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Grace has shaken Zanu PF

by Thobekile Zhou
06 Dec 2015 at 03:30hrs | Views
First Lady Grace Mugabe has shaken Zanu PF politics and been described a "game changer in Zimbabwean politics".

Last week at  Mushayavanhu High School in Masvingo, Grace said vicee-Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko were not her seniors and she could not "be counted out".

"The Herald lied that I said I am junior to Vice-President Mnangagwa.

"I never said he is my senior. I just said I respect him as the VP and that he is more experienced than me.

"I might be new in Zanu PF, but I am not junior to anyone. I am the wife of the President. I am humble, I say baba (father) to Vice-President Mphoko, but he knows I am senior.

"Some also question why I sit at the front in the politburo near President Mugabe. It is my right to sit at the front in the politburo because VaMugabe is my husband."

 However,  a state run Sunday  Mail columnist, who normally gives doses of Zanu PF goings-on, Bishop Lazarus said  Grace is a power house and has inflicted too much pain.

"Whether you like the First Lady or not, she has shaken not only Zanu-PF politics but Zimbabwean politics and as things stand, she is proving a real game changer.

Ask Joice Mujuru what I am talking about.

Ask Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo what I am talking about.

The game has really changed for them.

Now if you were listening to the First Lady speaking at Mushayavanhu High School on Friday you will know that very soon the game will change for some Politburo and Central Committee members in Zanu-PF.

The First Lady fired the first warning shot saying these members should stop leaking information to the private media.

"Journalists are told what to write by people we spend time with in the Politburo and the Central Committee. We know it. There is someone among us, behind our backs who goes and corrupts the journalists," said the First Lady who calls herself "mafirakureva."

Students of political science and media studies - the First Lady is a dissertation, but be very careful because she does not really fit into the usual political templates.

Finding reference books may cause quite some headache.

"I first speak in riddles but kana zvandibata I will say it out. I will not hesitate. The time will come," Dr Grace Mugabe warned.

Now that's scary. The same scenario played out just before Mai Mujuru was ousted from the party.

When is the next rally?

Ko zvikabata First Lady ipapo? Ahhh! And you tell me she is not a game changer when grown up men and women are having sleepless nights?


Source - Byo24News