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The death of Vice-President Joseph Msika has wrecked the succession strategy of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. The plan had been to hold a party congress - delayed by 2008's cholera outbreak - in December, with no changes in the main leadership posts. Most provincial congresses would vote for no change, with President Robert Mugabe as First Secretary, Msika as Senior Second Secretary, Joice Mujuru as Junior Second...

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Joseph Msika, Robert Mugabe, Joice Mujuru, John Nkomo, South Africa, Dumiso Dabengwa, Kembo Mohadi, George Chiweshe, Patrick Zhuwayo, Saviour Kasukuwere, Canaan Banana, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Didymus Mutasa, Malaysian, Mahathir Mohamed, Anwar Ibrahim

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