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Mugabes launch scathing attack on VP Mnangagwa

New Zimbabwe writes: " Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing him of fanning factionalism within the ruling Zanu-PF party.This was the first time that Mnangagwa came under direct attack publicly for leading a faction calling itself “Team Lacoste” that is angling to take over power from Mugabe when he eventually leaves office. Another faction made up of young Turks calling itself Generation 40 is reportedly backing First Lady Grace Mugabe to torpedo Mnangagwa′s presidential ambition.First to fire the salvo on Mnangagwa in front of thousands of party supporters who gathered at Chipadze Stadium for the 8 th Presidential Youth Interface rally was the First Lady, who challenged the deputy president to reign in his supporters whom she accused of insulting the presidency in their quest to succeed her husband.“I know that Mnangagwa is the leader of Team Lacoste; why are you remaining quiet when your people are insulting the presidency? Some youths are being expelled from the party for indiscipline and you are being seen together at your house drinking tea and beer with them and that is not right. jQuery( "#body_content p:nth-of-type(9)" ).after( ' ' ); ...".