Grace Mugabe trending on slippery ground

Zimbabwe's political catfight could turn into an explosive and untenable situation if left unchecked, especially in the face of insinuations about military involvement in plots to "kill" President Robert Mugabe's youngest son Bellarmine Chatunga, analysts and opposition parties have said.

First Lady Grace claimed at a rally in Chiweshe last Friday that sections of the army and a Zanu-PF faction allegedly led by Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa were plotting to kill Chatunga and that they were responsible for the attempted bombing of her family's dairy plant in Mazowe last month.

Political scientist Eldred Masunungure said Grace was treading on "dangerous ground".