Who will rule Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe?

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has recently turned 92 becoming thus Africa’s older leader, said that his successor must be chosen in a democratic way. Many considered this as a warning to his fellow members of the ZANU-PF party. 

It was in an interview with ZBC TV that Mugabe said: “Why successor? I am still there. Why do you want a successor? I did not say I was a candidate to retire.” He added: “In a democratic party, you don’t want leaders appointed that way to lead the party. They have to be appointed properly by the people, at a gathering of the people, at a congress.” Many criticised his statements about democracy since he has been in power for 36 years.

What about Grace Mugabe?

Many haven’t expected Mugabe’s declarations since they thought he would appoint his wife Grace Mugabe as his successor. He denied being behind her quick rise within the party saying: “Others say the president wants to leave the throne for his wife. Where have you ever seen that, even in our own culture, where a wife inherits from her husband?”

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