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Madzongwe tipped for VP in place of Mnangagwa
05 Jan 2016 at 11:29hrs | Views
Post-congress Zanu PF bigwigs opposed to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding President Robert Mugabe are reported to be campaigning for Senate president Edna Madzongwe to be vice president.
Madzongwe is reportedly linked to the former liberation movement's ambitious Young Turks known as the Generation 40 (G40), who are said to be working closely with the women's league to derail Mnangagwa and push for her assuming authority instead of the First Lady Grace Mugabe who has been all along tipped for the post by analysts.
"It is now a question of when in 2016, not whether we will have a woman VP. Last December's (Zanu PF) conference set a clear deadline that 2016 would be the year that gender parity would be realised in the presidium. Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing will stop women from realising their long-cherished dream, and that woman is likely to be Mai Madzongwe, and not Dr Amai (Grace), whom you guys wrongly accused of wanting to succeed the president," one of the bigwigs said.
Women's league senior member and Goromonzi West MP, Beatrice Nyamupinga — who is also the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development — told the Daily News yesterday that while 2015 had variously been dubbed Gore Rezvidzidzo (the year of learning), 2016 was the Women's Year.
Madzongwe is reportedly linked to the former liberation movement's ambitious Young Turks known as the Generation 40 (G40), who are said to be working closely with the women's league to derail Mnangagwa and push for her assuming authority instead of the First Lady Grace Mugabe who has been all along tipped for the post by analysts.
"It is now a question of when in 2016, not whether we will have a woman VP. Last December's (Zanu PF) conference set a clear deadline that 2016 would be the year that gender parity would be realised in the presidium. Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing will stop women from realising their long-cherished dream, and that woman is likely to be Mai Madzongwe, and not Dr Amai (Grace), whom you guys wrongly accused of wanting to succeed the president," one of the bigwigs said.
Women's league senior member and Goromonzi West MP, Beatrice Nyamupinga — who is also the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development — told the Daily News yesterday that while 2015 had variously been dubbed Gore Rezvidzidzo (the year of learning), 2016 was the Women's Year.
Source - Daily News
