Grace Mugabe has
developed her own devilish way of attacking and dispatching her political
rivals; first she accuses them of plotting to unseat her husband by starting
and fanning the factionalism and division within the party, when in fact she is
the one starting and fanning the war because she fears that her rivals are
getting more popular than her and her husband. Then, under the disguise of the
peacemaker bearing the olive branch, she savagely attacks her rivals,
destroying their support bases and building her own.
Whilst it is
actively encouraged to support Grace in the race to be Mugabe’s successor; anyone
seen supporting her rivals in this rat-race is now guilty of a new crime called
“factionalism”.
“Kuro imbwa
wakavhinga mupinhi!” is what the Shona would say about Grace’s devilish modus
operandi. The English equivalent would be the bad wolf attacking the sheep downstream
accusing them of mudding his drinking the water!
Grace used her
simple and very effective devilish scheme to ouster Joice Mujuru and her
followers; the simpleton and her followers did not see it coming and they
scattered in all direction in total confusion. Grace launch her attach in
August out of nowhere by December, in time for the party’s elective congress,
her husband was able to deliver the coup de grace on Mujuru and her supporters!
VP Mnangagwa now
standing in her way to be Mugabe’s successor and she is using her tried and
tested dirty tactics on him.
"Don't be
fooled into engaging in factionalism. Vanhu varikuita zve factionalism ndivo
mapenzi vanoita zvekugeza kuchinaya (Those engaged in factionalism are
fools)," Grace told Zanu PF supporters in Chimanimani known to be backing
her in the succession rat-race.
"Vese varikuita zvakarerekera ku factionalism (Those supporting
factionalism), you stop it."
She was in
Chimanimani to further the interests of her new G40 faction fighting to wrestle
control of the party from VP Mnangagwa faction which emerged as the strong side
after the more popular Mujuru group was booted out last year. The G40 faction
never existed, Grace is the one who has started it and is building it up!
President Mugabe and
his wife did not have much trouble “baby dumping” Joice Mujuru and her
followers but doing the same with Mnangagwa and his supporters will not be so
easy!
“Generation
40 is just a nuisance to the party. There are cronies of diversionists coming
from power-hungry clowns misguided by errant professors from nowhere who have
found their way into the party,” hit back Minister Chris Mutsvangwa, a known
Mnangagwa supporter.
“No
single fisher organisations has succeeded outside the legitimacy conferred by
the liberation war. They mean nothing and will fail the way the Mujuru cabal
failed…they should stop it now. They won’t succeed against war veterans, they
are too young,” he continued.
“That
is exactly what Jabulani Sibanda thought,” responded political commentator
Patrick Guramatunhu, “not realizing that Mugabe had his own sinister agenda.
Where is Sibanda now? Mutsvangwa has crossed swords with Mugabe, he too will go
the same way!”
I beg to differ
there with Patrick, for all their macho bravado Grace and her G40 faction are
much too weak and feeble to take on Ngwena (crocodile) Mnangagwa. The party is
still licking its wounds from its dog-eat-dog fight with Mujuru and her
supporters, many of whom are still in the party and will hit back from within;
it would be foolhardy to trigger off yet another fight by booting out Mnangagwa
and his followers too.
It is one thing
Grace throwing insults at Ngwena and his supporters from the safety of Mugabe’s
protection but the day he goes, old age and poor health has taken its toll and
not even the $3 million per trip visits to Singapore can save his from
immortality, Grace and her G40 will be singing the blues! No I do not believe
Mutsvangwa will go the same way as Sibanda, not without a fight anyway,
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