Army distances itself from Zanu PF race to succeed Mugabe. Says it has no say on who succeeds President

The Zimbabwe National Army has distanced itself from Zanu PF factions’ race to succeed Mugabe.

Local media reports have been suggesting that top military generals and a group within Zanu PF are backing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to succeed Mugabe whilst another faction is widely believed to be manoeuvring to impose Mugabe’s wife Grace as a possible successor.

Speaking to The Sunday Mail, Zimbabwe National Army Commander, Lieutenant-General Valerio Sibanda, said,

In Zanu PF the military has no role to play in terms of succession politics, and that is the long and short of it.

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