Mugabe survives Zanu PF plot

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has once again survived low-level campaigns to stop him from representing Zanu PF in next year’s elections after nine of the 10 provinces endorsed him.

REPORT BY EVERSON MUSHAVA CHIEF REPORTER

There were reports that Zanu PF factions were pushing for next month’s annual conference scheduled for Gweru to be turned into an elective congress.

If the plot had succeeded, the conference — to be held in Gweru from December 4 to 9 — would have seen the emergence of a new leader to represent Zanu PF in the elections Mugabe wants held in March next year.

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