
GRACE Mugabe has been reigned in by his husband President Robert Mugabe on her ambition to succeed him after the nation's intelligence chief warned that her campaign may stoke political violence and faces opposition from within the military.
According to Bloomberg, Mugabe asked his wife Grace, 51, to tone down her public criticism of veterans of Zimbabwe's independence and back her main rival, Deputy President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 74.
Mnangagwa, a former spy chief who played a key role in the independence struggle and was jailed during the war against the white-minority regime of Rhodesia, has previously denied that he leads a faction or desires to be president.
Grace worked as the president's secretary before marrying him in 1996. She formally entered politics in 2014, when Zanu-PF elected her leader of its women's league.
According to Bloomberg, Mugabe asked his wife Grace, 51, to tone down her public criticism of veterans of Zimbabwe's independence and back her main rival, Deputy President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 74.
Mnangagwa, a former spy chief who played a key role in the independence struggle and was jailed during the war against the white-minority regime of Rhodesia, has previously denied that he leads a faction or desires to be president.
Grace worked as the president's secretary before marrying him in 1996. She formally entered politics in 2014, when Zanu-PF elected her leader of its women's league.
Source - NewZimbabwe
