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Mugabe warns estranged deputy at key party meeting

– Rise of the typist –

The congress kicked off after two days of closed door meetings by the party’s top brass.

The conference ends Saturday, with the election of a new leadership. Mugabe is expected to be endorsed unopposed as leader, extending his iron grip on power.

His wife Grace, who made an unexpected entry into politics is likely to be the news women’s league boss.

Grace Mugabe, 49, won a surprise nomination in August to lead the powerful women’s wing of ZANU-PF and has made no secret of her ambition to clinch the southern African country’s top job. READ: Grace shakes up Mugabe succession battle.

Since her nomination, the former typist has turned political attack dog, leading the campaign against Mujuru.

The party will also approve amendments to its constitution to allow Mugabe to personally appoint his deputies.

The veteran leader who is known for his stinging rhetoric also used the platform to lament division with the party, saying “we have not behaved in a way that shows we are united.”

“Some of us have failed us. Failed you.”

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With Mujuru out of the race, eyes have also turned back to 68-year-old Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Long seen a possible successor to Mugabe, Mnangagwa was himself the victim of a purge in 2004 when he lost a key ZANU-PF job after being charged for excessive ambition while angling for the post of vice president which Mujuru then won.

ZANU-PF has been riven by factionalism over Mugabe’s succession for years, with the Zimbabwean strongman avoiding naming a successor.

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