Many draw parallels between the deposed first lady of Zimbabwe and Madame Mao. Both were largely damned for the sins of their husbandsThey say that history does not repeat itself,but it rhymes. Zimbabwe’s turmoil has had striking, nearly uncanny echoes of China’s more than four decades ago. A charismatic figure revered for leading the struggle for liberation, and yet reviled for his crimes once in power,is nearing the close of his long life, and evidently frail. The military and his party peers are increasingly jittery about their future. And at the heart of the struggle is the rise of his much younger, and very ambitious wife. Related: Grace Mugabe: the rags to riches rise and tumble of 'Gucci Grace' Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk