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| | Zanu PF prepares for Mugabe exit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Insiders say President Mugabe is keen to see his party rejuvenated before he engages in any dialogue with the MDC, which could possibly lead to fresh elections pitting his party, without him, and the opposition party. |
 | | A circular addressed to all provincial chairmen, which is in The Standard's possession, confirms that the minister of Youth Development, Gender and Employment Creation, Elliot Manyika, who is also Zanu PF's national commissar, has already directed that elections be held throughout the country to choose a new party leadership in a few weeks' time. |
 | | Although Manyika's circular says the programme is "to come up with properly elected and properly-constituted organs of the party", Zanu PF officials who spoke to The Standard said the new developments are aimed at strengthening the party before Mugabe steps down. |
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