Zimbabwe needs leaders of integrity, says Mnangagwa

Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is widely believed to want to succeed President Robert Mugabe, has said that Zimbabwe needed "leaders of integrity" according to a report.

Mnangagwa told hundreds of Christians meeting for a prayer breakfast in Harare that the country's leaders "should continue upholding justice, honesty and peace", according to the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper.

"Our job as leaders is to shepherd the country with integrity," Mnangagwa was reported as saying.

He did not offer any criticism of Mugabe, whose leadership the vice president described as "astute".