Mnangagwa confronts Mugabe

Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday reportedly confronted President Robert Mugabe in protest over his verbal battering by First Lady Grace at a rally in Chiweshe last Friday.

Although both Mnangagwa and Mugabe's spokesperson George Charamba were not picking calls yesterday, NewsDay claims that it was reliably informed that the meeting took place at Mugabe's residence on Saturday where the VP reportedly complained that Grace had publicly accused him of plotting to oust her soon-to-be-92-year-old husband.

The development came as NewsDay was told last night that Mugabe's party had called for an extraordinary politburo meeting tomorrow to discuss the internecine fights between its top officials.