Zimbabwe's first lady to succeed husband as president

The first lady Grace Mugabe has indicated her interest to succeed her 90 year old husband as president when he leaves office. According to her, " People say I want to be president, why not? Am I not a Zimbabwean?” the 49-year-old said when addressing veterans of the country’s liberation struggle in Mazowe at about 40 kilometres north of Harare. She also called on the vice president to resign.

“There are plenty of people who can run this country, not Mujuru,” she said, adding that her husband’s deputy would take Zimbabwe “back to where we were before independence.” She told ioL News
Meanwhile, she has come under fire for allegedly obtaining a doctoral certificate one month after she enrolled in the program at University of Zimbabwe in september.