The stage is set for a bruising succession struggle in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF after General Vitalis Zvinavashe, Zimbabwe's army commander, unexpectedly announced that he would be retiring next month.
Zvinavashe, who is in charge of both the Zimbabwe National Army and the Zimbabwe Air Force, has been a key player in the country's politics with Mugabe's heavy reliance on the military to maintain his grip on power.
Zvinavashe shook Zimbabwe's body politic earlier this year when he publicly said Zimbabwe was in crisis and that a way out needed to be found quickly.
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