Zimbabwe Corruption Drive Highlights Mugabe Succession Race

Zimbabwe’s state-controlled newspapers have exposed alleged fraud and inflated salaries at government companies, stoking speculation of ruling party infighting over who will succeed 89-year-old President Robert Mugabe.

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp., the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp., the Premier Service Medical Aid Society and Air Zimbabwe have been the target of reports in the Harare-based Herald and Bulawayo-based Chronicle newspapers. Privately-owned Newsday said Feb. 11 that Deputy President Joice Mujuru, 58, warned ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front members to “beware” of corruption scandals being exposed to “destroy the country.”