Prosaic Mphoko, Mugabe’s go-to demolition man

About a month ago, Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko gave what seemed to be a cryptic interview, where he spoke about Adonijah and Joab, Biblical characters that most of us last heard of in Sunday school or during what was then called Religious and Moral Education.

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There, without being obvious, he was chastening an Adonijah for celebrating his impending succession of his father’s throne on the advice of Joab.

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