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Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF confirms Mugabe's wife as women's head
Source: Reuters
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF confirms Mugabe's wife as women's head
HARARE Sat Dec 6, 2014 11:47am EST
(Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party confirmed President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace as the new head of its women's wing at a congress on Saturday, underlining her swift political rise in the troubled southern African country.
Grace Mugabe's appointment, approved by acclamation to the resounding cheers of 12,000 delegates in a parade ground in central Harare, gives her a seat on the ruling party's top decision-making Politburo.
Over the last three months, the 49-year-old first lady has carried out a campaign against Vice President Joice Mujuru, who until recently was a leading contender in a behind-the-scenes battle to eventually succeed Zimbabwe's 90-year-old leader.
Mugabe, who has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980, openly denounced Mujuru when he opened the congress on Thursday, accusing her of leading a group within the ruling party intent on ousting him from power.
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HARARE Sat Dec 6, 2014 11:47am EST
(Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party confirmed President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace as the new head of its women's wing at a congress on Saturday, underlining her swift political rise in the troubled southern African country.
Grace Mugabe's appointment, approved by acclamation to the resounding cheers of 12,000 delegates in a parade ground in central Harare, gives her a seat on the ruling party's top decision-making Politburo.
Over the last three months, the 49-year-old first lady has carried out a campaign against Vice President Joice Mujuru, who until recently was a leading contender in a behind-the-scenes battle to eventually succeed Zimbabwe's 90-year-old leader.
Mugabe, who has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980, openly denounced Mujuru when he opened the congress on Thursday, accusing her of leading a group within the ruling party intent on ousting him from power.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/06/us-zimbabwe-politics-idUSKBN0JK0IQ20141206
