First Lady Grace Mugabe last week demonstrated that she is the power behind the throne when she demanded that her husband President Robert Mugabe names his successor, joining a list of First Ladies who have attempted to manage their husbands' leadership succession or become pivotal in their country's power matrix.
In the case of Zanu PF, the succession issue has been dragging on for years with no solution in sight. Although Grace is showing that she is currently the pot stirrer, she is doing it more cautiously than she did when she came out guns blazing against former vice-president Joice Mujuru.
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