Name your successor, wife urges President Mugabe at 93

Zimbabwean First Lady, Grace, on Thursday advised President Robert Mugabe to name his preferred successor in order to end perceived deepening divisions over the future leadership of the ruling ZANU-PF party.

Africa’s oldest leader, Mugabe, 93, has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980,and has insisted that ZANU-PF, and not him, will choose his eventual successor when the time comes.

However, at a meeting of ZANU-PF’s women’s wing in Harare, Grace Mugabe contradicted the veteran leader, who also attended the meeting, saying he should name a successor.

“The First Lady, who also doubles as the ruling ZANU-PF’s Secretary for Women’s Affairs, have challenged the president to name his successor, saying this has been the trend in other countries.