Grace Mugabe stages palace coup

Mashonaland West women's league chairperson, Angeline Muchemeyi has claimed that First Lady Grace Mugabe told them she was already in control of the presidency.

Last year, MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai said the aging Mugabe has been "surreptitiously but willingly" replaced by his wife Grace.

He said Grace aged 51 had taken over in a "palace coup" and no one in government was doing anything about the country's crisis.

According to Muchemeyi, Grace who entered mainstream politics a few years ago revealed that she was already running Zimbabwe.

 "Grace told an executive meeting that she is already the President and would not want to be appointed VP, as it was a lower post.

"The First Lady said I am the wife of the President, I am the president already … I plan and do everything with the President, what more do I want, for now the position of the women boss is enough" Muchemeyi is quoted saying after the province passed a resolution for Grace to remain as women's league boss.

Grace is linked to the G40 faction that is said to be opposed to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding 92 year old Mugabe.