 There has been growing speculation in Zimbabwe as to who will succeed Robert Mugabe. The succession row has flared up in recent weeks, with seven top ZANU-PF officials suspended and accused of convening an unsanctioned secret meeting to push Parliament Speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa's candidacy for the post of party vice-president, seen as a stepping stone to the top job. The party post later went to liberation war veteran Joyce Mujuru, whom Mugabe then appointed government vice-president. Analysts say the internal feuding could weaken ZANU-PF ahead of March 2005 general elections in which the main opposition party is again likely to be the Movement for Democratic Change. |