Only a gun can stop me, says Grace Mugabe

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday warned hawks in the faction-ridden Zanu-PF party she would only be silenced by a gun and would stop at nothing in admonishing divisive behaviour by party members though she did not harbour any presidential ambitions.

Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters in the high-density suburb of Mbare in Harare during one of her Meet the People rallies Grace said although she had no liberation war credentials, this did not disqualify her from reprimanding some wayward ex-fighters.

She said she would also not stop speaking against certain vices bedevilling Zanu-PF.

"I am called Mafirakureva, I will die for the truth. People have a problem; they are used to blackmailing others so that whenever you say something, they question why you said it," she said.

"When you say something bad that you have observed, they say you don't want war veterans. Let me tell you: You will not get me.

You will never close my mouth, you can only come and shoot and kill me. You are not going to intimidate me."