The African National Congress of South Africa allegedly bought into a plan by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front way back in 2002 under which President Robert Mugabe was to serve his term but would appoint Emmerson Mnangagwa as Prime Minister to gradually take over most of the executive functions from him.
The plan was reportedly told to Movement for Democratic Change parliamentarian David Coltart by ANC official Patrick Moseki on 9 December 2002.
Mnangagwa was to offer a token number of cabinet positions to the MDC. He suggested two seats but was urged by some of his ANC interlocutors to increase that number to five.
According to the plan, if the MDC opted not to go along with it, the party was to be crushed ruthlessly.
ZANU-PF was going to implement the plan regardless of what the international community thought of it or Mnangagwa.
Below are the Wikileaks cables that mention Mnangagwa’s name.
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