President Mugabe has been warned by Zimbabwe s generals that if he does not stop his purge of senior figures in the ruling party he risks a coup.
In an unprecedented rebuke that will deepen the country s growing political crisis, General Constantine Chiwenga, head of the armed forces, yesterday condemned the gossiping, backbiting and public chastisement that he said has split the ruling Zanu-PF party and could degenerate into serious conflict, which the military could not tolerate.
I remember Sir Edgar Williams, The Warden of Rhodes House, telling me how excited he was about Robert Mugabe when he was a fresh young general. Now Mugabe approaches his end after his long, long, corrupt reign. If it's not already over that is, and he's just a puppet for his wife.