Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe will be someone else’s fiefdom | Robert Mugabe

For long in Zimbabwe’s politics, the military has been the decisive force keeping President Robert Mugabe in power. In early November, it proved yet again that it is the kingmaker of Zimbabwean politics, thwarting first lady Grace Mugabe’s plans to take over from her husband. The influence that the army has exerted over the past decades has shaped Zimbabwe’s regime into a neopatrimonial,