'Vulnerable Mugabe will use violence,' ex minister says

Former cabinet minister say embattled president Mugabe, who is struggling to fend off growing resistance to his governance - both from with and outside could use violence as the last line of defence to protect his family and job.

The warning made by former education minister David Coltart, comes as the non-agrarian has intensified crackdown against the leadership of the war veterans who last week served him with divorce papers growing disillusioned with his leadership style.

Coltart whose autobiography The struggle continues: 50 years of tyranny in Zimbabwe, has exposed Mugabe's government atrocities of the 1980's of the 1980's, said the nonagenarian and Zanu-PF had a long history of violence and would use it against protesters.