Joice Mujuru
Former Zimbabwe
vice-president Joice Mujuru on Thursday launched a new political party to
challenge President Robert Mugabe in the 2018 elections.
Her Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) party is composed of disaffected former ruling party officials and leading opposition figures.
"Today we confirm
our existence as a viable homegrown political party," Mrs Mujuru told a
news conference in Harare. "This is a day of significance in our
country's history."
Mrs Mujuru was
fired in 2014, alongside close to 200 other ruling Zanu-PF officials,
following allegations engineered by First Lady Grace Mugabe that she
wanted to kill the veteran ruler through witchcraft.
ZPF is backed by
veterans of Zimbabwe's 1970s liberation war who are disgruntled with
President Mugabe's reluctance to relinquish power 36 years after he
first came into office.
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