Msipa hammers Mugabe, Zanu-PF

In a surprising twist to the worsening succession war in Zanu-PF, respected party elder Cephas Msipa has criticised President Robert Mugabe for failing to deal with infighting and refusing to take advise on the party's escalating factionalism.

Msipa said he feared for Zanu-PF if relations remained as fractious as they currently are. He said if people continue being dissatisfied with what is happening, it is possible to have a split.

He further attacked one of the two major factions battling for power inside Zanu-PF for behaving as if they own Grace Mugabe, a development that he said was fuelling factionalism inside the party.