Mugabe's Successor... Dark Horse to Emerge?

The first candidate for succession in Zimbabwe, Joice Mujuru, was knocked out of the race in 2014, purged for supposedly plotting against the leader. Emmerson Mnangagwa replaced Mujuru but Mugabe has made it clear he doesn't want him as succerssor either. It seems highly likely Grace Mugabe, who now heads the Women's League, wants to seize the reins, but who knows, maybe a dark horse will emerge?

President Robert Mugabe and First Lady Grace Mugabe (file photo).

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