Is Simon Khaya Moyo next?

President Robert Mugabe has implicated Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front National chairman Simon Khaya Moyo among those involved in the plot to oust him raising questions about Moyo’s survival in…

Is Grace out too?

A remark by President Robert Mugabe when he addressed service chiefs and war veterans yesterday may have been loaded. Mugabe was quoted as saying: “We are experiencing it (bickering within…

Can Mujuru still stop ZANU-PF congress?

President Robert Mugabe, a shrewd politician who has survived the trials and tribulations within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, is likely to have his way as the party congress seems to have kicked off without any hitches after reports that supporters of Vice-President Joice Mujuru would go to court to stop the congress.

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All eyes on the succession struggle and Mujuru’s fate as ZANU-PF congress begins

A shopping centre in Harare’s smart northern suburbs demonstrates the dichotomies in Zimbabwe ahead of a critical ZANU-PF national congress scheduled for tomorrow.  A regional fast food chain displays a massive sign bearing the Zimbabwean flag, proclaiming that Chicken Inn has “that original Zimbabwean taste we luv (sic).”  The establishment competes with a new KFC franchise, located just on the other side of the parking lot, proudly bearing the image of Colonel Sanders.

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