'Mnangagwa to take over in March'

Musician- cum-politician, Energy Mutodi - a self-confessed follower of VP Emmerson Mnangagwa has spewed another cocktail of controversial New Year wishes and bizarre conspiracy theories that could put the acting president under further pressure from Zanu-PF hardliners.

Writing on his Facebook page at the weekend, the fraud-accused businessman and prominent Zanu-PF member, sensationally claims that the under fire Mnangagwa would succeed President Robert Mugabe in March this year without explaining how this was supposed to happen.

He also claimed that the quarrelsome First Lady Grace Mugabe would become VP when Mnangagwa succeeds Mugabe.

In addition, Mutodi alleged that ex-VP Joice Mujuru's allies were behind a plan to poison the 90 year old leader, in a bid to force a Zanu-PF extra-ordinary congress that would see the former Zanu-PF number bouncing back from the political wilderness.