PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is believed to have told his South African
counterpart Thabo Mbeki that he is considering stepping down in the next 12
months and that he wants Speaker of Parliament, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take
over from him, it was learnt yesterday.
According to well-placed sources, Mugabe indicated in a telephone
conversation with Mbeki last Thursday that he was working out a transitional
mechanism that would allow a new leadership in Zimbabwe in the next 12
months.
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