Spirit mediums wade into Zanu PF fights

ZANU PF power struggles have taken an intriguing turn after it emerged that “spirit mediums” have waded in the ruling party’s succession battles.

EVERSON MUSHAVA

The development comes as traditional chiefs yesterday gathered at the First Family’s Mazowe empire to endorse First Lady Grace Mugabe as Secretary for Women’s Affairs at the forthcoming Zanu PF elective congress.

The spirit mediums — to be led by Mbuya Nehanda and others only identified as Mutota and Tangwena — are reportedly on Saturday set to preside over a big bira (traditional religious festival) on the outskirts of Harare along Mazowe Road to seek guidance from the “ancestral spirits” on the country’s political problems, including President Robert Mugabe’s succession.

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