Zimbabwe’s Charamba reveals soured relations between himself and Grace Mugabe
Harare — Former Zimbabwe first lady Grace Mugabe did not want former president Robert’s long-time spokesperson George Charamba to be part of negotiations held last year to persuade the 93-year-old to stand down. Charamba made the revelations in a wide-ranging interview with a local radio station on Thursday night in which he described the soured relations between himself and Grace, saying she had angrily asked why he had been a part of the discussions and wanted him kicked out. Looking in hindsight at Grace’s rise to power, Charamba said: "We were slow in realising that she was not well-served when she became a substantive office holder in the party, we should have offered our services to her instead of pulling back." Grace ascended to the helm of the Zanu-PF Women’s League in 2014. On the day that Robert resigned, Charamba said she had given him a packet of rice and said: "Go and cook for the children, I know you are a single parent." In May last year, Charamba lost his wife, Olivi...
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