Kill me if you want to stop me – Grace
Staff Reporter | First Lady Grace Mugabe has challenged all those trying to stop her from going up the ZANU PF hierarchy to shoot her as nothing else will stop her.
Grace Mugabe said this while addressing about 10 000 ZANU PF supporters in Mbare Harare yesterday. The First Lady told the gathering that she is aware of sectors within the ruling party that are against her holding the women’s affairs secretary position and even holding the nationwide rallies she is undertaking.
“I come to you as the wife of the state president who you all love and as secretary for women’s affairs of the party and I have work to do which no one must think of stopping me,” she said.
“I will not keep quiet when people destroy the party. I will speak and no one will silence me. If you want to silence me come and shoot me,” said the First Lady in a loud cheer from the crowd.
A section of the liberation war veterans loyal to Vice President Emmerson Munangagwa have vowed not to accept the ascendency of Grace Mugabe to the helm of the party. On the other hand, the women’s league and the youth league have expressed their backing for the First Lady as the battle to succeed President Mugabe intensifies.