War vets claim plot to oust Mugabe

Zanu-PF succession fights took a fresh twist this week when the country's war veterans acknowledged a bid to block President Mugabe from standing as the party's presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections.

The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association's secretary for information and publicity Kames Kaunye on Wednesday said his association was aware that some power hungry individuals within the party were plotting against the Zanu-PF leader in a bid to take over, but warned such moves would be thwarted as they were not motivated by party of the national interest but individual selfish interests.